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April 2011 - TD Magazine

Honoring Don Kirkpatrick

Listen to the Voices of Measuring and Evaluating Training: Don Kirkpatrick

Hear Don Kirkpatrick talk about the 50th anniversary of the four levels!

Don Kirkpatrick Live

Don Kirkpatrick Checks In

Don Kirkpatrick

Delve into James and Wendy's new findings that, together with Don Kirkpatrick's work, create the New World Kirkpatrick Model, a powerful training evaluation methodology that melds people with metrics. 

Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Training Evaluation

Don Kirkpatrick’s groundbreaking four levels of training evaluation is the most widely used training evaluation model in the world. Ask any group of trainers if they rely on it in their practice, and you’ll get an enthusiastic affirmation. But how many variations of “Kirkpatrick” are in use today? And what number of misassumptions and faulty practices have crept in over 60 years? The reality is, quite a few.
Attend this informative webcast and hear directly from Jim and Wendy Kirkpatrick tips for accurately and effectively applying the true and correct four levels, so you design, deliver, and evaluate programs that truly contribute organizational value. See the updates in the New World Kirkpatrick Model that keep the model timeless and relevant to today’s work world.
After this webcast, you will be able to:

Explain why starting with results in mind is critical to program value.
Identify tactics to get beyond Kirkpatrick Levels 1 and 2.
Determine if your current evaluation strategy is effective.

 
Download the handout for this webcast here:  Kirkpatrick's 4 Levels of Training Evaluation

Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Training Evaluation: Do you REALLY Know the Four Levels?

Letters to the Editor April 1974

Kathryn Stafford is a developmental editor with ATD Press, working closely with such ATD authors as Elaine Biech, Jim and Wendy Kirkpatrick, Chuck Hodell, Don McCain, and Karen Hough. She has helped to shape and deliver some of ATD’s most noteworthy training books—Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Training Evaluation, ISD From the Ground Up, 4th edition_,_ and The New Social Learning—as well as popular titles like How Did I Not See This Coming? and Beyond Happy. Kathryn is the author of the forthcoming ATD Press book, Work the Problem: How Experts Tackle Workplace Challenges, which she describes as a virtual conversation with nine subject matter experts about 10 fictional and highly relatable workplace case studies. Kathryn holds an MA from the University of Virginia and a BA from Ohio State University.

Kathryn Stafford

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