Award Readiness Assessment - Assessment + Companion Guide

Are You Award Ready?

Welcome to your Award-Readiness Assessment (Beta Version)
Assessing award-readiness requires gathering key information about your learning initiative so Deb can evaluate your chances of winning. Easier said than done! Which information? How can you clearly identify the details that matter?

Through this form, you'll answer a series of questions--open text, fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice; some easy, others challenging--to surface the details that matter to award judges.

Along the way, you'll be introduced to key concepts on what makes an initiative award-worthy: The Four Fundamentals of a Winning Program.

While gathering details to assess your award readiness, you will hopefully also gain a richer understanding of what it takes to win an L&D award and a deeper appreciation of your own program and its impact.

Good luck and enjoy the process!

To get started, download and keep open for easy reference the Award Readiness Assessment Companion Guide.
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Learning Program Summary

Review and Self-Assess Your Program Profile
The {division:1} was designed to help {division:2} in {division:3} to accomplish these learning objectives: {shareYour216}.

Achieving these learning objectives would enable the following key business results: {theLearning}.

A {input220:1} program that launched in {input220:2}, it is delivered via {Components}. It will impact {input222:1} learners each year ({input222:2} programs X {input222:3} each).

The {division:1} is {ProgramType}.
How well does the summary you just read capture the essence of your program? Anything missing? (Feel free to go back and change any of your responses by selecting the back button below.)
To enrich your assessment with additional context, please upload a detailed program overview (deck, syllabus, 1-pager, etc.) and a results report or summary (deck, spreadsheet, dashboard screenshot(s)). You'll have a chance to upload other documents later in the assessment.

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BCOP Summary

Review and Self-Assess Your Program's BCOP(s)
The BCOP

The {division:1} was created in response to this BCOP: {succinctlySummarize}

Learning Objectives

Given the above, the learning solution was designed to help {division:2} in {division:3} to {shareYour216}.

Intended Business Results

This would enable {theLearning}.

Program Profile

A {input220:1} program that launched in {input220:2}, it is delivered via {Components}. It will impact {input222:1} learners each year ({input222:2} programs X {input222:3} each).

The {division:1} is {ProgramType}.
Looking at the BCOP alongside the learning program summary, do they align? Where do you see gaps?
You can go back and edit your BCOP or learning program details to enhance alignment as often as you need.

Four Fundamentals of a Winning Program

Alignment, Intelligence, Innovation, Impact
Now that we have captured the essentials of your initiative, we start to dig into what makes a winning program. Your next move is to switch over to your Companion Guide and read about the Four Fundamentals.

The explanations there--about Alignment, Intelligence, Innovation and Impact--will be essential context for you to answer the questions that follow, so head on over to the Companion Guide, read up and then come back here to dive into Alignment.

Next up in your Companion Guide: Read about the Four Fundamentals on page XX.

Remember: Your program does not need to be outstanding in all Four Fundamentals to win an award, but the more boxes it checks, the stronger an award candidate it will be.
After you've read about the Four Fundamentals: What questions came up for you that you'd like Deb to address (if any)?
You can come back here and add questions at any time.

Alignment Summary

Review and Self-Assess Your Program's Alignment
Our initiative reflects the following alignment with strategic priorities: {forEach8}

Business leaders including the {whichStakeholders} supported our learning initiative: {forEach12}
Reflecting on the summary above, how accurately does it reflect what you feel to be the level of strategic alignment your program represents? Feel free to go back and adjust any of your responses.
Compared to the involvement of stakeholders in the *average* L&D program at your company, would you say the stakeholders you described above are?

Far more involvedSomewhat more involvedAbout the sameSomewhat less involvedFar less involvedNot sure

Intelligence
Winning programs are wisely designed in two key ways: first, by methodically collecting Intelligence (researching the BCOP and more), and then using an L&D team's collective Intelligence (being smart) to incorporate the findings into the program and learning experience design.

The questions below explore how you learned about what was needed, and how your findings informed design.

To learn more about Intelligence, see page 16 in your companion guide.

When you're ready to answer the questions below, click on the arrow to begin.

Begin Intelligence Questions
Which methods did you use to research the business need, learners, target key performance indicators and/or other key details for your learning initiative?

conducted formal performance, needs and/or job task analysisinterviewed stakeholderscollected input from target learners (focus groups, surveys, interviews)gathered input from learners’ managers, previous learners and/or another groupundertook complex data analysis (e.g., to identify top performer success factors)studied similar programs to glean best practicesresearched trends in neuroscience, adult learning, new learning technologies, etc.other
Succinctly summarize, to the best of your abilities, how you GATHERED this intelligence. Write a sentence or two for each box checked. Be sure to include scope and scale for each (see examples below).
Scope and scale examples: We conducted 60-minute interviews with a dozen sales executives across all regions to understand key challenges in their markets selling the new products. Senior restaurant operations and L&D leaders made dozens of visits to restaurants around the US over three months, observing kitchen staff to identify operational and quality issues the new training would need to address.
Now, do your best to summarize how you APPLIED this intelligence. Write a sentence or two for each box checked on how your findings informed the design, development, and/or implementation of your learning program.
Tip: Feel free to offer specific examples now, or you can provide them later in the submission process.

Intelligence Summary

Review and Self-Assess Your Program's Intelligence
The following research methods were used to better understand the business need, learners, and/or key performance indicators associated with our learning initiative: {succinctlySummarize225}

We applied our findings from these efforts in the following ways: {nowDo}
Reflecting on the summary above, do you feel it accurately represents the intelligence you gathered and then applied to help you develop and deliver an optimal learning solution? If anything is missing, feel free to go back and update the previous fields.
Compared to how intelligence is gathered and applied for most learning programs at your company, was your process:

Much more robustSomewhat more robustAbout the sameSomewhat less robustMuch less robustNot sure

Innovation Summary

Review and Self-Assess Your Program's Innovation
Our program reflected "intrinsic" innovation (program/learner experience) in the following ways: {forEach26}

The program also demonstrated "extrinsic" innovation (operations/logistics): {yourTeam28}
How well do the summaries above reflect the level of innovation you feel are part of your program? (As always, feel free to go back and update your responses.) Was it helpful to think about innovation as intrinsic or extrinsic? Why or why not?
Reflecting on other programs within your organization overall, do you consider your program to be:

Much more innovativeSomewhat more innovativeAbout the sameSomewhat less innovativeMuch less innovativeNot sure

Impact
The 4 Realms of Impact are meant to complement Kirkpatrick and any other evaluation measurement system you may be using. They simply provide another way to think about and capture all the elements of success that can help you win an award. Below are a few results tied to the leadership development program example used throughout this assessment.

Winning programs demonstrate powerful outcomes for participants, for the team or group, and also for the business.

To learn more about impact, explore page XX in your companion guide.

The following questions explore the four realms of impact from your program.

Begin Impact Questions
L&D Team Impact

How was this a win for your team? Did you gain credibility, clout, stronger partnerships, budget, etc.?
How did you turn your success into a win for your team?

New invitations to, and/or greater participation in, leadership meetingsMore strategic discussions with internal client(s)More leader involvement in L&D programsIncreased budget(s)Raise(s)/promotion(s)/bonus(es)Positive internal PR for L&D teamApproached by new internal clientsApproached by current clients for similar program (e.g. “can you do that for me?”)Other
You indicated your team benefited from this program by: {TeamSuccesses}. Please share more details to tell the story of those successes.

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Are You Award Ready?

Learning Program Summary

Learning Program Summary

The BCOP

BCOP Summary

Four Fundamentals of a Winning Program

Four Fundamentals: 1-Alignment

Strategic Alignment

Stakeholder Alignment

Alignment Summary

Intelligence

Intelligence Summary

Innovation

Innovation Summary

Impact