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Kirkpatrick Revisited | Social Learning Blog

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This is ROE, not ROI. He began his presentation talking about Green Bay, Brett Favre, and football. It was an opportunity I couldn’t miss. Work review of completed work Interviews and focus groups. Kirkpatrick has said that this is the most difficult and most important level: Behavior is the link between training and results.

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Re-evaluating Evaluation | Social Learning Blog

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My thinking about training evaluation was turned on its head by a presentation at the February 2011 MNISPI meeting by Beth McGoldrick of Ameriprise’s RiverSource University. The title was “Expanding ROI in Training Programs Using Scriven, Kirkpatrick, and Brinkerhoff,” which sounds pretty academic. But it wasn’t.

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Measuring Project Success: Thoughts for the Training Professional.

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Did your presentation go well to that big prospective client, or did your car break down on the way to work? These questions are the same ones that face project managers every day, as they struggle with the ever-present dilemma of demonstrating success to project stakeholders.

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The Sound of Silence | Social Learning Blog

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Some people synthesize material when it is presented in written form, and some just do better when they are free to listen without reading. And yet that’s effectively what is happening when we present text visually and then have someone say it at the same time. Why don’t we hear that? Because it’s not true.

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The Power of Your Network | Social Learning Blog

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Networking comes naturally for some people, but not-so-much for others. So big deal, you say. Why is networking so important anyway? From a personal perspective, networking builds new relationships through which you can share information, answer questions, and make new connections.

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Make Learning An Experience. Blend It! | Social Learning Blog

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Software tools such as Articulate Presenter or Adobe Presenter allow you to transition your current PowerPoint into a streamlined e-Learning modules complete with narration, interactive quizzes, and Flash-based output compression. This approach also encourages the collaborative and social learning experience.

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Learning from The King's Speech | Social Learning Blog

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With deadlines and budget pressures always present, it’s easy to jettison these “soft&# elements. Finding ways to incorporate these elements can be difficult for instructional designers, curriculum developers, and, especially, creators of eLearning. Now, quick go see the movie before the Academy Awards this Sunday.