Measure What Matters: Rethinking Learning Evaluation | with Will Thalheimer
Most organizations rely on attendance, completion, engagement, and feedback forms to measure training. But these methods tell us almost nothing about whether learning actually happened and impacted people's performance.
Research shows that learner satisfaction has virtually no correlation with learning results, yet it remains one of the most common metrics. It’s time to move beyond these inadequate measures.
Join a focused conversation with Will Thalheimer, PhD, MBA, an internationally respected learning researcher and creator of the Learning-Transfer Evaluation Model (LTEM) to revolutionize how you think about evaluation.
What you can expect:
Honest insights into what’s broken in current evaluation practices.
Learn LTEM’s 8 tiers, why they matter, and how they outperform older models like Kirkpatrick.
Watch Will coach a fellow L&D through a real evaluation challenge, with takeaways you can apply immediately.
Walk away with practical, low-friction strategies you can use tomorrow
Bring your toughest evaluation questions and get them answered by Will!
About the Speaker:
Will Thalheimer, PhD, MBA, Consultant, Speaker, Researcher at Work-Learning Research. Will is a world-renowned thought leader focused on research-based practices for learning, work performance, presentations, and evaluation—and an advocate for learning professionals. Through Work-Learning Research (https://www.worklearning.com/), Will empowers organizations to build maximally effective learning-and-performance solutions and strategies. Will wrote the award-winning book Performance-Focused Learner Surveys (second edition) and the CEO’s Guide to Training, eLearning & Work: Empowering Learning for a Competitive Advantage (2024). Will created LTEM, the Learning-Transfer Evaluation Model and conducts popular workshops like the LTEM Boot Camp. He co-created The Learning Development Accelerator and the eLearning Manifesto.