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Predictive Evaluation Available Now
The countdown is on! My second book, Predictive Evaluation, a follow-up to my previous book The Training Evaluation Process, will launch in less than a month - on January 10, 2011. My new book spotlights the Predictive Evaluation (PE) Model, the first and only training and evaluation approach to add the element of prediction.
 This book speaks volumes about the passion I have towards helping professionals who struggle to define training's success, justify training's value, and predict return. Using the PE Model, trainers and business leaders can now successfully predict training's results with value, intention, adoption and impact, allowing them to make smarter, more strategic training and evaluation investments.
In Predictive Evaluation, I provide details about how to use the PE Model in real business environments, offering guidance in identifying specific goals and beliefs, determining an action plan, developing quantifiable measurement tools, predicting value, using leading indicators to stay on track, and reporting in a format that executives can easily understand.
The PE Model is a straight-forward step-by-step process that begins where most other training evaluations stop. It requires student participation, making employees feel invested and engaged throughout the process. It offers flexibility, and can be used either with new or existing courses, working equally well with classroom-based training, on the job training, on-line learning, workshops and more. The PE Model is appropriate across all industries and departments and is suitable for staff at ALL levels.
I feel fortunate to have incredible endorsements by prestigious industry leaders such as Donald L. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D. and James D. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., who also wrote the foreword. I respect Donald and James tremendously, so it's especially exciting to have them involved in my newest project.
"Predictive Evaluation will greatly enhance training's acceptance as a business function like any other, one where projections are made, progress is measured, and effectiveness is definitely determined. Rather than being regarded as an expense and an act of faith, training will be seen as an investment with a concrete payoff."
- Donald L. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D..
I also appreciate the incredible support from Bob Branson of TACK-USA, Melodi Ramirez Tripp of BNSF Railway Company, Roy Pollock of Fort Hill Company, John Sullivan of Duke Corporation Education, Christy Pines of Canon USA, Rita Smith of Ingersoll Rand University, and more.
"With his innovative Predictive Evaluation model, Dave will transform 21st-century training evaluation. Written from the viewpoint of an experienced practitioner, Dave provides a road map for truly forecasting the business impact of training prior to making the investment."
- Rita Smith, Vice President of Enterprise Learning, Ingersoll Rand University
Berrett-Koehler Publishers will release Predictive Evaluation on January 10, 2011, but if interested, the book is available for pre-order at
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