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Re-evaluating Evaluation | Social Learning Blog

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And as time has gone by, I have started to wonder about the validity of Kirkpatrick in today’s world. The focus is on the training event itself and the follow-up to that event. 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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50 Years of the Kirkpatrick Model

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In November 1959, Donald Kirkpatrick published a series of seminal articles on training evaluation in the ‘Journal of the ASTD’. Business partnership is necessary to bring about positive ROE – The authors point out that they do not believe that training events in and of themselves can deliver positive bottom-line outcomes.

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The Power of Your Network | Social Learning Blog

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Helpful Tips for “Growing” Networkers Try attending more events, which forces you to meet new people. Make a point to meet at least three new people at every event or function you attend. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Reach out to your network and let them support you. Properly d.

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Measuring Project Success: Thoughts for the Training Professional.

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Easily definable items such as these, measured against a finite number of other events, allow for relatively rapid analysis. For example, writing “All milestones will be completed on time” as a success factor doesn’t give enough leeway that you may need in the normal course of events. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Social Media: The Virtual “Over-The-Partition” Learning Network.

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The platform powers a site called TweetBeat , essentially a realtime social media filter for live events that saw more than five million visits last month alone according to its maker. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Properly d.

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Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning.

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As most of us in the adult learning community already know, up to this point most workplaces have seen two types of learning: formal learning through training, and informal learning through experience, conversation or random events which, according to research, accounts for about 80% of total learning. Ive been looking for some ammo t.

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Five Project Management Maxims We All Know (But Often Forget)

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Check in frequently for updates, but don’t make it an event your team members fear. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Mentally glancing over the 5 project management maxims below (and others like them) every now and then has helped me more than once on a project. Properly d.