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Entries for June 2012

Kirkpatrick Quick Tip Vol. 2 #17

Training is often mistakenly viewed as the end of a journey rather than the beginning.


After training, participants have the sometimes daunting task of performing newly learned behaviors on the job. It is reassuring to them to know that they will not be left to figure it out on their own.

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Kirkpatrick Quick Tip Vol. 2 #16

"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" is etched in the granite wall of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Langley headquarters in the Washington, D.C. area.

Applied to training evaluation, this statement means that the focus should be on discovering and uncovering the truth along the four levels path.

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Kirkpatrick Quick Tip Vol. 2 #15

Have you ever been teaching an online program and thought, "Anyone out there?" Us too.

Here are some methods that we use during our virtual programs to "pull up a (virtual) chair" using the Adobe Connect platform.

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Kirkpatrick Quick Tip Vol. 2 #14

Metrics provide evidence of program value, but they are not always the best way to discover the truth during training and follow up. 

During the training program, the trainer should occasionally close the facilitator’s guide, pull up a chair and simply ask participants how the material is being received.

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Kirkpatrick Partners and The Brandon Hall Group are bringing our newest webinar Getting to Kirkpatrick Levels 3 and 4: Creating Believable Value this Wednesday, June 6 at 1:00 PM - 2:00 EDT.
Getting to Kirkpatrick Levels 3 and 4
June 6, 2012
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Kirkpatrick Partners is a provider of training evaluation and business partnership training, products, consulting and impact studies. Our work is based on the Kirkpatrick Evaluation Model created by Donald L. Kirkpatrick in 1954 as part of his PhD dissertation on the evaluation of the effectiveness of training for supervisors. It is expanded by the Kirkpatrick Business Partnership Model and Kirkpatrick Foundational Principles.

Instead of training ROI, we focus on training return on expectations (ROE). This is a more holistic measurement of all of the benefits realized from a program or initiative, both qualitative and quantitative. We offer courses and workshops on training evaluation and business partnership that equip training professionals to create, demonstrate and measure the business results and value their training yields or supports.

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