(Virtual) From Vanity Metrics to Performance Intelligence - Inside the Modernized Kirkpatrick Model

Meet Our Speaker: 

Vanessa Alzate

Owner and CEO of Kirkpatrick Partners and

Founder and CEO of Anchored Training

Vanessa Milara Alzate is the Owner and CEO of Kirkpatrick Partners and Founder and CEO of Anchored Training. With more than fifteen years of experience, she has advised organizations across industries including life sciences, the federal government, and the Department of Defense. Since acquiring Kirkpatrick Partners in 2023, she has led the next era ofthe globally recognized Kirkpatrick Model®, helping organizations position evaluation as the foundation of performance and results.

Session Description:

Explore the modernized Kirkpatrick Four Levels® and how to move beyond vanity metrics toward meaningful measures of behavior, performance, and results. Leave with practical ideas to strengthen accountability, decision-making, and impact.

Session Objectives:

• Identify the limitations of vanity metrics in evaluating learning effectiveness.
• Explain what is new in the modernized Kirkpatrick Four Levels® framework.
• Apply evaluation principles that connect learning design and measurement to behavior, performance, and results.

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This session Builds the following Capabilities and skills from the ATD Capability Model:

Personal Capability - Communication, Emotional Intelligence and Decision Making, Collaboration and Leadership, and Lifelong Learning
Professional Capability - Career and Leadership Development 
Organizational Capability - Organization Development and Culture, and Performance Improvement

This session has been approved for recertification credits by the Association for Talent Development.