Luckily, those dark days are over—now, and eLearning has stepped up and kicked videotape learning to the curb. eLearning reduces the time and expense of training and thanks to its incredible flexibility and diversity, is much more relevant to the tasks at hand. Naturally, this is more in line with the business goals of a company—and eLearning and online learning is literally already at your fingertips, through the use of the mighty Internet. Online colleges and other online schools are now offering continuing eduction courses online to businesses and their staff.

Job training and college can be brought into the home through online education. Just picture being at the computer with some juice, in your PJ’s on a morning and you are pursuing a certificate or degree. This is possible with education online and students are pursuing this option more and more. When your education is done online there is no commute to and from school, stressing about attending classes late, staying back late after class, or having to leave your job early to make it to class. You would not have to do without an income so that school can be finished or getting a job to go around your schedule. Education online brings scheduling flexibility and freedom.

It’s a challenging exercise to develop an effective product demo and for this you need to know your product really well. However, this does not mean you know how to use the product, but it means you know all about the capability of the product.

When developing a product demo, your basic need is to know what about the product to highlight which will interest prospective customers. Its USP will set it off against all the other products in the same category in the market.

For the customer, a product demo is taking a tour of the product’s capabilities.

How to make a demo:
Your demo should always begin with a title slide giving the full name of the product
Next, list the contents of your demo, its key features and conclusion. Ensure that they are listed in logical order such as Introduction, Feature Overview and Conclusion.
Then, discuss each item from your list of contents. Use layman’s language, avoid all technical language. Highlight features customers will relate to.
To make your demo effective, use a case study/scenario or example and keep it consistent through the demo. Show how effective the product is by highlighting its benefits and explaining how and why.
End your demo with a conclusion which should reinforce the benefits of the product.
Lastly, provide contact information for your prospective customers to get in touch with the company.

Case Studies: Another online learning technique, case studies are widely used and are popular for several reasons, such as:
They create a need to know
Raise the level of fundamental thinking skills such as application, synthesis and evaluation
Enhance listening and learning skills
Calling for greater level of diagnosis
Develop problem-solving skills
Help learner see theory along with practice
Students can learn to monitor their thinking
Encourage students to brainstorm

How to use cases effectively: To get the best out of case studies, a learner should:
Find out the facts of the case
Understand the dynamics of the case at hand
Define the problem
List a course of action that will lead to a solution
Make a SWOT analysis of the path to a solution chosen
Decide the least workable part of the plan of action

A good case: This can be identified by the following criteria:
The incident must have emotional power
It must cover difficult choices
It must be open-ended, and allow for a series of solutions and interpretations”