Hi Gerry, The American Society for Training & Development is a professional association that does that type of work. Check their website at http://www.astd.org. Cheers, Jesse Wilkins CDIA+, LIT, EDP, ICP IMERGE Consulting (303) 574-1455 office (303) 484-4142 fax [log in to unmask] Yahoo!: jessewilkins8511 >From: Gerry Clifford <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Records Management Program <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Study on training programs >Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 16:21:56 EDT > >Hello all, > >Does anybody know what the optimum timeframe is when presenting training >programs? or if a study was done and where I can locate it? > >I have heard that no more than an hour at a time, as students start to lose >interest, and minds start to wonder, and after that they will only retain >maybe >5% of whatever your teaching them. Any assistance would be appreciated. > >Regards, >Gerry Clifford > >List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html >Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance