Press Releases

Our press releases outline the important events in KnowledgeAdvisors’ history, including remarkable client accomplishments using our technology and services; impressive advisory board alliances; and significant research projects highlighting our role as thought leader in talent management and human capital analytics.

2010

• February 21, 2010: KnowledgeAdvisors, the world’s largest provider of learning and talent measurement solutions, today announced it has added SkillSoft’s (NASDAQ:SKIL) SkillPort® Learning Management System to their very successful system interoperability program. In addition, support of GeoLearning’s GeoMaestro 5 Series LMS Suite has been added. The program allows companies with investments in learning management systems, such as SkillSoft’s SkillPort®, GeoLearning’s GeoMaestro® and others, and other enterprise business applications to extend their measurement programs with data gathering automation, analytics reports, benchmarks, and testing.

2009

• December 7, 2009: KnowledgeAdvisors, the world’s largest provider of learning and talent measurement solutions, today announced it has released a new benchmark research report analyzing employee competency rating patterns. The research utilized KnowledgeAdvisors Metrics that Matter® analytics tool and its Talent and Performance Measurement Multi-Rater capability to easily create the rater network, distribute the competency instruments, and report the data.
• November 16, 2009: KnowledgeAdvisors, the world’s largest provider of learning and talent measurement solutions, today announced the 8th Annual Symposium with the theme Optimizing the Performance of People. The Symposium will be the premier event in 2010 bringing together organizations striving to develop world-class workforces through effective measurement and industry leaders in learning and talent measurement.
• October 26, 2009: KnowledgeAdvisors, the world’s largest provider of learning and talent measurement solutions, today announced it has released a methodology and toolset to measure human capital effectiveness known as the Performance Optimization Framework. The Performance Optimization Framework is grounded in Six Sigma and is designed to help organizations improve the effectiveness of their talent development process. The central outcome of the Framework is to identify and minimize poor quality hires, ineffective training, unqualified personnel, ineffective leaders, disengaged employees, and under performing workforces resulting in improved financial performance.
• October 26, 2009: KnowledgeAdvisors, the world’s largest provider of learning and talent measurement solutions, today announced it has released V11.2 of its proprietary analytics software, Metrics that Matter®. Metrics that Matter® is an on-demand, SaaS (Software as a Service) Human Capital Analytics system that allows you to cost-effectively measure and increase the impact of your human capital processes from recruiting to leadership development. It is recognized as a standard in corporate, public sector, and commercial human capital practices.
• October 12, 2009: KnowledgeAdvisors, the world’s largest provider of learning and talent measurement solutions, today announced it has released new, constructive, research that provides thought leadership on innovative ways organizations in today’s economy will implement and measure informal learning to increase speed to competency and optimize learning resources.
• June 26, 2009: KnowledgeAdvisors announced today that it has partnered with a variety of thought leaders in human capital measurement to author a series of whitepapers focused on today’s hottest human capital topics. By partnering with industry experts, KnowledgeAdvisors ensures its approaches to measurement remain cutting edge and also provides measurement professionals with access to important tools and information that can advance measurement practices in their own organizations.
• February 23, 2009: KnowledgeAdvisors adds Bersin & Associates Model to Metrics that Matter® KnowledgeAdvisors, Inc. announced today that it will add Bersin & Associates’ High-Impact Measurement Framework to its learning & talent measurement technology Metrics that Matter. Josh Bersin, president of Bersin & Associates, a leading research and advisory firm focusing on enterprise learning, talent management, and talent acquisition, will also join the KnowledgeAdvisors advisory board.
• February 16, 2009: The Predictive Learning Impact Model KnowledgeAdvisors Announces Release of The Predictive Learning Impact ModelTM, Revealing Statistically Significant Conclusions on The Best Investments in Human Capital

2008

• November 2008: The Importance of Talent Measurement in Hard Economic Times
  Today’s smart organizations are leaning heavily on metrics that provide evidence of the long-term value of their people and provide a glimpse of future competitive advantage. More
• August 2008: KnowledgeAdvisors to Sponsor Fall CLO Symposium
  Kent Barnett, Founder & CEO and Jeffrey Berk, COO of KnowledgeAdvisors to share their expertise on how relevant and accurate metrics support the continued success of educational initiatives.
• June 2008: Human Capital Link to Stock Performance
  KnowledgeAdvisors and Bassi Investments announce the creation of a new Human Capital Measurement stock portfolio, which demonstrates that organizations with high levels of learning and talent measurement expertise significantly outperform the market.
• January 2008: Robert O. Brinkerhoff, Pioneer of the Success Case Evaluation Method^®, Joins Advisory Board and will collaborate with its staff to integrate his Success Case Evaluation Method^® into Metrics that Matter^® analytics technology.

2006-2007

• December 2007: Gary S. Becker, Nobel Laureate, to Deliver Keynote Address at KnowledgeAdvisors Analytics Symposium on March 6, 2008 in San Diego, CA.
• September 2007: KnowledgeAdvisors Announces Completion of Major Expansion of Human Capital Analytics Toolset within Metrics that Matter®. The new tools will provide learning & development and human resources professionals practical, scalable and replicable metrics on four key areas of talent management processes.
• June 2007: KnowledgeAdvisors Partners with Applied Skills and Knowledge to Automate Vast Competency Library in order to automate administration and reporting of more than 300 individual assessments.
• May 2007: New Book Release: Human Capital Analytics: Measuring and Improving Learning and Talent Impact draws on KnowledgeAdvisors’ extensive work in the area.
• December 2006: Jac Fitz-Enz, Ph.D., the ‘Father of Human Capital Benchmarking,’ to Join KnowledgeAdvisors’ Board
• July 2006: KnowledgeAdvisors Named a ‘Top Specialized Learning Process Provider’ by TrainingOutsourcing.com
• April 2006: KnowledgeAdvisors Announces Actual Business Results Scorecards and Tracker as part of its Version 10.2 Release of Metrics that Matter.

2004-2005

• December 2005: Human Capital Contribution Model for Profit Impact and Related Business Analysis Available – this new model connects human capital investments to financial statements.
• October 2005: Office of Personnel Management Quantifies Human Capital Value Derived from GoLearn Initiative by using Metrics that Matter to measure the ROI on their learning programs.
• July 2005: Proprietary Human Capital Measurement Model for Training Validated by Dr. Shreya Sarkar-Barney, who notes: “KnowledgeAdvisors’ Human Capital model and their Metrics that Matter technology provide a person in a learning role within the business world a practical and reasonable method of determining the value of training.”
• July 2004: Metrics that Matter Analytics to Measure ASTD ROI Network Programs
• June 2004: New Horizons Shows Customers a Positive Return on their Training Investment using KnowledgeAdvisors’ Metrics that Matter system.
• June 2004: KnowledgeAdvisors Joins PeopleSoft Partner Connection Program, linking Metrics that Matter with PeopleSoft Learning Management.
• March 2004: KnowledgeAdvisors’ Research Shows that PeopleSoft Training Increases Productivity by 20 Percent
• January 2004: KnowledgeAdvisors’ Metrics that Matter Tool Helps Eaton Win CUBIC Award for Best Evaluation Technique

2001-2003

• December 2003: Ninth House Partners with KnowledgeAdvisors for Advanced Measurement Capabilities
• September 2003: GeoLearning Introduces GeoAnalytics in Strategic Alliance with KnowledgeAdvisors
  New training analytics module enables organizations to measure learning effectiveness, conduct ROI modeling and strategically manage learning investments.
• June 2003: THINQ and KnowledgeAdvisors Offer Learning Evaluation, ROI Modeling and Advanced Learning Management
• May 2003: KnowledgeAdvisors Measures the Return on Investment for PeopleSoft University
• November 2002: KnowledgeAdvisors Partners with Jack and Patti Phillips to Automate their ROI Methodology
• September 2002: KnowledgeAdvisors helps Measure Quality within Citrix Authorized Learning Center Network
• February 2002: KnowledgeAdvisors To Deploy Learning Measurement Platform For New Horizons Computer Learning Centers to manage and monitor its’ company-owned and franchised-training centers.
• November 2001: Microsoft Teams With KnowledgeAdvisors To Measure Training Investments, using Metrics that Matter™ to provide Microsoft with business intelligence to manage and monitor its channel of certified training providers