John Hindman has been leading award-winning and affordable e-learning development for over a decade. With his unique ability to fully understand each element of a project from instructional design, to interface design, to interactive programming, he is an expert in maximizing resources and producing efficiencies. The transition from developer to consultant came about for one reason. His mission is to verify customers get the best value on their e-learning experience. A staggering fact is that 62% of all e-learning projects fail. In his career, he witnessed many organizations that jumped into bigger initiatives than they needed, others who just were not ready, and some that had no business getting into e-learning at all. Failed attempts leave a poor stigma around e-learning, which is a technology that can save organizations tons of money. Wise decisions and proper analysis at the start of a project can prevent most issues down the development road. That is why John started Plain Talk. He wants to bring straight talk to an industry that is surrounded by smoke and mirrors, and is full of groups who force their own agendas when working with customers. John's customer service skills have been sited as some of the best in the industry, and he will bring a feeling of a true partnership to your organization.

In the past decade, John has created training programs for diverse markets. From government security training to software simulation training to hard skill manufacturing training, John starts with strong instructional design, adds a dash of multimedia, and creates a robust training product. In reality, it doesn't matter what your subject matter is, because the development process never changes; and ultimately your organization is the true subject matter expert for your curriculum. John works extremely well in gathering content from your experts in order to build learning objectives that work for your students.

Bottom line...John and Plain Talk can take your organization successfully through the steps of e-learning transformation. Plain Talk will get you to a point where you have a plan in place to get you the best return on your e-learning investment. When you are ready to move forward towards development, Plain Talk can help you find the perfect vendor for your particular solution, or you can choose to use a Plain Talk preferred partner. Plain Talk only partners with the best in the business. These partners must bring the same standards and customer service that Plain Talk does. Make contact today at 410.271.2387 to have a frank discussion about your situation and see how John and Plain Talk can help.

In this section, Plain Talk will post articles based on real world scenarios whitnessed throughout the years. They are not always horror stories, but should act as reminders while you pursue a technology-based curriculum. Click the link below to read our current submission.

• E-learning Hero

"John has provided Visteon Nashville Glass Plant and UAW Local 737 with a business partner that shares and works to achieve our common goals and challenges. The training portal has provided Nashville Glass with a program that not only helps increase safety, quality, and efficiency at the Nashville Plant, but also will guarantee that future generations of workers at the Plant will have a resource available to them with the past that will now never be lost. John has and continues to provide expertise in managing these projects from start to finish, ensuring that projects are completed on time and to our satisfaction."