One of the big projects that I have been working on lately is the ASTD Handbook of Measuring and Evaluating Training, edited by Patti Phillips and forthcoming in 2010. A sub-project of the book is a series of interviews conducted by Rebecca Ray, an award-winning chief learning officer, with some of the legends of the field of training evaluation. These include Robert Brinkerhoff, Jac Fitz-enz, Donald Kirkpatrick, Jack Phillips, Dana Gaines Robinson, and William Rothwell. This morning we completed recording all the interviews, and they will be made available at the ASTD Handbook of Measuring and Evaluating Training webpage early in the new year. (The website will be continually updated with new content, so check back often!)

But, as an early Christmas present, we've got the interview with Donald Kirkpatrick up there now, talking about the 50th anniversary of his four levels of evaluation and many other topics. To listen, click here.