"How about a yank that watches TopGear and is a huge EPL fan?  No?  Ah well..."

"Here's a possible workaround... pretty cludgy and depending on how interactive your content is, it may not work. But... Could you take t..."

"Hi Pat, One option that comes to mind is to instead create the interaction you need in PowePoint with hyperlinks to "look alike" slides. ..."

"An assignment for your finalists is a great idea. If you want something you can do earlier in the process, you can try tossing them a hyp..."

"LIke so many of us with roots in stand-up training, my tendency is to write as I would deliver trainining... "Now that we understand X, w..."

"Rachel, For what it's worth... "Customer Service" can be one of those terms that means different things to different folks. For example....."

"The visial cues/learning icons are almost always a win. But I never would have thought of music cues. Really interesting idea for a proje..."

"As usual, Jeannete seems to have nailed some of the key points... What can they DO after the training that they couldnt do before What..."

"Take-away "The bottom line is..." "The key point is..." Personal Relevance "Here is what is expected of you.." "This how it applies to yo..."

"Great discussion. Many folks here have talked around it, but I think it's worth calling out directly the best reason for creating a test..."

"Hi Denise, I'm sure there are better answers, but I would simply place the  movie on it's own slide. Then the "click" you are looking for..."

"Kim, This may not be want you want to hear, but I've found that writing good assessment questions is hard for SMEs.... heck it's hard for..."

"Jeff, I'm pretty sure it's a Flash cookie; so wiping the cache every time might be a work-around. As Shelly spoke of, a decent LMS would ..."

"Tough one, Jeff. Would it be possible to break up the exam into a few smaller tests? Not sure what that would do to your scoring (or if t..."

"Thanks All. So it's unanimous then? Not a single taker to defend or at least expand on the "con" side of the question eh? Ah well, that's..."

"James, Your points about time-to-mastery are well taken. However I do think that there are viable alternatives to having them tossed into..."

"Sam, Great question. I have two words for you... "Scavenger Hunt" Consider not doing all of your software training in the e-learning tool..."

"Thanks Leah and Saenna, As an old-school training guy, you might expect that I agree with you two. But what has surprised me in this cas..."

"Hi Dave, Motion paths are a great way. However, I always seem to struggle with getting them lined up right. So I try to minimize the numb..."

"Hi Lori, Just to be clear... I'm not suggesting a test-out option. I'm suggesting using a quite challenging pre-test to set the bar for ..."

"Lori and Heidi, One thing I've done in the past when faced with "squishy" objectives, is to start straight away with a pre-test. I make ..."

"Kate, For what it's worth we face the same problem. I've posted here before about possible solutions. Currently I'm investigating online..."

"Elizabeth, I'm not an IT guy so please keep that in mind when I offer the following... Suggestion 1: Whatever you choose, make sure it pl..."

"Hi Julie, I don't usually write learning objectives quite that way (better for project goals and personal development IMHO), however her..."

"Brian, I can assure you that you are not alone in this...   Regulatory/Compliance training is one of the biggest growth areas in the tra..."