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Fully revised and updated, ATD’s Handbook for Measuring and Evaluating Training is the comprehensive go-to reference for talent development professionals in need of immediate measurement and evaluation (M&E) guidance. Edited by M&E powerhouse Patti Phillips, with contributions from 30 expert practitioners, this handbook provides an essential roadmap to developing effective processes to prove the value and impact of your learning and development programs.
Training measurement and evaluation is one of the top frustrations of a talent development professional''s job. At first glance, it appears to be a drain on precious time and resources, yet it is a critical function for understanding the results and proving the value of L&D programs. If not conducted properly, it can yield questionable results, lack of accountability, and stakeholder skepticism. All to say, TD professionals must have a solid foundation in measurement and evaluation to do their jobs effectively.
With this handbook, you’ll feel confident each time you face an M&E challenge, from planning the evaluation and collecting and analyzing data to optimizing results and making evaluation efforts work in your organization. You will use the data to improve your training programs and meet the standards your organization strives for.
The updated edition includes new chapters on how to tell the evaluation story to business leaders, visualize data in reports, and leverage artificial intelligence smartly as well as refreshed chapters on all the M&E fundamentals. Rich in real-life application, it offers practitioner tips, knowledge checks, and support resources and references. Your advisors along the way are an impressive array of experts from the field, each chosen for their knowledge, experience, and actual results in specific areas.
Whether you’re a trainer, manager, professor, or student of training evaluation, this handbook has been designed to meet your needs.
Industry Reviews
"ATD's Handbook for Measuring and Evaluating Training is essential for talent development professionals seeking to demonstrate the true impact of their work. With its clear methodologies and actionable insights, it transforms training evaluation into a strategic tool for driving measurable business success."
-Abdulrahman Alsheail, Director General of Human Resources, The Institute of Public Administration, Saudi Arabia
“Whether you are new to ROI or an experienced ROI practitioner, the second edition of ATD's Handbook for Measuring and Evaluating Training is a must-read that you will use as a reference guide over and over. The wealth of knowledge contained between the pages is phenomenal!”
—Ida Dalessandro-Felix, EMOD, CPC, ACC, CRP, Education Program Director, US Office of Personnel Management
“Patti’s knowledge about measuring learning programs is second-to-none and this book helps the talent development professional understand how to put together the puzzle of measurement and evaluation. Using her process and measurement strategy has helped us evaluate and validate our learning programs with our senior leaders to place talent development as a top pillar of our enterprise business strategy.”
—Kristine M. Ellis, MEd, MPC, PCC, Director, Talent Development, Florida Blue; A GuideWell Company
“It's more critical than ever to elevate our business partnerships with enablement impact mapped to business goals. Patti Phillips, a prominent measurement and evaluation leader, delivers a step-by-step guide that is compelling, comprehensive, and credible. If you invest in one evaluation resource for your L&D strategy, make it this one.”
—Jaimie Krause, PhD, Director of Learning and Development, Indeed
