Consulting Services
LMS Short Listing Service ($8,995). Chapman Alliance can either come onsite or meet with you virtually to scope your learning and business requirements, advise on choosing functionality vs. price, create a list of highly differentiating filters to narrow the list of learning technologies to 3 to 5 systems based on your needs, provide a detailed comparative analysis of the short listed systems against your needs, and provide guidance on how to proceed through the next stages of due diligence. This service is offered in tandem with Brandon Hall Research and leverages the LMS Knowledgebase for in-depth matching of technology and needs. The service can also be provided for parallel technologies and services including: Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS), Simulation Systems, Strategic Authoring Tool Selection, Custom Courseware Development services, General Content Management, and Knowledge Management.
Full-Service, Learning Technology Selection ($32,995). Chapman Alliance becomes part of your entire LMS selection process (or any other learning technology or service) to assist in (1) defining your critical learning technology requirements, (2) developing use cases to pinpoint functionality requirements needed (far superior to creating a prioritized feature list), (3) a short list of learning technologies so that you won't have to evaluate hundreds of technologies on your own, (4) developing evaluation tools to quantitatively measure the match between your requirements and learning technology, (5) Chapman Alliance will facilitate vendor demonstrations to ensure that the focus is on your most critical needs, (6) collect and tally evaluation data from your learning committee reviewers, (7) Chapman Alliance will assist you in writing your RFP, including sharing templates and best practices, (8) evaluating proposals from vendors, (9) team meetings and evaluations through sandbox testing, and (10) providing advice and guidance through the final selection process.
Learning Audit Analysis ($29,995). Chapman Alliance will (1) conduct a thorough analysis of your existing learning/training environment including interviews with management, staff, developers; observing learning in action; inventory existing learning resources; document redundancies and efficiencies; etc. (2) benchmark your organization against leading, learning organizations; and (3) provide a comprehensive report and meetings with proactive recommendations for achieving greater efficiency.
Blended Learning Strategy Development ($32,995). This consulting package provides a systematic approach for transitioning your organization from a traditional training practice to a true "learning organization." The service includes (1) upfront audit analysis, (2) benchmarking your organization against leading companies using blended learning, (3) developing your business case for blended learning, (4) curriculum analysis and delivery format selection, (5) phased action plan for transitioning your learning portfolio to blended learning, and (6) follow-up meetings to assess progress and update the plan.
Virtual Learning Strategist/Learning Governance Advisory ($28,000). Chapman Alliance will become a member of your Learning Governance team; providing the group with an outside perspective, best practice advice and guidance, drawing on leading research from Bersin and Associates and Brandon Hall Research to provide quantitative analysis at critical junctures, attending regular governance meetings, taking action items for additional research and tasks, and providing change management workshops for new initiatives. Price is based on 2-days of consulting per quarter.
Talent Management Selection and implementation plans ($32,995). Chapman Alliance has done extensive research on talent management issues including recruiting, talent acquisition, central management of employee appraisals, compensation management, workforce planning (making key staffing decisions based on organizational goals), succession planning, broad-based skills assessment, etc.). Most organizations warm up to the idea of integrating these practices with organizational learning, but it requires significant planning and change management. We've worked through this process with a number of organizations and can facilitate discussions among key players from Human Resources, Training, IT, and lines of business. And, most importantly, we can help you make your plans a reality.
Train-the-SME-Developer Workshop (typical price is $9,850; $995 per learner with a 10 learner minimum). This two day workshop provides (1) complete overview of practical instructional design methodologies used for your project, (2) hands-on development practicum with target authoring tool to be used by SME developers in your organization, (3) conformance to company style guidelines, (4) procedure for development and submission of learning content as a content contributor, and (5) working as part of an instructional development team. The workshop will be customized to your learning tools and processes.
One-day, Onsite Consulting ($3,500, plus travel expenses). Sometimes just spending time together, exploring critical issues, reviewing learning technologies, brainstorming on learning strategies, fleshing out critical research topics, sharing best practices etc. is all it takes. Invite Bryan to come onsite to explore your specific situation.
Telephone Advisory Services ($875 for two-hour block). Just need some quick virtual advice, feedback, benchmarking, recommendations, competitive information, market space discussion, etc.? Advisory services can be purchased in a two hour block; however, the block can be split up until multiple phone calls (30 minute minimum, as needed). This service can be purchased and scheduled quickly online. Payments can be made via credit card from the Payment for Services section of this website.
Speaking Events ($5,000, plus travel expenses). Bryan speaks at a number of trade shows, user conferences, vendor-sponsored webinars/seminars (on engaging, product-neutral topics) each year. Bryan will research and prepare session content that is just right for your audience.
Research-based Whitepapers (starting price for this service is $14,995 for projects based on existing research and up to 3 case study interviews. Prices increase based on additional research needed). This service can be used for organizations that want the world to know about their innovative learning practice, exploring a specific learning question or issue, benchmarking their practice against others, or for learning providers that want to research the way their customers are using their products and/or services. Creating the research may include digging out existing research, interviewing case study targets, or conducting some basic surveying of end-users. White papers are professionaly produced with Chapman Alliance branding. Additionally, some of our customers in this area couple this service with a follow up webinar to let the learning community know what was discovered (See Speaking Events for further information).
Custom Research and Advisory Services available upon request.
Please contact Bryan Chapman at 801-568-7011 or bryan@chapmanalliance.com to schedule any of these services or if you would like to discuss further.