Topic 1

Getting Started

• Housekeeping Items
• Pre-Assignment Review
• Workshop Objectives
• Action Plans 

Topic 2

Assessing Learning before Training

• Workplace Observation
• Objectives Assessment
• Pre-Assignments and Pre-Tests

Topic 3

Kolb’s Learning Styles

• The Four-Stage Process
• Accommodators
• Divergers
• Convergers
• Assimilators

Topic 4

Assessing Learning during Training

• Reviewing Learning Objectives
• Performing Hip-Pocket Assessments
• Quizzes and Tests
• Skill Assessments

Topic 5

Kirkpatrick’s Levels of Evaluation

• Overview
• Level One: Reactions
• Level Two: Learning
• Level Three: Behavior
• Level Four: Results

Topic 6

Assessing Learning after Training

• Evaluation Timelines
• Learning Journal
• Goal Setting
• Additional Methods of Evaluation

Topic 7

Types of Measurement Tools

• Goal Setting
• Self-Evaluations
• Peer Evaluations
• Supervisor Evaluations
• High-Level Evaluations

Topic 8

The Long Term View

• Creating a Long Term Evaluation Plan
• Methods of Evaluation
• Documenting Lessons Learned

Topic 9

Focusing the Training

• Performing a Needs Assessment
• Creating Learning Objectives
• Drilling Down Into Content

Topic 10

Calculating the Return on Investment (ROI)

• A Basic ROI Formula
• Identifying and Measuring Tangible Benefits
• Identifying and Measuring Intangible Benefits
• Calculating Total Costs
• Making a Business Case

Topic 11

Creating an Evaluation Plan

• What Will We Evaluate?
• When Will the Evaluation be completed?
• How Will We Evaluate It?
• Who Will Perform the Evaluation?

Topic 12

Wrapping Up

• Words from the Wise
• Parking Lot
• Action Plans