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Join the originators of four-step training evaluation for the first-ever, senior-level Kirkpatrick Evaluation Summit. Training magazine is proud to co-locate the Summit with Training 2008.

The primary focus of this Summit is using evaluation to help bring to life the Business Partnership Model that is, the often strained or distant relationship between the learning function and the business.

There is little doubt that training is on trial in the eyes of the business, and effectively applied evaluation can go a long way to close the current gap between them. Before Donald Kirkpatrick defined a four-level model of training evaluation in 1959, organizations were concerned about evaluating their training but nobody knew how to do it.

Nearly 50 years later, the Kirkpatrick Model of evaluation is recognized around the world as the standard to evaluate training´s impact, prove training's value, and increase training´s effectiveness.

Donald and Jim Kirkpatrick, the foremost authorities on training evaluation, have gathered the best minds and voices in the industry to speak on effective evaluation, and the essential role evaluation plays in successful organizations' overall training strategies.

Presented by:

Don Kirkpatrick, Author,
Evaluating Training Programs:
The Four Levels








Jim Kirkpatrick, Co-Author,
Implementing the Four Levels

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2008
9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Training Evaluation Certificate Program
Don and Jim Kirkpatrick

The Summit includes this full-day certificate program. Roll up your sleeves and learn methods that you will be able to immediately apply in your organization. All Summit participants will receive a Kirkpatrick Evaluation Summit Certificate during the Monday evening reception.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2008
7:30 am - 8:00 am
Morning Refreshment Break

8:00 am - 8:15 am
Welcome
Don Kirkpatrick and R. Palan

8:15 am - 8:30 am
Introduction to the Business Partnership Model
Jim Kirkpatrick

8:30 am - 9:00 am
Demonstrating the Value of a Sales Training Program with a Compelling Chain of Evidence
Jim Hashman, Division Director, Sales L&D, Comcast Cable

9:00 am - 9:30 am
The Most Powerful Level 3 Tool: Action Learning
Michael Woodard, Director of Sales Training, Georgia Pacific

9:45 am - 10:30 am
Making ROI Work
Patti Phillips, Co-author, The ROI Fieldbook

10:45 am - 11:30 am
Implementing ROI: Ten Years Later
Deborah Wharff, Technical Director, Learning and Development, Department of Defense

11:30 am - 12:45 pm
 Lunch in the Training 2008 Expo Hall

12:45 pm - 1:30 pm
Evaluating E-Learning: How to Tell If Your Money Was Well-Spent
William Horton, Author, e-Learning by Design

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Demonstrating Effectiveness: The Critical Linkage Between Competencies and Evaluation
R. Palan, Chairman/CEO, SMR Group

2:15 pm - 3:00 pm
Simple and Strategic Impact Evaluation that Senior Leaders Believe and Use: The Success Case Method
Robert Brinkerhoff, Author, Telling Training´s Story: Evaluation Made Simple, Credible, and Effective

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Afternoon Refreshment Break

3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Visualizing Value: Proving the Business Impact of Leadership Development at Children's Healthcare Atlanta
Larry Mohl, Vice President/Chief Learning Officer, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Business Partnership Evaluation: Negotiating Value Propositions
Diederick Stoel, President, Executive Consultant ProfitWise, Inc.

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Summit Networking Groups
An expert thought leader and practitioner will be seated at each table to facilitate your Q&A about your own evaluation and training challenges.

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Certificate Celebration
Join the Kirkpatricks and receive your Kirkpatrick Evaluation Summit Certificate.

For full session descriptions, search for the Kirkpatrick Strategic Evaluation Summit track on the conference schedule page.