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This class works to earn their Kirkpatrick bronze certification during a recent, first-ever program in Hong Kong. Kirkpatrick Certified Facilitator Melanie Martinelli led the program.
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Bank A is a national commercial bank in China whose credit card business leads the entire industry both in technologies and services. However, the workforce began to go downhill as they were losing necessary drivers and motivation to move forward during the last 30 years of development.
The corporate university then launched a program named the Second Business Pioneering Program to boost career competitiveness of the staff so as to change attitudes, motivate employees and improve work performance with Kirkpatrick Four Levels.
"In order to win the trust of your stakeholders, be honest with them about the business partnership needed to maximize results."
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"Feed a man a fish or teach a man to fish. Which is your approach to training evaluation?"
- Jim Kirkpatrick, Training Evaluation Expert and Fisherman
It's a startling statistic for L&D professionals: approximately 85% of training graduates fall prey to a myriad of factors that influence them to do something other than what they learned during training.
Jim Kirkpatrick and Wendy Kayser Kirkpatrick offer a plan to help overcome these challenges.
This full class in Shanghai, China, works to earn their Kirkpatrick bronze certification during a recent program. Kirkpatrick affiliate OnDemand held the class. Kirkpatrick certified facilitator Lianbin Cui led the program.
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As training professionals, most of us will admit that when we scoop up a stack of evaluation forms, our eye goes first to one place: the questions where participants tell us how we did teaching the class.
This is just human. We all want to know if people liked us, if they thought we did a good job and if we accomplished our goals.
But what if I said that much of the feedback you are getting isn’t true?
This active class works to earn their Kirkpatrick bronze certification during a recent program in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Kirkpatrick affiliate Across facilitated the program. Regina Camargo, Kirkpatrick Certified Facilitator, led the Portuguese-language program.
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Kirkpatrick Conference Appearance Schedule Released
The Kirkpatricks are pleased to be presenting at these upcoming conferences:
TechKnowledge 2019 Thursday, February 7
Training 2019 Tuesday, February 26
ATD 2019 International Conference and Expo May 19 - 22
SITE Conference Wednesday, June 26
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Early Bird Savings for 2019 Kirkpatrick Programs Now Available November 12, 2018 Our 2019 calendar has been updated with all U.S. Kirkpatrick public program dates and many international dates, too. Registration is open, and early bird savings is available. Click here for dates and details.
Kirkpatrick Book Named to Must-Read List for Trainers September 24, 2018
The best-selling book, Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Training Evaluation, has been named to a list of must-reads for training professionals. Click here for more.
Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Training Evaluation Hit #1 on Amazon November 6, 2016
What a success our book, Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Training Evaluation, has been! It hit #1 in training books on amazon.com yesterday! Thank you, thank you, thank you to those of you who purchased it, reviewed it, clicked "yes" that you found reviews helpful, or simply visited the page.
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