Overcome the conundrum of measuring interpersonal skills training, and demonstrate its positive impact on your organization.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/08/Prepare-for-Impact
Advance diversity and inclusion through Polarity Management.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/08/The-Competitive-Advantage-of-Diverse-Perspectives
All evaluations must provide more than just evidence of contribution. They must provide proof of a program’s connection to improvement in business measures.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/08/Editors-Note-Showing-Results
If you trust smile sheet ratings as a barometer of how effective your learning solutions will be, you're being foolish. Fortunately, a new kind of smile sheet has been devised: the performance-focused smile sheet.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/L-and-D-Blog/2013/08/Performance-Focused-Smile-Sheets
As we’ve worked with clients and students, we’ve been repeatedly asked for guidance on the basic mechanics of good data collection and analysis. Survey Basics is a summary of that comprehensive research written in a way that (we hope) gets to the point of key issues in survey design.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/L-and-D-Blog/2013/07/Why-Survey-Basics
Although it’s likely that most readers are familiar with Kirkpatrick’s four levels of evaluation, a review is sometimes in order. Here’s a look at the advantages and limitations of each level, as well as a case study.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Newsletters/ASTD-Links/ASTD-Links-Articles/2013/07/The-Four-Levels-An-Overview
Blog #1: The nature of organizations has changed, and the leaders they require in the future will be fundamentally different from those they require today. It is time to recreate leadership for the requirements of the modern organization.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Global-HRD-Blog/2013/06/Rereate-LeadershipBlog-1-of-4
Gulf Coast-based CareerEdge, a workforce development not-for-profit, must examine its economic impact on the community it serves to garner funding.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/06/Big-Data-Analysis-Drives-Not-for-Profit-Performance
With a strategy in place, you can get to Kirkpatrick’s Level 3 and Level 4—and demonstrate the value of your program.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/06/Creating-a-Post-Training-Evaluation-Plan
That first meeting can be the big win or lose.
Initial training project meetings, where the training request is explored, may include the internal client, subject matter experts, instructional designers, production, and project managers. It can be a time for high-level analysis to determine how the request will proceed, but also a time when the client can feel overwhelmed. This initial meeting can be critical to the success or failure of a project.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/L-and-D-Blog/2013/05/Dont-Lose-a-Training-Project