Accelerating Transfer

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AcceleratingTransfer ApplicationThe New
Frontier of Learning

• Cal Wick
• Fort Hill Company
• Wick_at_forthillcompany.com
• 302-651-9223
• www.ifollowthrough.com

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Objectives for Today

• Challenge your thinking about the new frontier of
  learning
• Provide you with 6 Disciplines, practical tools,
  and examples, to accelerate transfer and
  application
• Stimulate you to take action
• Inspire you to make your programs even more
  valuable

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What is Definition?

• Transfer and Application
• The process by which learning is moved to work
  and used in a way that improves work place
  results.

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Why is Transfer and Application the New Frontier?

• How many sessions at Training Directors Forum
  2006 focus on
• ____ E-Learning
• ____ Simulations
• ____ Transfer and Application

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Why is Transfer and Application the New Frontier?

• How many of the measures highlighted on the cover
  of the Top 100 Story have to do with transfer,
  application, or results?

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Why is Transfer and Application the New Frontier?

• Have You Seen This?
• Participants love what they learn and intend to
  apply it, but when they get back to work they get
  busy on other things and all their good
  intentions get washed away.

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Opening Question

• Why is Transfer and Application extremely
  important to you and your company?

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Learning is an Investment
Inputs (investments)
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Common Problem
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First We NeedA New Finish Line For Learning
Event Course Module
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The New Finish Line
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Then We NeedEasy Ways To Accelerate Application
ltThe New Frontiergt
Event Course Module
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Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning

• Based on 6 years of work with leading
  corporations
• Why do some programs deliver greater business
  results than others?
• Identified 6 practices (The 6Ds)

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What Are Easiest Ways to Cause Transfer
Application?
Measure
Prepare
Teach
Apply
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How Well Does Your Transfer and Application Score?

• Select a course, event or module.
• Complete the Transfer and Application Scorecard,
  evaluating each of the 6Ds.
• Total your score.
• Choose a partner and share
• A strength and area for improvement

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D1 Tool
1. What business needs will be met?
4. How will we measure and document the results?
2. What will participants do better or more
efficiently?
3. Who will be able to see and confirm the change?
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D2 Tool Timeline
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D3 Deliver for Application

• Learning-Doing Gap

There is always a gap between learning in a
program and doing the work.
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D3 Deliver for Application
Delivering for Application helps bridge the
learning-doing gap.
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D3 Tool Checklist
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D4 Tool ResultsEngine
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D5 Tool Brainstorm Support Sources
People
Systems
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D6 Success Case Method (Brinkerhoff, 2003)

• Use follow-through management system or survey to
  identify best and worst cases
• Confirm and document value created (or not)
• Compare factors in successful and unsuccessful
  cases (especially non-course)
• Use results to
• estimate value created and left on table
• tell a compelling story
• improve subsequent offerings

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Conclusion

• Accelerating the transfer and application is the
  
• single greatest opportunity
• to enhance the value of learning and development
  programs.

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Two Questions

• What are you now inspired to do?
• What questions do you have for us?