Call for Entries: 2007 ASTD Awards

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ASTD Staff

2007 ASTD Awards: Deadline September 20, 2007 Be part of the 2007 ASTD Awards. Apply for these ASTD honors: Awards for Organizations Excellence in Practice - Practices and interventions that get results. ROI Impact Study Award - Case study that demonstrates return-on-in... More »

Maintaining Momentum: Keeping ROI And Results-Based Training Efforts On Track

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Holly Burkett

Keeping a results-based evaluation and ROI process on track is one of biggest implementation challenges for evaluation professionals. In many ways, it's equivalent to training for a marathon. You start small with manageable goals, stretch your muscles, change your habit... More »

The Purposes and Benefits of Evaluation

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Donald V. McCain

Why do we conduct an evaluation of a learning experience? Many times, we do not use the information or only give it a cursory review. Are there real benefits to conducting training evaluations? Some of the purposes for conducting evaluation include: To build relationshi... More »

Five Steps to Successful Dashboards

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Jeffrey Berk

Dashboards are important communication and performance-management tools. They offer a convenient place to organize vital information into a graphical representation that is easy to use and understand. There are five primary steps to successful dashboard creation. Resear... More »