Evaluating the Impact of Learning and Development

09:00 - Registration and coffee
09:30 - Welcome, introduction and outline of objectives
10:00 - Learning interventions: what makes a difference?
· Latest research - what interventions have made the most difference to workplace impact?
· From top team to starter positions, training provision to on the job activity
· Share experiences of interventions that have made a difference in your organisation

11:00 - Coffee
11:15 - Evaluating the impact of your learning interventions
· Latest thinking around evaluation approaches and tools
· Return on Investment models and application: current research on measuring the intangible
· The Investors in People quality standard
· Justifying evaluation and developing an evaluation culture
· Developing a pragmatic approach: where are you now? Assessing your organisations needs and options

12:30 - Lunch
13:30 - Making the case for investment in L&D
· Identifying the stakeholders, champions and influencers
· Reporting and presenting evaluation data, and using to persuade
· Demonstrating the link to strategic imperatives

14:15 - The L&D function - efficiency and worth
· Reviewing your L&D function to ensure you are set up to deliver real benefit
· Benchmarking and proving your worth
· Achieving clarity of purpose and scope, and effective collaboration with related functions
· Presence and profile: assessing your impact

15:00 - Coffee
15:15 - Managing your external providers for maximum effect
· External vs internal
· Selecting and using externals well
· Managing return and value for money

15:45 - Exploring other sources of funding and self financing
· Government schemes and funding
· Self financing options and CPD
· Thinking creatively to fund development

16:15 - Taking Learning and Development forward in your organisation
· Assessing your organisation's position and developing your priority next steps

16:30 - End of seminar