ROI Power in Educating Colleagues

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Kevin Freer

Workplace professionals who achieve certification through the ROI Institute have a professional responsibility to educate colleagues on the ROI methodology process that was created by Jack J. Phillips and Patti Phillips. There are many leadership roles and responsibilit... 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 It is an outdated process. Outdated, however, doesnt mean...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 »

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 »

Consider Contribution Margin to Calculate Training’s Impact

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Carol Decker

A goal of successful business is to choose a course of action that will produce profitable results. In training departments, for example, directives to increase the bottom line can come as suggestions to eliminate certain programs, raise prices, reduce expenditures, or ... More »