Press Release
Ninth House Partners with KnowledgeAdvisors for Advanced Measurement Capabilities
Organizations Can Now Easily Perform Level I through Level V Evaluations of their Ninth House Learning Initiatives
San Francisco, CA [December 22, 2003]—Ninth House, Inc., the leader in online leadership development, today announced a partnership with KnowledgeAdvisors, Inc., a corporate learning business intelligence firm. The alliance will allow Ninth House to provide organizations with comprehensive measurement of the impact of their Ninth House Network learning initiatives using KnowledgeAdvisors’ Metrics That Matter™ learning evaluation system.
Metrics That Matter wraps technology around the industry-proven measurement methodologies by Dr. Donald Kirkpatrick and Dr. Jack Philips. Reports compare data internally or against a benchmark database. “In today’s marketplace, learning professionals have to prove the value of their investments,” said Kent Barnett, CEO of KnowledgeAdvisors. “Our tools will help them see the bottom-line impact of training their employees with Ninth House.”
“Metrics That Matter is a perfect compliment to the Ninth House Network,” said Jeff Snipes, CEO and Founder of Ninth House.” Ninth House has always offered powerful online tools for Level I through III measurement to help customers understand the effectiveness of our solution. Our partnership with KnowledgeAdvisors allows organizations to go further and do advanced, customized Level IV and V measurement of the performance indicators that matter to their organizations.”
About KnowledgeAdvisors, Inc.
KnowledgeAdvisors is a corporate learning business intelligence firm that helps organizations gain the knowledge necessary to improve performance, better educate workforces and reduce costs across the enterprise. Its proprietary measurement systems and benchmarking expertise help companies more successfully implement e-learning strategies and better manage corporate learning investments. For more information please visit www.knowledgeadvisors.com.
About Ninth House
Ninth House helps organizations drive behavioral change across the enterprise by providing the most effective and engaging online leader development available today, and was recently recognized by Forbes Magazine as the #1”best of the web” in the category of executive education. Ninth House courses, eSeries simulations and Instant Advice modules combine engaging and interactive delivery with the teachings of the world's foremost business thinkers like Ken Blanchard, Tom Peters and Peter Senge. With usage rates that are 50% higher and course completion rates that are 300% higher than typical online learning rates, as well as a blended design that accelerates traditional classroom training, Ninth House has become the premier training choice of leading organizations like British Telecommunications, Wachovia Corporation, Empire BlueCross BlueShield, JP Morgan Chase, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Department of Justice, and Sara Lee.
Ninth House, and Instant Advice are registered trademarks of Ninth House, Inc.
Metrics that Matter® is a registered trademark of Knowledge Advisors.
Contacts:
Kirsten Widner
Ninth House, Inc.
415-277-8489
kirstenw@ninthhouse.com
Jeffrey A. Berk
KnowledgeAdvisors
jberk@knowledgeadvisors.com
312 423 8599 (phone)
Marina Rosales
Activa PR for Ninth House, Inc.
415-776-5350
marina@activapr.com