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Donald Kirkpatrick Timeline

Education and Professional Experience

1948 BBA-- University of Wisconsin, Madison

1949 MA-- University of Wisconsin, Madison

1954 Ph.D-- University of Wisconsin, Madison

1949-1960 Professor: University of Wisconsin Management Institute, Madison

1954 Dissertation: Evaluating a Human Relations Training Program for Supervisors to Measure Learning Behavior and Results

1960-1962 Training Manager: International Mineral and Chemical Corporation

1962-1964 Personnel Manager: Bendix Products Aerospace Division

1964-1986 Professor: University of Wisconsin Management Institute, Milwaukee

Awards and Honors

1975 President ASTD

1982 Gordon M. Bliss Award, ASTD

1997 Elected to Training Magazine's Hall of Fame

2003 ASTD Award for Lifetime Achievement in Workplace Learning and Performance

2006 Asia HRD Congress special award for Lifetime Achievement

2006 ASTD Award: One of four "Legends" in Training and Development

Publications

1959 Articles on Reaction, Learning, Behavior and Results published in Training and Development Journal, ASTD*

1976 Contributor to Training and Development Handbook: L. Craig

1978 No Nonsense Communication, 1^st edition

1983 How to Manage Change Effectively

-Best Book of the Year-ASPA (SHRM)

1984 How to Improve Performance Through Appraisal and Coaching

-Best Book of the Year-ASPA (SHRM)

1994 Evaluating Training Programs, 1^st edition

1998 Another Look at Evaluating Training Programs

2001 Development Supervisors and Team Leaders

2001 Managing Change Effectively

2005 Transferring Learning to Behavior

2006 How to Conduct Productive Meetings

2006 Improving Employee Performance Through Appraisal and Coaching

2007 Implementing the Four Levels

2008 Contributor to Handbook for Workplace Learning Professionals

Go to information about Kirkpatrick Partners and Don's current work

Kirkpatrick Partners is a provider of training evaluation and business partnership training, products, consulting, and impact studies. Our work is based on the Kirkpatrick Four Levels^TM Evaluation Model created by Donald L. Kirkpatrick in 1954 as part of his PhD dissertation on the evaluation of the effectiveness of training for supervisors. It is expanded by the Kirkpatrick Business Partnership Model^TM and Kirkpatrick Foundational Principles.

Instead of training ROI, we focus on training Return on Expectations (ROE). This is a more holistic measurement of all of the benefits realized from a program or initiative, qualitative and quantitative. We offer courses and workshops on training evaluation and business partnership that equip training professionals to create, demonstrate, and measure the business results and value their training yields or supports.

Donald (Don), James (Jim), and Wendy Kirkpatrick are pleased to be united as Kirkpatrick Partners. Whether you want to earn your Kirkpatrick certification or simply create more value in your organization, we are here to help. Our programs are valuable whether you are a corporate employee, member of government, or an independent consultant.

The Kirkpatricks are the authors of nine books including Evaluating Training Programs, Implementing the Four Levels, Transferring Learning to Results, Kirkpatrick Then and Now, and Training on Trial.