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Evaluating Training Through Stories

The Performance Improvement Blog

She is quoted In an interview for a local magazine: "We call it ‘bottom line training,’ Bayless explains, “because we know that the purpose of Zingerman’s businesses isn’t to train staff. It’s like evaluating a summer car vacation by counting the miles driven, gas used, days on the road, and money spent.

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Top industry conferences for training professionals

Arlo Training & Events Software

When and where: 21-24 May 2023 at the San Diego Convention Center Training Conference & Expo 2024 – Orlando, Florida The Training Conference & Expo is produced by industry-leading publication Training Magazine and its publisher Lakewood Media Group. Tickets will go on sale later this year.

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What do we know and how do we know it?

The Performance Improvement Blog

He writes in the New York Times Magazine : …do we hold an outsize belief in our ability to gauge complex phenomena, measure outcomes and  come up with compelling numerical evidence? Brinkerhoff has developed a method that uses success stories to evaluate the impact of training and development programs.

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Which came first, management or impact?

The Performance Improvement Blog

This question is explored in The Chronicle of Philanthropy interview that Hildy Gotlieb (founder of the Community-Driven Institute and author of The Pollyanna Principles: Reinventing Nonprofit Organizations to Create the Future of Our World) did with Jan Masoaka, editor of the online magazine Blue Avocado.

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SCORM and xAPI LMS in a Learning Culture

The Performance Improvement Blog

I recently attended an “xAPI Party” at Torrance Learning where the conversation was about the shift from a SCORM -based LMS to an xAPI (experience application programming interface) LMS. Without a learning culture, I’m skeptical that any LMS (SCORM or xAPI) can enhance learning and improve performance. image from Pixabay ].

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Data is Not Knowledge

The Performance Improvement Blog

Online newspapers, magazines, and social media smother us in sense and nonsense. The key question we must ask ourselves is, “Are we learning anything? Knowledge involves listening. We are awash with data and information. Numbers, facts, and observations are constantly at our fingertips in our Blackberrys, iPhones, and Droids.

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Learning & Development Conferences for 2019

Limestone Learning

February 13–14, 2019 Learning Technologies Conference , London, England Learning Technologies is Europe’s leading showcase of organizational learning and the technology used to support learning at work. The conference provides a unique and exciting environment for those involved in workplace learning.