Add Value to Your Training: Training Tips for New Trainers

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Lia McIntosh

How much a learner gets out of training has a lot to do with how much a trainer puts into it. In addition, learners tend to appreciate training more when they feel what they are learning is valuable to them in some way. So before you begin a training session, consider w... More »

From Basic Competencies to Job-Specific Curriculums

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Diane J. Krieger

Curriculums benefit business in many ways. They are a major contribution to employee productivity and retention. Curriculums add value by reducing training costs and achieve performance goals by setting a true expectation for an employee to transfer learning to the job.... More »

How to Build Evaluation Capacity

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Patricia Windle Todd

During the last decade, there have been myriad articles, research studies, and discussions about how to carry out company-wide evaluation activities, often referred to as evaluation capacity building (ECB), effectively. Building evaluation capacity requires understandin... More »