Man, do we feel your pain on this one. But if you can surprise your learners, or make them laugh, you’re guaranteed to get more value for your training dollars, because people tend to remember the course that didn’t put them to sleep! That said, humor doesn’t fit every corporate culture. Even if you’re not looking to do anything funny with your material, there are still ways to make your content exciting and engaging. Part of what we do is take a look at the course from a learner’s perspective and find ways to make it as stimulating and exciting as possible. It might be as simple as telling a story, or using an analogy, or an interesting use of animations and movement, or conversational and plain English scripting. While funny can be good, engaging is what’s truly important.