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  • ROI provides a framework for evaluating training in profit and loss language

  • ROI studies are best suited for strategic, highly-visible programs

  • ROI helps transform training decisions into practical, tangible business solutions


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Editor: Mike Schellen,

VP Communications

Copyright 2007

Dallas Chapter of ASTD

All rights reserved.

January 2007, In This Issue:


Will you buy my popcorn? Part 2 of 3

“What’s a selling machine, dad?” my son asked. He was asking because I had just called him the Popcorn Selling Machine.  It was a compliment I didn’t use lightly ...

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5 Steps To Creating Authentic Goals

 

Setting goals is one of the most basic things we do in business and in life.  Many of you have just come through your annual budgeting process and set organizational priorities.

 

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ROI Mysteries Solved

 

What is the ROI methodology?  ROI methodology provides a framework for evaluating training results in the profit and loss language used by organizational leaders.

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President's Pen - The Benefits of Volunteering

 

Happy New Year!  A new year…an exciting time for beginnings, possibilities, goal setting and resolutions. 

 

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The Road to BPL

 

For 2006, the Best Place to Learn team began soliciting nominees in May.

 

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Best Place to Learn Awarded

 

In the beginning of the "Best Place to Learn" nomination period, three important questions were asked: 

 

Where is the best place to learn in the Metroplex?

 

Who values learning as an integral part of their business success?

 

Whose business success is a result of training and performance practices?

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Lies About Learning

 

Have you ever considered the view of organizational learning from the top of a corporation?  In Lies About Learning, editor Larry Israelite has aggregated a collection of writings from CEO's, CLO's, and other organizational and learning experts on some of the more profound missteps and misstatements in organizational learning today.

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As part of its mission, the Urban League provides many, many free classes and services in our community. Now YOU can help the Urban League employees help others. On the last Friday of every month, the Urban League provides training for 40 to 45 employees on topics such as communication, conflict resolution, time management, customer service and diversity.

Interested in providing pro bono training for a great cause, sharing your know-how with others, and meeting people who make a difference every day? Volunteer opportunities are available through October 2007.


 

 

 

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January 16 PM

Ignition Strategies for Training Leadership

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