Measuring Learning Impact: The Business Case for Learning Technologies

Tammy Rutherford and Chris Tompkins of Watershed and Rustici Software walkthrough successfully building a business case for learning technologies and uncover ways to make your learning ecosystem work better for you.

Corporate budgets are shrinking and more highly scrutinized amid current economic shifts, and HR and L&D leaders need to be able to tell a more cohesive story about the impact of their programs to their stakeholders.

In this webinar, Tammy Rutherford and Chris Tompkins of Rustici Software and Watershed will walkthrough successfully building a business case for learning technologies, which is often difficult and return-on-investment hard to quantify.

You’ll learn how to build a business case and uncover ways to make your learning ecosystem work better for you, including:

• Centralizing your learning ecosystem to save time.
• Ensuring your learners can access your training.
• Measuring the impact of your learning programs.
• Providing program results to stakeholders.

Establishing goals and metrics is essential to ensuring stakeholders buy into your plan. You’ll walk away from this webinar with a better understanding of how to measure the impact of your learning programs and about technologies that can help you achieve your training goals.

From learning about expected outcomes—money and time saved through technology—and how to track these metrics to building a successful business case for buy-in, the tips in this webinar are ones you won’t want to miss!

Tammy Rutherford

Managing Director, Watershed & Rustici Software

Tammy Rutherford is the Managing Director at learning technology companies Rustici Software and Watershed. Since joining Rustici Software in 2011, Tammy has advised hundreds of eLearning vendors, content publishers, organizations, and government agencies on strategies and software solutions for implementing and taking advantage of eLearning standards in their products and systems. She holds a BA degree in Philosophy from Vanderbilt University.

Chris Tompkins

VP, Business Development, Watershed & Rustici Software

Chris Tompkins is an expert in the eLearning standards (like SCORM and xAPI) and uses his technical expertise to support eLearning RFP and procurement. He has an MBA from Belmont University, focused on Entrepreneurship and Negotiations. Building on previous work at HP/Compaq and XM Satellite Radio, he has more than 15 years of experience matching the right technical solution to a client’s needs.