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What causes a positive ROI?

CLO Magazine

Many of our clients ask, “What causes a positive ROI? What factors make the difference in delivering a negative ROI or a positive ROI?” Our database of approximately 10,000 ROI studies is the largest in the world. From the initial list, our team identified if those factors were present or absent in particular studies.

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Getting creative with learning ROI measurement

CLO Magazine

Of the 1,469 respondents to Chief Learning Officer’s October 2020 “Learning State of the Industry” survey, 26 percent said they currently measure formal ROI for learning, 24 percent said they plan to begin doing so in the next 12 months and an additional 13 percent plan to within the next 12-24 months.

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How to measure impact and ROI without losing your purpose

CLO Magazine

When thinking about ROI, most people imagine complex calculations, finance and accounting challenges, and misguided measures. In reality, the ROI calculation is a relatively fundamental calculation, comparing benefits with costs in financial terms. The ROI calculation is not needed for most programs. Is ROI even appropriate?

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Measuring the impact and ROI of virtual learning

CLO Magazine

The challenge is for L&D professionals to show executives that learning delivers a positive ROI. The best way to do that is to measure the ROI on a major program using an ROI formula from the finance and accounting literature. This will decrease the ROI significantly. The chain of value is always there.

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Stepping Up to the ROI Challenge

CLO Magazine

Phillips is president and CEO of the ROI Institute. The considerable need for leadership development but low expectation of a documented return on it presents a quandary for CLOs who understand how critical it is to develop their organizations’ leaders. Phillips is the chairman, and Patti P.

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Our Holiday Card: Tacky Presents to Treasured Traditions

Xyleme

Our Holiday Card: Tacky Presents to Treasured Traditions. What's the ROI of Centralized Content Management? The ROI of centralized content management is significant. Check out this recent webinar with CLO Magazine on how to get more out your content to drive personalization and put content in the flow of work.

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ROI: Still Evoking Confusion and Controversy

CLO Magazine

Here is an example from an email I received: “Anyone who is involved in the business world is familiar with the concept of ROI. But when it comes to learning initiatives, gathering the necessary data to calculate ROI is difficult to put it mildly.” The definition of this financial ROI is not the same as the learning ROI.

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