Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:34:38 -0500 From: richard seltzer Subject: Chat reminder: "Training ROI" this Thursday, Oct. 31, noon to 1 PM BUSINESS ON THE WEB -- Where "word of keystroke" begins Please join us this Thursday, Oct. 31, 2002 from noon to 1 PM US Eastern Time (= GMT -4 when Daylight Savings Time, = GMT -5 when Standard Time -- we are now on Standard Time). We will be talking about Training ROI with Ray Vasser. Please go to http://www.samizdat.com/chat-intro.html to connect to the chat room. Ray explains, "Training no longer can be justified with vague promises of 'It will be good for our people.' In today's cost-conscious environment, training departments have to convince their chief executive officers and boards of directors that training expenditures will translate into real results. The decision-makers want and need to know: Will the gains brought by the training outweigh its costs--and by how much? 'One way to answer such questions is by calculating the Training's Return on Investment (TROI) for your training dollar. Simply stated, the TROI is a measure of how the benefits of training stack up against the costs. The ROI is expressed as concrete, numerical measure that give you more clout in justifying the time and money spent for training." Ray Vasser specializes in Training and Development at Performance Resources Consulting (PRC) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. http://www.resourcezone.net . He is certified as a professional in training, and holds certification in Professional DynaMetric Programs (personnel profiling) and has a background in professional/managerial development. His background includes 16 years of consulting and training and development with company/clients ranging from very small to Fortune 100/500 companies. The transcript from last week's chat session with Kathleen Gilroy, talking about "the classroom as database" is now available at http://www.samizdat.com/chat302.html The main threads included: What's the meaning of "classroom as a database"? -- Polling and data-gathering in the classroom -- Peer-to-Peer (P2P) -- Use of Yahoo Groups -- Ideal platform? -- Schedule/course design -- the right degree of structure For links to transcripts of previous sessions, check http://www.samizdat.com/chat.html As an alternative method of sending out chat reminder messages, I have set up a Yahoo Group for businessonthewebchat It is an announcement only list. And I'll only be sending out one or two messages a week this way. If you already receive our messages, there is no need for you to switch to this variety; but you are welcome to if you like. You might also want to check this Yahoo Group for archived copies of messages, which will accumulate here. If you would like to receive email reminders of our chat sessions, simply send a blank email message to businessonthewebchats-subscribe@yahoogroups.com or go to http://groups.yahoo.com/businessonthewebchats and sign up there. Our fall schedule of chat topics is now full. If you have a topic or want to recommend an expert guest, we're now scheduling for January and February. Highlights include David Weinberger, author of Small Pieces Loosely Joined and co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto, on Nov. 21, and Howard Rheingold, author of Smart Mobs and The Virtual Community, on Dec. 5. To see the complete schedule check http://www.samizdat.com/chat.html To connect to our chat sessions, go to http://www.samizdat.com/chat-intro.html We're on from noon to 1 PM Eastern Time (GMT -4) on Thursdays. Please send email with your follow-on questions and comments, and requests to receive email reminders about upcoming sessions. Best wishes. Richard Richard Seltzer, seltzer@samizdat.com, www.samizdat.com Internet marketing consultant www.samizdat.com/consult.html Books on CD. Give a life-time of reading. A library for the price of a book, http://store.yahoo.com/samizdat