Data & Analytics
Gauging the performance of learners—and of learning—using a variety of methods, information and approaches helps L&D improve learning solution design and development.
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The L&D Metrics Hierarchy: Mapping Learning Data to Business Outcomes
Most L&D teams either track everything—or nothing at all. They collect dozens of metrics that don’t matter or rely on completion rates that say little to executives. In this hands-on session, I’ll introduce the L&D Metrics Hierarchy—a four-tiered framework developed to help Fortune 500 companies align learning metrics with business outcomes. As we explore each tier: Business Impact, Performance Outcomes, Learning Engagement, and Operational Efficiency, you will learn to use them to separate signal from noise. Together, we’ll learn to map your current metrics to strategic goals, uncover measurement gaps, and select the right visualizations to tell your story. You’ll…
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Measuring What Matters: A Practical Starting Point for Learning Impact
Learning teams in every industry are under pressure to demonstrate impact, yet many struggle to move past completion and participation metrics without making measurement overly complicated. This session explores how AdventHealth prototyped a practical digital learning impact strategy using a 120-day baseline approach. Rather than pursuing perfect attribution, our approach focused on selecting a small set of meaningful metrics, establishing clear criteria for what to measure, and aligning learning to business priorities using existing, easy to gather data. This session will share the design decisions, assumptions tested, lessons learned, and how the approach evolved once theory met reality. You will…
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Bring Your Data to Life with Dynamic Visual PowerPoint
Data is one of the core types of information you need to share with others, but in its raw form it can be anything but helpful. Often misleading, misinterpreted, or even irrelevant to the audience, data can be tricky to communicate effectively. In this session, you’ll see how to bring data to life. We’ll address strategies to use PowerPoint to approach data visualization and data storytelling based on your audience, your objective, the use case, and within any requirements set. You’ll explore techniques to create suitable graphs, charts, and diagrams that convey the key ideas in an elegant and memorable…
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Baselines & Benchmarks: How Raw Data Becomes Actionable Insights
If your function uses an intake form, you’re sitting on more than a decision tool. You’re sitting on an amazing data source that, with analysis, becomes information you can act on.
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The Curse of Knowledge: Why L&D Impact Stories Get Lost in Translation & 3 Ways to Fix It
Learning teams that communicate impact clearly and compellingly don’t just win awards. They win budgets, strategic partnerships, organizational credibility, and the recognition their work deserves.
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Aha Moments from DevLearn 2025: How AI Is Reshaping the Future of L&D
We asked influential voices in the community to reflect on their biggest “aha” moments from DevLearn 2025, and the focus is no longer on just what technology can do. It’s about what is forcing organizations and L&D to rethink. Here’s a look at what stuck out the most to last year’s influencers. AI is a workforce shift, not just a tech trend One of the most important takeaways from DevLearn is that AI cannot be treated as a standalone technology initiative. Its real impact is systemic. As organizations integrate AI into workflows, they are simultaneously redefining roles, expectations, and ways of working. That puts L&D in the middle of…
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Taking Stock of Data Literacy for L&D Professionals
Data literacy isn’t a destination. It’s a practice, and practices only improve when you know what you’re working with.
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Real Challenges, Straight from the DevLearn Community
At DevLearn 2025 we asked attendees to share their current biggest challenge. Their answers weren’t about trends or buzzwords. They were practical, immediate, and human. Across industries and roles, clear themes emerged, and they paint a picture of what learning professionals are navigating behind the scenes today. Doing More with Less Capacity was the most common challenge. Small teams are supporting entire departments, sometimes entire states. Many are expected to increase output without increasing headcount. One attendee summed it up perfectly: “I need to clone myself.” The pressure isn’t just about speed. It’s about maintaining quality while scaling production and finding smarter ways to work without burning out. Getting More from the Tools You Already Have For some, the…
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What Excites Attendees About Being at DevLearn
We asked our DevLearn 2025 influencers what excites them most about being at the event, and while their answers vary, there is a consistent theme throughout. What brings them to the event year after year isn’t just the sessions and technologies, it’s the feeling of being a part of something shared. It starts with the people It is no surprise that a common theme is the excitement of reconnecting with longtime colleagues, finally meeting online connections in person, and forming entirely new relationships. At DevLearn there is a deep sense of belonging that happens when surrounded by like-minded, passionate professionals who genuinely care about each other and the work. DevLearn is relational. It’s where digital relationships…
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Capes Optional: The Superpowers L&D is Dreaming About
At DevLearn 2025 we asked attendees: If you could have one L&D superpower what would it be? Their answers weren’t about flashy technology or unlimited budgets, but instead they pointed to where learning professionals feel friction, and what they believe would make the greatest difference in their work. Strategic clarity and influence Many attendees wished for the ability to quickly define strategy and, just as importantly, see their ideas fully implemented within their organizations. This reflects a common challenge: learning and performance improvement professionals often know what should be done but struggle with alignment, time constraints, and stakeholder buy-in. The real superpower they’re seeking isn’t just strategy, it’s influence and execution power. Deeper impact Another…