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The Secret Sauce of Online training
May 6, 2008

It often surprises me which blogs motivate interest. For example, 2 that generated responses were “Goodbye CompUSA Hello Best Buy” and the “Web to Print Shipping cart”. Maybe I should conclude that the simple act of discussing a way to buy stuff is good way to motivate responses.

Of course “Something to ease the Pain for Rockies Fans” and the blog on “Going Green” generated interest too.  So referring to a sporting event, (especially during the playoffs) and discussing how to save the planet generates interest.

Recently a new topic that has generated interest is entitled “Online vs. Face to Face Training”. As you can see by reading the comments most agree and have something interesting to say.

• A student says that online training is only as effective as the motivation of the student.
• Debbie from a web training company says repetitive interactivity is the key to software learning.
• And Gene says when you need to get the "buy-in" then you need face to face.

 And privately I have been getting emails and phone calls from companies that create online training courses who want to talk to me or show me how they are different. I guess they feel like they have discovered the “secret sauce” that makes their “hamburgers” tastier. Or in this case they have discovered the secret training tool that makes there training more effective!

Have you discovered any companies that have discovered the secrets to making on line training more effective?

Posted by Howie Fenton on May 6, 2008 | Comments (0)