While there has always been a need to show the value of our investments, the current economic climate has created an even greater demand for talent development professionals to prove the value of their programs, projects, and initiatives. Executives, funders, and sponsors can be heard saying, "Show Me the Money" before considering a new program, leaving program owners faced with the challenge of credibly and rationally forecasting the ROI to secure project approval.

This session will explain how to forecast ROI using credible sources and a set of conservative standards. The ROI Methodology previewed in this session is used to forecast up to six types of data, including the financial ROI. When forecasting, the objective is to be realistic—but conservative and use the data to secure project approval.

After attending this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Explain the rationale for using ROI on a pre-project basis
2. Describe the six types of data that can be forecasted
3. Conduct a pre-project forecast of data
4. Conduct an ROI forecast from reaction data
5. Present the forecast in a convincing way to senior executives
6. Use forecasting as a routine process to secure project approval and build relationships with clients

Participants will receive a chapter from the book, The Consultant's Guide to Results-Driven Business Proposals: How to Write Proposals that Forecast Impact and ROI (Jack and Patti Phillips, McGraw-Hill), a copy of the presentation, and job aids.

Jack J. Phillips, Ph.D., chairman of ROI Institute, Inc., is a world-renowned expert on accountability, measurement, and evaluation. Phillips consults for Fortune 500 companies and major global organizations. The author or editor of more than 75 books, he conducts workshops and presents at conferences globally.

Jack has been recognized and awarded for his work by numerous professional organizations, including receiving the 2024 Thought Leader Award from The Association of Learning Providers (ISA) and the 2022 Association of Talent Development (ATD) Talent Development Thought Leader Award along with his wife and ROI Institute co-founder, Patti P. Phillips, Ph.D. SHRM presented Jack with its highest creativity award for an ROI study and awarded an ROI Institute book with a best book award. ROI Institute has been named a winner in Training Magazine Network's annual Choice Awards for five consecutive years.

Jack's work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, and Fortune magazine, and he has been interviewed by several television programs, including CNN.