Follow the Money: Financial Literacy for Strategic Learning and Development

 

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Date:  October 16, 2026

 

Time:    12-1pm CST

 

Location:

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Meeting ID: 286 449 362 502 755

Passcode: oK2uU67H

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Program Overview

Training completion, participant satisfaction, and knowledge gains tell us something about learning. But leaders also want to know: What has changed at work? What improved? Was it worth the investment?

 

This practical session helps learning and development professionals connect your work to four business drivers: revenue, cost, risk, and efficiency. You will follow the connection from training to behavior change, business outcomes, and financial impact, using a workplace example to show what changed and why it mattered.

 

You will apply the approach to an initiative of your own, identify the specific behavior that needs to change, select a primary business driver, and define a measurable outcome. You will leave with a one-sentence business case, an application worksheet, and a reference guide to support conversations with leaders about the value of your work.

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About our Presenter

Mike Saunderson, PhD, is Director of Training & Evaluation at Ethnopraxis, Inc. He brings more than 14 years of experience helping organizations identify performance problems, develop learning solutions, and evaluate what changes on the job. He helps organizations determine what employees need to do differently, what support they need, and how to measure the results.

 

Mike holds a PhD in Learning Design and Technology from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and is a Certified ROI Methodology Professional. His doctoral research examined how organizations evaluate training transfer. He helps learning and development professionals ask better questions, solve the right problems, and build evidence of business impact.

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