The Strategic Learning Alignment Model

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Rita Smith

Involving business leaders in learning is not a new idea. In fact, a variety of best practices can be used to align learning solutions with business priorities and leaders, including governance boards and leaders serving as teachers. Some learning professionals are at t... More »

ROI Is DOA: How ROE Is a Better Measure of Training Success Than ROI: A Results Contract Can Prove It

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Steve Jacobs

For most people, DOA refers to Dead on Arrival. For learning professionals, DOA means Demanded by Older Authorities. ROI for training is an old technology used by older leaders or maybe just old thinking leaders. It is an outdated process. Outdated, however, doesnt mean... More »

ASTD 2011 Learning Transfer Contest Winner and Runners-Up

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ASTD Staff

To increase learning transfer from conference education sessions back to the workplace, ASTD has developed a variety of resources to support both speakers and conference participants. The Learning Transfer contest encouraged learners to tangibly apply what they learned ... More »

Draw Out Results!

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Brownell Landrum

In Latin educare to educate means to draw out. But it seems as if education and training are often more focused on a top-down teaching approach where information is disseminated, than a true drawing-out process in which participants discover the learning through a proce... More »

From Making It Stick to Making It Last: How to Keep ROI and Results-Based Training Efforts on Track

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Holly Burkett

Keeping a results-based evaluation and return-on-investment process on track is one of biggest implementation challenges for evaluation professionals. In many ways, its equivalent to training for a marathon. You start small with manageable goals, stretch your muscles, c... More »