Today’s guest post is written by Leon Noone.

Some years ago, when the headmistress of one of Australia’s most exclusive private schools for girls retired, she suggested that 85 percent of the teachers she’d managed over her career should have chosen another profession.

Her interviewer exclaimed. “But that would leave only 15 percent of the teachers.” She replied, “But imagine how good they’d be!”

The Headmistress and the Internet

That headmistress inspired this piece. You see, I reckon that about 75 percent of online training falls somewhere between ordinary and awful. If you use the web to teach or coach anyone in anything and would like to be in the top 25 percent, read on. (more…)