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How Do Executives Really Evaluate Distance Training?

While Kirkpatrick’s “4 Levels” and other frameworks for evaluating training have been around for over 50 years, only about half of all training programs are evaluated for objective performance improvement outcomes. This has been found to be true for distance training programs, as well as face-to-face training programs.

So, how do executives really evaluate distance training?

I’m nearing the end of a year-long study of that question, and I welcome your comments, suggestions, and resources to this post.

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Learner Recognized as Top Trainer

Training Magazine has named Tracy Lendi, a doctoral learner in the School of Education Training and Performance Improvement program, as one of this year’s Top 10 Young Trainers. Her never-say-no enthusiasm for training and innovative approaches caught the attention of clients and employers who nominated her.

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Interdisciplinary Approaches to Contemporary Career Studies

Papers are requested for a special issue of the journal, Human Relations.

This special issue invites contributions that respond to a call for fresh interdisciplinary approaches, and also demonstrate the potential that interdisciplinary inquiry holds for the greater understanding of contemporary career phenomena. Editors are looking for papers that reflect varied methodologies.

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Working Online…in Writing

Get naked in the security line, hope the flight is on time, compete for overhead bin space with the family that really did bring the kitchen sink-or work online? More of us are communicating online to get things done with people who are across the hall or across the globe (or both at the same time). Clearly, writing skills have never been more important.

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ASTD Explores Talent Management

A couple of articles in the free, online version of Learning Executives Magazine published by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) are particularly relevant to Organizational Perspectives readers. In the July 2008 issue, find the article “Tailoring Global Leadership.”

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Webinar: Working With Individuals Across Multiple Generations

The workplace is made up of many different generations, all who have their own set of values. At the end of this one-hour audio webinar by Dr. Stephanie Fraser-Beekman, you will be able to identify the four different generations currently in the workforce, discuss potential challenges that materialize between generations, and describe techniques for capitalizing on the potential of each generation.

Dr. Beekman holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Public Management from Indiana University, a Masters in Human Development and a Doctorate in Human Development and Organizational Systems from the Fielding Institute. She is a Core Faculty member of Human Resource Management at Capella University, as well.

This webinar is 63 minutes in length and is available for streaming live or can be downloaded for future use. The accompanying PowerPoint presentation may be viewed here.