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4MAT: Leading Training Needs Analysis to Define Measurable Learning Outcomes

2 day Live Course

May 2 – 3, 2012
Covington, LA
Tuition: $950

 

Register by April 2, 2012 and receive $100 off!

Early Bird Promo Code: TRAINING4

Step-by-step approach to conducting training needs analysis and defining clear outcomes. Learn how to confidently lead the training needs analysis and outcome development process. Establish your credibility as a strategic performance development partner using the 4MAT performance analysis tools and outcomes framework that deliver measurable training ROI.

 

Course Objective:

Here’s a common training design scenario: You are tasked with designing a training program to “improve communication”. The senior manager requesting the training feels strongly that conflict resolution skills need to be part of the program. You’ve got a 2-hour delivery time window for a program that will improve team communication (and morale). Where do you begin?

 

The ability to deliver quantifiable results on training investment is critical. Linking performance results to training begins with defining clear learning outcomes. In this session, we will explore a four-part model for defining learning outcomes. You will use this model to identify the results you are tasked with producing while linking the critical learner behaviors that will deliver this result. This hands-on session will give you an opportunity to apply the model to a common training scenario. By using the model provided, you will identify how to prioritize your time in the course design. You will also positively impact training results while significantly accelerating the design process.

• Use an easy-to-apply model to define measurable learning outcomes
• Conduct a Training Needs Analysis to determine training focus
• Work with Subject-Matter-Experts to identify knowledge, skill and attitude differences between low- and high-performers
• Use the Question Inventory to guide the Needs Analysis process
• Determine how to measure the four key learning outcomes
• Build a cohesive assessment strategy that guides the instructional design process
• Link activity choice to learner outcomes
• Build and assess an outcomes-based instructional design

Included in Your Tuition:

• Participant workbook
• 4MAT® Needs Analysis Question Inventory
• 4MAT® Subject-Matter-Interview Guide
• 4MAT® Learning Type Measure®
• One-year subscription to the 4MATion® Online Training Design Center

Course Details:

In this interactive workshop series, you will explore how to link assessment, outcome development and activity choice. Here’s what we will explore:

 

Session 1: Assessing the Need and Defining Outcomes

• Identify the four critical learning outcomes that must be defined
• Use the Question Inventory to guide the training needs analysis conversation with key stakeholders
• Craft clear outcome statements which will guide the design process
• Assess the performance shift needed to deliver the desired behavior result
• Analyze which of the 4 Performance Barriers is linked to the successful transfer of learning
  

Session 2: Linking Activity Choice to Outcomes

February 21, 2012

• Understand the 4MAT® basic design framework
• Recognize how the four critical outcomes link to the design model
• Identify the “Concept” that high performers get and learn how to transfer it to low performers
• Identify the types of activities that work best to deliver each of the four outcomes
• Filter content and activity choice by focusing on the critical “Performance Barrier”
  

Session 3: Assessing Your Design

February 22, 2012

•  Assess the impact of your training design using the 4MAT® design rubric
• Review design samples created by fellow participants
• Analyze and refine your design for higher impact with particular emphasis on Kirkpatrick’s Level 3 (Behavior) and Level 4 evaluation (Business Impact)

Early Bird Registration:

Register 30 days before your workshop begins and receive $100 off your tuition. Simply enter promo code TRAINING4 when you check out in the online store.

 

You will also receive the best-selling 4MAT instructional design book published by ASTD (American Society for Training and Development), Hold On, You Lost Me! Using Learning Styles to Create Training that Sticks co-authored by 4MAT Creator Dr. Bernice McCarthy and 4MAT 4Business CEO, Jeanine O’Neill-Blackwell.

Venue Information:

4MAT 4Business Design Studio
320-322 Courthouse Alley
Covington, LA 70433
866.888.4MAT