Dave Basarab, Founder V.A.L.E. Consulting

I'll be traveling the country as part of my Predictive Evaluation book tour, providing more insight and answering questions about how trainers and business leaders can most effectively use the Predictive Evaluation model. 

I'm currently booking speaking opportunities with local chapters of training organizations - such as ASTD, ISPI, SHRM, American Evaluation Association and others.  If you are involved in a local organization and want to discuss the logistics of having me speak at an upcoming chapter meeting, please contact my publicist,

Adrienne Walkowiak, at  

Want to know more about Predictive Evaluation? Join Dave for two exciting (and free) webinars.

I'm thrilled to share with you that my new book, Predictive Evaluation, launches January 10th, 2011.

Predictive Evaluation explains how trainers and business leaders can use the Predictive Evaluation (PE) Model to successfully predict training's results, value, intention, adoption and impact, allowing for smarter, more strategic training and evaluation investments.  Predictive evaluation enables you to effectively and accurately forecast training's value to your company, measure against these predictions, establish indicators to track your progress (and make midcourse corrections if needed), and report the results in a language that business executives respond to and understand. It's an approach that can be used for any sort of training program, in any setting, whether planned, newly implemented, or long established. This book will be invaluable for companies that struggle to define training's success, fight to justify training's value to their organization or view training as an expense rather than an investment with predicted return.

• The PE model is an extension to the renowned Kirkpatrick and Brinkerhoff Models and offers a practical step-by-step process that begins where most other evaluations stop. It's unique because it:
• Is the first model to add the element of prediction to training evaluations.
• Predicts the quantifiable impact of training to forecast training investments, results and ROI.
• Requires active participation, so employees feel invested and engaged throughout the process.
• Can be used with existing or new courses, and works well with classroom-based or on-the-job training, on-line learning, and workshops.
• Is appropriate for all industries and departments and staff at all levels.
• Provides recommendations for continuous improvement.

Predictive Evaluation is endorsed by prestigious industry leaders Donald L. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D. and James D. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., who also wrote the book's foreword.

To order an advanced copy of Predictive Evaluation, please visit:

One element in the Predictive Evaluation approach is Belief Evaluation.  Belief Evaluation answers the question - What do our employees need to believe so that they successfully transfer training skills to the job?  I have found that when participants believe the actions (goals) they intend to do will help them, their team, or the organization the rate of adoption is significantly increased.