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Once, When I was at Band Camp…
By Edmond Manning, Senior Instructional Strategist We remember stories. Stories provide an organizing structure that makes the subject matter more ...

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Hold the Phone (training)—5 Questions to Ask First
By Edmond Manning, Senior Instructional Strategist Regularly, I see clients get excited about the possibility of using phones for training without ...

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The Legendary Bad e-Learning at Sleepy Hollow, Inc.
By Edmond Manning, Senior Instructional Strategist Not far from this village, perhaps two miles, there is a little valley among high hills, which is ...

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Turn Left at That Former Gas Station
By Edmond Manning, Senior Instructional Strategist When driving, I happen to get lost a lot, and I absolutely hate asking people for directions. I ...

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Five Tips to Battle E-Learning Project Constraints
By Edmond Manning, Senior Instructional Strategist When I taught the e-Learning Instructional Design Certificate program for ATD, I would regularly ...

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How Long Should it Take to Cook Up an E-Learning Course?
By Edmond Manning, Senior Instructional Strategist Quick! Answer this: how long will it take you to make dinner tonight? Without too much effort, you ...

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What If We Reviewed e-Learning Courses Like We Reviewed Movies?
by Edmond Manning, Senior Instructional Strategist What if there were e-learning critics just like movie critics? What if learners decided whether to ...

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3 Tips to Counter 'They Just Need To Know It'
by Edmond Manning, Senior Instructional Strategist "They Don't Need To Do Anything, They Just Need To Know It." Wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. When it ...