According to the American Society for Training and Development, over $30 billion was spent in 2006 on "technologically-mediated training." This is about 25% of all the funds spent on training in the United States that year. Is this large expenditure actually improving performance? How is distance training evaluated by executives who make these important budgeting decisions?

This audio conference presents the results of a two-year study on evaluating distance training. Attendees gain valuable insight into the various styles and tools used by leading executives to evaluate distance training programs - insight and best practices they can in turn use to evaluate the effectiveness of their own programs.

This audio conference covers:

• Three different styles of executive decision making
• How organizations are using distance training to solve their performance improvement challenges
• Tools organizations can use to judge the effectiveness of distance training
• The spectrum of standards executives use to judge the effectiveness of distance training
• Compare the processes participants use to evaluate distance training with the processes used by the study participants

About the speaker:

Paul Hardt, EdD, has over 30 years of experience teaching, training, and leading people in business and education. He has created national sales and product knowledge training programs, introduced many innovations into client organizations, including cutting-edge communication training for managers, computer-based training and internally-developed, video-based customer service training. Dr. Hardt was selected three times to present training and development courses to members of the Arabian Society for Human Resource Management in Dhahran, Saudia Arabia.

Dr. Hardt completed his Doctorate in Education, with a specialization in training and development from the University of Minnesota. He has trained hundreds of faculty at Capella in online teaching methods in his position as Faculty Trainer. Dr. Hardt is a Core Faculty Member in the School of Education's Training and Performance Improvement Specialization, and is the author and coauthor of over 30 articles on a wide variety of training and performance improvement topics. His research and consulting practice interests include investigating how distance training can be linked to performance improvement methods, and installing performance improvement technologies in a variety of organizations.

Who should attend?

• Chief Learning Officers
• Vice Presidents of Operations
• Vice Presidents of Human Resources
• Directors of Training and Staff Development