Many of the networking groups charge a small membership fee. Increased emphasis on quality control is one reason. The need for better and more comprehensive training in more areas than in the past is another. It is important to reserve money for training evaluation because any program must show accountability and justify expenses. The program must show what was accomplished.
Accountability is meaningless without tools for measuring results.
There are four basic measures of training program success. Trainee reactions can be accomplished through a questionnaire. Popularity of the program, identify changes for future programs, and reactions enables the trainees to feel they have input into the training program. Amount of learning, is the knowledge, skills, and abilities that the trainees acquired from the program. Behavioral change, refers to the trainees' behavior on the job that has been affected by the training program.