Issue 35 - March 2010
Greetings from abdi
abdi ltd has a depth of experience unique in the UK, in impact measurement and ROI within L&D. We teach the tools to effectively plan, measure and evaluate all business activity. To discover how abdi can help you and your organisation, visit our website at www.abdi.eu.com
- Best Practise in Planning, Measuring and Reporting
- Scotland Workshop
- HRD 2010
- L&D2020 - abdi workshop
- Human Resources Magazine's HR Excellence Awards 2010
- Thinking of running an in-house course?
- Certificates awarded
- NHS Survey
- Public Course dates
Some of you may have seen the recent reports following the publication of results from a 'learning outcomes' survey conducted by KnowledgePool, a well respected UK training provider. The survey aimed to gather information about the transfer of learning to the workplace and performance improvement (in other words, ROI Level 3 application and implementation data).
Over a three year period, they collected over 10,000 responses using a generic questionnaire. Their focus was to gather data on the experience of respondents on the following:
- Transfer of learning to the workplace: how much learners use what they learned and how much their line managers helped them to do so.
- Individual performance improvement: the extent to which the learner's performance at work has improved, as a consequence of the learning.
For senior HR and L&D managers struggling to present the case for investment in workplace learning and development and for providers, these results will be disappointing and have the potential to undermine their case for continuing support.
The report has some very sensible recommendations:
- Capture post training data
- Line managers need to support learners after training
- Line managers and Learning & Development must work closely to ensure training is properly targeted
- Analyse the learning outcomes data!
If you would like to understand how others have implemented the best practices in planning, measuring and reporting performance improvement, business impact and value for money (ROI) data and would like to learn to do so, please contact us. We can help you make the case for investment that works for everyone that you invest in.
Our Methodology is not only the gold standard in professional practice, it is the one that serious professionals learn to apply through our UK recognised ladder of Edexcel accredited Awards which equate to a range of BTEC levels from 4-7 and also lead to the achievement of global ROI Institute Certification.
Scotland Workshop
We are pleased to announce the launch of abdi's first ever ROI Foundation Certificate course in Scotland, to be held in Edinburgh from the 30 -31st March, hosted by Visit Scotland. For more information about the course and how to register email us at info@abdi.eu.com or visit our website at www.abdi.eu.com
HRD 2010
Jane will be speaking at the HRD 2010 event on the 22nd April about the importance of embedding the ROI Methodology and its process into all aspects of human capital investment programme. We are also delighted that she will be sharing the platform with senior representatives from public and private sector organisations to share their experience and the results they are now reporting. For more information and how to book your place visit www.cipd.co.uk/cande/hrd/
L&D2020 - abdi workshop
Jane will be holding a workshop at the Training Journal's L&D2020 event, why not come and find out how both public and private sector organisations have benefited from embedding the processes of the ROI Methodology into all aspects of their L&D and training investments. For more information and how to book your place visit www.trainingjournal.com
Human Resources Magazine's HR Excellence Awards 2010
Human Resources magazine is currently taking entries for its annual HR Excellence Awards. Among the categories is 'Best Learning and Development Strategy'. A winning candidate will be able to show how a particular L&D initiative was aligned to business goals, and provide tangible evidence of the impact of a given project using quantifiable results. abdi encourages all who have applied the ROI methodology to their processes to enter the award - to gain recognition for adopting the types of practices which HR magazine see as exemplary. The deadline for entries is Thursday 25th of March. For more information visit www.hrexcellenceawards.co.uk.
Thinking of running an in-house course?
If you require any information about project or programme evaluation and consultancy services or would like to discuss the possibility of running one of our in-house courses to build the competency of your HR and L&D teams, contact us at info@abdi.eu.com
Certificates awarded
We would like to say well done to the following candidates who have all passed and will receive their Edexcel ROI Foundation Award certificates.
Peter Gray: Deputy Dean, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, York's St. John University
Paul Rafferty: Professional Development Clinical Educator, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Andrew Strawbridge: Lead Educator, Humber NHS Foundation Trust
Claire Attwood: Information Governance Office, City Health Care Partnership, Hull Zeinab Abdel Wahab Sayed: Corporate Resources Manager, Seasons, Egypt
NHS Survey
Abdi would like to say thank you to everyone from Yorkshire and Humber NHS for taking part in our online ROI Survey, we are currently analysing the results with the SHA ROI lead and will finalise the report very soon. Can we remind all our NHS adopters that the Y&H SHA now have an ROI page on their website.
Public Course dates
Make yourself one of the smart practitioners who can bring Gold Standard impact planning and evaluation to your organisation - reserve your place on one of our 2010 courses now
ROI Foundation Certificate courses: Scotland
30-31 March
ROI Foundation Certificate courses
21-22 June
20-21 September
15-16 November
ROI Evaluator Certificate courses
7-9 June
17-19 November
To talk about bringing our courses in-house to you and your colleagues, or to discuss hosting a course for your sector, distribution network or key stakeholders, place call (01223) 360240 or email us at info@abdi.eu.com
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