Learning Transfer Certificate^New!

Learn to apply the 6Ds® to ensure learning transfer and boost training's value to your organization.

Training only adds value if it is transferred and applied on the job. Using the six disciplines 6Ds® that you learn in this interactive, 2-day session, you will increase learning transfer and ensure that your training programs deliver positive organizational impact. You will learn to design for the factors that determine whether training is put to work or becomes learning “scrap” and you will enhance your reputation as a strategic business partner.

ASTD's Continuing Education Units

Earn 1.4 CEUs upon successfully completing this program. Learn More

For additional information, or to learn if this program is right for you, contact our customer care department at 800.628.2783 or 703.683.8100.

Audience

This program is for all learning professionals—managers, designers, facilitators, and leaders—who want to produce greater value from their efforts and move into a more strategic business partner role.

About this Program

In today’s competitive business climate, companies must constantly improve their products, services, and human capital, or be replaced by smarter competitors. Learning and development programs have a crucial role to play in this effort … provided the knowledge they impart is transferred to the work of the organization.

Now more than ever, business managers want to see results from their training investments. The Learning Transfer certificate program will teach you to go “beyond ADDIE” to apply best practices from world-class companies that increase the value of learning and development.

This interactive workshop is based on the bestselling Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning. It stresses real-world application of proven tools, techniques, and processes; combining a two-day hands-on session with 8 weeks of on-the-job support for learning transfer. You’ll learn how to apply the 6Ds® that turn training into business results:

Define Business Outcomes.
Design the Complete Experience.
Deliver for Application.
Drive Learning Transfer.
Deploy Performance Support.
Document Results.

By practicing these six disciplines you’ll ensure that:

Training leads to improved performance.
Learning is transferred and applied on the job.
Participants in your programs achieve performance goals.
Learning and development earns a reputation as a strategic business partner.
You are more highly valued and enjoy greater respect as a learning professional.

The program includes a signed copy of The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning for each participant, a 200+ page workbook; electronic copies of the job aids, checklists and tools; and 8 weeks on online coaching from the facilitators. Certificates of completion will be awarded to those who demonstrate learning transfer and successful application of the 6Ds to their work back on the job after the 8 weeks of online coaching is completed.

TOPICS LIST

Pre-Program Preparation

Select program or case to use in workshop.
Read introduction to 6Ds.
Discuss learning goals with manager.
Complete online survey to benchmark current practices.

Introduction

What makes a learning experience valuable to organizations and individuals?
Objectives, agenda, materials, tools, participants
Training effectiveness today
The “moment of truth” and the two key questions

D1: Define Business Outcomes

Order-takers versus strategic business partners
Features, advantages, and benefits of training
Why learning objectives are not sufficient
Performance consulting and Outcomes Planning Wheel
Practice mapping needs and expected outcomes

D2: Design the Complete Experience

Learning is a process not an event
Expectations matter and how to influence them
Practice improving course descriptions/invitations
A new paradigm for when a class ends
Practice redefining the finish line for learning

D3: Deliver for Application

Key impediments to delivering for application
D3 and the “Can I? question
Learning, memory, and performance
D3 and the “Will I? question
Motivation and adult learning
Practice creating a value chain for your program
Monitoring perceived utility and relevance

D4: Drive Learning Transfer

A process approach
Business case for learning transfer
The transfer climate
Practice developing a plan to improve transfer
Securing greater management support

D5: Deploy Performance Support

Analogy to customer support
When support is most valuable
Key features of effective support
Share best practices
People as performance support
Practice developing post-program support

D6: Document Results

Ends versus means
Why document results?
Guiding principles for evaluation
Practice applying evaluation principles
When to measure/Leading indicators
Power of stories
Practice developing an evaluation strategy for your program

Conclusion and Post-Training Support

Goal-setting
Elevator speech
“Feed-forward”
Share progress and continue learning back on the job
Online coaching from facilitator
Capstone teleconference two months post-training
Certificates of completion awarded to those who achieved learning transfer

Learning Objectives

By applying what you will learn in this program, you will:

Transition from “order taker” to strategic business partner.
More effectively link training to business outcomes.
Ensure that learners answer both the “Can I?” and “Will I?” questions in the affirmative.
Increase the amount of learning that is transferred to work and improves performance.
Design and deploy more effective performance support.
Conduct evaluations that are relevant, credible, and compelling.

Registration
Attendance Policy
Transfer Policy
Cancellation Policy

Member Price: $1,295
List Price: $1,595

By Mail: Registration Form

By Phone: Phone: 1.800.628.2783 or +1.703.683.8100

Participation in all originally scheduled days of the program is mandatory in order to receive the certificate of completion and 1.4 CEUs. Participants who miss more than two hours of the entire program will not be eligible to receive the certificate. Participants who fulfill the attendance requirement will receive a certificate at the end of the program.

Participants may transfer their registration to another seminar free of charge. The transfer request must be received in writing five (5) business days prior to the first day of the seminar for which you were originally scheduled. A $50 transfer charge will be applied to all transfers received less than five (5) days prior to the first day of the session. Participant substitutions may be made at any time with written notification to ASTD. If the substitute participant is not an ASTD member and the original participant was, the difference between the member and nonmember rate will be billed.

If cancellation should be necessary, written or email notification to ASTD is required five (5) business days prior to the first day of the seminar. You may receive a full refund, minus a $100 administrative fee, up to and including the 5th business day before the seminar. If you find that you cannot attend, and it is less than five (5) business days before the start of the seminar, you may send a replacement, with written notice to ASTD. If you are unable to send a replacement, you forfeit your registration fee. All credits must be used within 1 year from the date of issuance.

On-Site Offerings

ASTD can make arrangements for this program to be offered on-site at your organization. Your attendees participate in the same learning experience offered at our public workshops, but have the convenience of being at your site and the benefit of covering the material with company peers.

Interested in bringing this program on-site to your organization? Please contact Amanda Miller at amiller@astd.org or 703.683.9215, or request information through our online form.

Facilitators

Andrew Jefferson

Andy Jefferson, JD, is President and Chief Executive Officer for The 6Ds Company. He is co-author of The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning and Getting Your Money’s Worth from Training and Development.

Andy is a frequent and popular global presenter who excels in helping companies maximize the value they realize from their investments in learning and development. He is an accomplished executive with deep line-management expertise as well as experience in strategic planning, sales and marketing, productivity, and technology development.

Andy views learning as a critical source of competitive advantage in an increasingly knowledge-based economy. He knows the challenges of running a company and making every investment count. Prior to joining The 6Ds Company, Andy served as the Chief Executive Officer of The Fort Hill Company, CEO of Vital Home Services, and Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of AmeriStar Technologies, Inc.

Andy is a graduate of the University of Delaware and graduated Phi Kappa Phi with honors from the Widener University School of Law, where he served on the school’s Board of Overseers.

Roy Pollock

Roy V. H. Pollock, DVM, PhD, is Chief Learning Officer of The 6Ds Company and co-author of The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning and Getting Your Money’s Worth from Training and Development. Roy has a passion for helping individuals and teams succeed. He is a popular speaker and frequent consultant on improving the value created by training and development.

Roy has a unique blend of experience in both business and education. He has served as Chief Learning Officer for the Fort Hill Company; Vice President, Global Strategic Product Development for SmithKline Beecham Animal Health; Vice President, Companion Animal Division for Pfizer; and Assistant Dean for Curriculum at Cornell’s Veterinary College.

Roy received his BA from Williams College cum laude and his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and PhD degrees from Cornell University. He studied medical education at the University of Illinois Center for Educational Development. Roy served as a member of the faculty at Cornell for eight years, where he received numerous awards including the Ralston-Purina Research Award and Veterinarian of the Year. He is a Fellow of the Kellogg Foundation National Leadership Program.