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Induction training for new employees - inspiration needed
Hi everyone,
I'm working on a new project - e-learning for new employees about the company, it's history and structure, products etc.
I don't want it to be another "click through" or "click th...
Bartlomiej Polakowski said:
I've seen a few onboarding videos and there are at least three problems with them:
- they are boring (how many managers and happy people can you listen to?
- they are not so easy to update
- if in HQ, a good network connection is needed if put online
@Brad: I like your idea with superheroes. I'm looking for some innovative concepts like games or comics.
I've used infographics / visual stories that resemble comics in my work as internal comms. They are a cost effective and fun way to get the main points across. The added benefit is that you can explain complex, abstract topics in a way that wouldn't be possible with video or text. Also: you can reuse the images in a PowerPoint presentation, if need be. Or even turn them into a simple animation with narration with free tools like Slideshare.net.
To give you a rough idea what I'm talking about check out my illustrated introduction to Yammer (enterprise social network) or my visual explanation to our staff why the organisation had to change the way we produce content for the web. I'm now doing visual explanations for other organisations as well (I set up my own freelance business after realising more people would benefit from visual stories).
Cheers,
Virpi
