Reinforcements

A robust education program requires a follow-up plan that uses spaced repetition principles to offset the natural forgetting process. New knowledge and skills start to fade as soon as training has been completed – 50% of what has been learned is lost within 1 hour of training, 70% is lost after 24 hours, and 90% is lost after 1 week. In other words, after only a week it is like the training never took place at all!

Forgetting is natural and necessary but this “forgetting curve” severely threatens the ultimate goal of increasing knowledge retention and driving lasting behavior change. Education is typically viewed as a stand-alone moment but one-and done education programs lack overall impact. In fact, various learning thought leaders believe that learning reinforcement is more important than the training itself.

The good news is that you can combat the forgetting curve by implementing a reinforcement program. Effective reinforcement not only focuses on repetition, but also incorporates various methods of presenting the same material in different ways (without variety, repetition loses value). I can help you adopt a strategic reinforcement program that effectively boosts knowledge and therefore helps bridge the gap between training results and business impact.