Summary: Dan provided a variety of techniques and examples to show how we can gain and keep our learner’s attention. This session was presented by Dan Myers, Manager of Instructional Design, The Cheesecake Factory. Today’s learners are faced with distractions – text messages, status updates, phone calls, tweets, and e-mail. These distractions are constant and are not going away. Amid all of these distractions and pressures, people are expected to teach large amounts of content and ensure that learners can remember it and make a behavior change. DevLearn 2012 MORE >>

Summary: Tom argued that quality is all that matters. We should strive for higher production values and shorter trainings that more fully engage our learners. This session was presented by Tom Graunke, Co-Founder and CEO, Stormwind. Why do we remember many details of a three-minute movie trailer? Because it’s exciting and engaging. Wouldn’t it be great if we could put that same kind of Hollywood magic directly into our training without needing the Hollywood budget? In this session, renowned eLearning expert Tom Graunke showed us how to completely change the way we create and deliver training. MORE >>

Summary: Jon Landau made the case for innovation in e-learning, and also discussed the need to generate an emotional reaction. Jon Landau embraces technology so aggressively and successfully that he’s earned an Academy Award and two Golden Globes for his work producing the two highest-grossing movies of all-time, Avatar and Titanic. His understanding of complex technologies, his experience working with creative talent of the highest caliber, and his ability to motivate people has enabled him to have a significant impact on the motion picture industry. We have to be willing to fail to succeed. MORE >>

Summary: eLearning Learning is now providing content for the Training Magazine Network. Training Magazine Network has just announced a partnership with eLearning Learning to bring together their extensive content and community offerings to form the largest e-learning site on the Web. As a result, we’ll soon begin to see eLearning Learning content (including content posted here) on the Training Magazine Network site and through its newsletters. He’s also a fellow blogger and you’ll see a link to his site on my Blogroll at right. Other MORE >>

Summary: I’m honored and privileged to announce that I am now one of the featured writers on eLearning Learning. You may have noticed the little badge on the bottom right of this blog that says I’m now one of elearninglearning.com ‘s featured writers! This also means that my blog content here at Sudden Insight is available directly through their site. Elearning Learning is a content curator that brings together content from leading experts and companies like the  Adobe Captivate Blog , Cammy Bean , Clark Quinn ,  Clive Shepherd ,  Jay Cross ,  Karl Kapp , and many others. MORE >>