training evaluation

Yikes! The year is half over. Did you commit to advancing the value of your training this year? Are you on track to meet your goals? Here are some ideas…

Does training evaluation strike fear into your heart, creating anxiety because you feel uncertain about what to do or if what you’re doing is correct? It shouldn’t be that stressful.…

So many of you have reached out and asked us how to measure the effectiveness of micro-learning and other newer styles of training. Here is our best advice, along with…

Today it’s microlearning. A number of years ago it was avatars. Before that, e-learning. It’s easy to get excited about what’s new.  However, just because everyone is talking about a hot…

Be informed and inspired by this compelling collection of published Kirkpatrick magazine articles. Get training evaluation insight directly from Jim and Wendy Kirkpatrick. Revisit your favorite, or choose a new favorite.…

Last week, we began the countdown of the most popular Kirkpatrick quick tips of 2017. Click here to review tip numbers 5, 4, and 3.  We’re down to the top two…

Have you ever wanted a quick nugget of training evaluation wisdom directly from Jim Kirkpatrick? Now, it’s even easier to get just that. Jim’s popular “Anytime Tweets” have grown and expanded.…

Last week, we began a new quick tip series on how to actively engage managers and program sponsors throughout the lifecycle of a major initiative, beginning with initial program scoping. Click…

Wendy wowed the crowd at the ATD 2017 International Conference & Exposition with her session on training evaluation pitfalls. Click here to see photos from the session.

Jim Kirkpatrick traveled to Dubai earlier this month to consult with the Dubai Police Academy, with the help of our affiliate Learnactive. Jim talked about the importance of good practices in training…

On October 13, Jim and Wendy Kirkpatrick, in cooperation with ATD, presented a webinar entitled, “Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Training Evaluation: Do You Really Know the Four Levels?” Don Kirkpatrick’s groundbreaking four levels of training evaluation…

May 9, 2016 will mark two years since Don’s passing. It is still hard. It is also good. I still hear his words of guidance and encouragement when I re-read articles he…

Training evaluation is both an art and a science, but it needs to be kept simple to offer any hope of organizational adoption.  We as trainers need to reinvent ourselves…

Participants seem to enjoy your training programs, but do they go on to apply what they learned in the classroom to their actual jobs?  If application is not occurring, or…

This week, we begin a new quick tip series that addresses career-threatening learning and development mistakes. Are you making these colossal training strategy mistakes in your mission-critical programs? Take this…

Do you struggle to get participants to fill out their Level 1 evaluation forms after a training program?  This struggle may be even more prominent in environments in which everyone’s time and…

I believe that technology is rapidly and deliberately on a quest to make genuine human interaction obsolete. What remains of the human element increasingly seems to involve walking avatars rather than thinking,…

One member of the Kirkpatrick Evaluation discussion group in LinkedIn recently wrote, “I am interested in your experience of selling the idea of using the Kirkpatrick Model to your clients or sponsors. I often find…

Since Don Kirkpatrick’s passing in May 2014, many of our friends and colleagues in the training industry have honored his memory with pieces about his contribution to the field and personal…

Are you giving your stakeholders the answers they’re truly seeking, or are you still just telling them how many people were trained and what those people thought about the training event?Watch…

Many training professionals erroneously view post-program evaluation from the perspective of a simple “smile sheet.” However, we endorse a much broader view of evaluation that begins long before the end…

Click here to get caught up if you missed part 1 of Dr. Jim Kirkpatrick’s interview with Candee Basford. The infographic that Candee created fueled interest in the Kirkpatrick Model and its potential application to…

The navy must always be prepared before entering the field. They do not wait until they are in the middle of the ocean to think about how they will navigate their…

Military submarines use active sonar, or pinging, to emit pulses and create echoes that identify nearby objects and potential threats. Workplace learning and performance professionals (WLPs) can do the same to…