The role of social media in learning
Ed Cohen of SuccessFactors gives us a new take on social media and their relationship with the learning experience. Over the past three years the popularity of social media has grown from being an interesting social experiment to mainstream entertainment. We have seen companies and technologies like MySpace go from being the latest craze to […]
Final call for learning technologies benchmark study
Benchmark practice Towards Maturity has extended the deadline of its learning technologies benchmark study to 16 August 2011. More than 400 organisations have already participated with 73% of participants reporting that just taking part has given them new ideas to improve the impact of their learning services. The study enables organisations to benchmark their […]
Diary date: Webinar – Think you know Kirkpatrick? A new look at evaluation
Learning evaluation guru and TrainingZone Live speaker Jim Kirkpatrick, and his wife Wendy are holding a free webinar for all charities worldwide, at 3pm BST on 31 August 2011. The event, which is being supported in the UK by The Charity Learning Consortium, will provide attendees with insights into the latest adaptation of the Kirkpatrick […]
The Kirkpatrick New World Level 3: Part 2
Ahead of their only UK speaking engagement at TrainingZone Live, Jim and Wendy Kirkpatrick conclude their piece on what they consider to be the most important of the Four Levels. Read on… Step 3: Teach the critical behaviors in training While it may seem obvious, there is often a disconnect between the critical behaviours that […]
Is training actually needed? A performance gap approach
Sometimes we just need to stop and ask ourselves, is any training actually needed? TZ member and featured blogger Garry Platt presents his methodology. In many quarters there is an increasing disillusionment with the contribution and function of the training and development arm of HR departments. A recent survey commissioned by Capita, 100 of the […]
Tricks of the trade: Tools to help cultivate successful teams
Catherine Ellwood, consultant at workplace psychologists OPP, advises on how managers can use the latest in psychometric assessment to get the best from their teams – even in the most challenging situations. There are a number of psychometric tools available today that can be used in the workplace for everything from recruitment, talent management to […]
A framework for social learning in enterprise: Pt 1
In the first of a series on social learning, The Internet Time Alliance explain some of the background of social learning and provide suggestions and advice on how to change thinking about learning to include social aspects. Part 1: The Scaffolding The social learning revolution has only just begun. Corporations that understand the value of knowledge […]
Special offer: Kirkpatrick training deals for TrainingZone.co.uk members
TrainingZone.co.uk has teamed up with Kirkpatrick partners to bring you some excellent savings on two of their much sought-after Four Levels of Evaluation training programmes. The Kirkpatrick Certificate and more in-depth Certification programmes are now available to TrainingZone members with a 20% discount when you use the special ‘siftmedia’ booking code. Delivered over the internet […]
How to fail spectacularly with elearning
Laura Overton gives us her top anti-tips on how to ensure that you make the least of your elearning investments – follow them at your peril! Here at Towards Maturity, we are a curious bunch and have lots of questions about the way technology is used for learning at work. For example, we want to […]
Towards Maturity 2010 Learning Technology Benchmark study launches
The fourth Towards Maturity 2010 benchmark review has launched today at the Learning and Skills group event, Olympia London with outstanding support from the wider Learning & Development industry. The benchmark is now considered the most comprehensive, independent and authoritative review on the use of Learning Technologies in the workplace in the UK. The 2010 […]
Evaluation forms
Looking to design a training evaluation for asap. The course itself has about 4 or 5 sections to it each with a different presenter. The message to get across is this is who we are and this is what we do. I would like to gain feedback on the section content/the trainer and a space […]
Two minute interview: Jim Kirkpatrick
With TZ Live only a week away, Matt Henkes gets the latest from Jim Kirkpatrick and finds out what delegates can expect from his exclusive new workshop. When TrainingZone Live managed to secure the Kirkpatrick’s latest workshop as part of the event, we were thrilled. Following hot on the heels of Donald Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels […]
Business training survey – win £80 of chocolate!
TrainingZone Live are calling for training buyers to take part in a short, interesting training survey. It’s been a challenging 12 months and we at TrainingZone would love to hear how you have coped with the ups and downs thrown up by the economic turmoil as well as the challenges you are facing over the next […]
When training needs analysis isn’t enough
Poor TNA in organisations is failing employees but how can training managers make it more effective? Judith Germain explains. Most companies now recognise the need to ensure that there are regular appraisals or performance reviews with its employees. The purpose of the performance review is twofold: organisational and employee-focused. In terms of the organisation, performance […]
Plagiarism?
Hi, I have been asked to evaluate a development programme and have included a 1 page reference to Kirkpatricks 4 levels of evaluation whereby I explain where this started from and the four levels. The person who I have given the report to has suggested this may be Plagiarism. Has anyone else come across this […]
10 min training session as part of interview
Hi all, I have an interview for a Trainer role next week – part of which I need to present a 10 minute training session on any topic and I’m really stuck for ideas… I have provided training/coaching before but this would be my first full-time training role. I work in a large call centre […]
The Training Industry Survey 2009
Calling all training managers! Take part in TrainingZone’s first-ever study with leading research firm Bersin & Associates – designed to benchmark training budgets, staffing, and programmes – and get a copy of the results. The Training Industry Survey 2009 is the industry's most comprehensive research study on training budgets, staffing, and programmes. is the industry's […]
Donald Kirkpatrick answers members’ evaluation concerns
Donald Kirkpatrick – the ‘father of evaluation’, has kindly answered more of your evaluation conundrums, sent to us by members after we interviewed him last year. Question: First of all, thanks so much for a great contribution to Learning and Development. I would very much appreciate any tips on how I can get definitive figures […]
Top reads 2008: Real Evaluation Transforms Organisations. By Paul Kearns
Real evaluation is a state of mind and has absolutely nothing to do with happy sheets, questionnaires or surveys. Arguments about whether ROI is the Holy Grail and declarations of a preference for one particular evaluation model over another completely miss the point. Paul Kearns discusses the benefits of real evaluations. The point is no […]
The 21st Century learning professional: Putting evidence in the dock
You’re only as professional as your evidence, says Paul Kearns. Happy sheets are all very well, he says, but you need to get the basics right at the beginning if evaluation is to mean anything at all. It might be stating the blindingly obvious but the best learning professionals are surely those that produce the […]
