Sitting in the audience waiting to hear Don Kirpatrick, the father of the 4 levels of evaluation, present for the last time at ASTD2011. To say I'm excited is an understatement. I've already seen him at ASTD in DC, and his talk probably hasn't changed much (although his son's presentation yesterday hinted at significant changes to the application of the 4 levels), but I'm still so happy to be here. A triple-sized room is packed to the gills - how did folks not anticipate this and get here early like I did? Silly people.
Watching Don sit next to his son Jim, while Jim read final words of farewell and gave us homework of a sort, was amazing. Hearing Don choke up as he spoke of his wife, and how this was his last hurrah, was moving beyond words. To see someone who has devoted his entire life to making other people better stand and speak for the last time was a treat I won't ever forget. We should all hope to have even half the impact Don has had.
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