How can employers make training fun rather than a chore?

Rule number one is to filter your content and present the most important info first. Number two is to present information in no more than 10- to 20-minute bursts. Then get people involved in something interactive like a quiz, a video, a screencast.

Mix up the content and that allows trainees to process the information that you’ve communicated already and start to create a  schema around that information. They can start the process of storing it in their long-term memory so the information gets retained.

Also, build the content with the trainee in mind. Tell stories instead of presenting. Humans react well to storytelling and anecdotes and case studies that make content really relevant and successful.

Excerpted from an interview with MindFlash CEO Donna Wells

For the entire interview: http://preview.tinyurl.com/http-tinyurl-com-64vdfpc