Dave Basarab is a force of nature – energetic, enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and just plain fun to work with. The end product he delivers is exactly what you were hoping for, but better than you thought was possible.

Laurie Bassi, CEO, McBassi & Company, Co-author, Good Company: Business Success in the Worthiness Era

Hearing about Dave's presentation on Predictive Evaluation sparked my curiosity. My involvement in the evaluation process was to critic already been developed material either by my corporation or me. As I've recently begun to transition more in to the workforce performance and development field from 12 years in accounting, only in my MAED HRD program have I come to know more about the purpose and need of evaluations. It was only during Dave's presentation when I realized the importance to evaluate early and evaluate often before making the time and financial investment into a course project. I loved the way he provided the steps and recommendations for making this early evaluation during course work development. He has truly added a great step into the present ADDIE model - ADEDIE. Already being a numbers person, his presentation of how to incorporate ROI this early in the stage of instructional design will be most helpful in my future career. Dave explained ROI so well during the session. He provided the rational of how the numbers were arrived and the necessary backup documentation when one submits an evaluation to management. Dave's book will truly be an excellent resource for anyone desiring to make better use of his or her time and financial resources!

Bryon Ownby
Manager, Project Accounting & Systems, Marriott International, Louisville, Tennessee
Member, ASTD Knoxville

Dave’s presentation on Predictive Evaluation was eye opening for me. I’m one of those trainers that doesn’t do a lot of formal evaluation. I work in a small company and it’s pretty obvious most of the time to tell when training works and doesn’t work. However, after seeing the results that you can gain from predicting what training’s impact on the bottom line can be before you even design the program, I will attempt to use Dave’s method of evaluation. Not only did we get to see how you can prove the impact to the bottom line, but we also were told that it’s not the trainer that creates the objectives used to determine the effectiveness of the training. It’s the people who request the training that get to create those objectives. The program is then developed based on the objectives created by the people who want the training to happen. You could say that Dave has changed the ADDIE model. It is no longer Analysis, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate. It is now Analysis, Design, Evaluate, Develop, and Implement. I really hoped to win one of the two books he brought to the meeting that day, but it must not have been in the cards!

Rebecca Alcorn
Corporate Trainer, UT Federal Credit Union
Member, ASTD Knoxville

Dave Basarab presented a day-long workshop on Predictive Evaluation for the Central Ohio chapter of ASTD, and it was an excellent learning opportunity! Dave is an extremely engaging presenter and did a wonderful job tying research to practice. He challenged the participants to think beyond mere satisfaction and gave us accessible tools and language to convey the return on investment of learning and development. Dave was very generous with his time to answer questions and dig deeper with everyone, including the chapter board. I highly recommend Dave and his Predictive Evaluation approach and presentation to any learning and development professional.

Andy Aichele, VP Programs
Central Ohio ASTD

Dave and his presentation did receive extremely high ratings (definitely, all A's)! Everyone attending was pleased and left with different perspectives, new skills, and strategic insights into the application of Dave's Predictive Evaluation ROI for Training method!

Personally, I was both impressed and grateful that Dave was able to roll with the unplanned challenges we encountered just before he arrived. [The auditorium received a fresh coat of paint (beautiful to see, not pleasant to breathe) and the overhead projection equipment stopped working (an older, less elegant table top projector was substituted).] Dave exhibited patience, professionalism, and excellent technical skills! The program was excellent!

Ms. Elizabeth Freeman
ASTD Greenville, SC, University of South Carolina Upstate