Making an Interactive Org Chart Using e-Learning Software

Org charts! Pretty boring, right? Just a bunch of names and titles laid out in a tree.

Let's see what we can do to spice things up a bit with some e-Learning software.
A (not so) recent challenge in the e-Learning Heroes community tasked participants "to design an interactive graphic to introduce an organization's team members or key players."

That's where we come in today. I'm going to let you behind the curtain to see how I went about tackling this challenge.

The Inspiration
The first thing that came to mind when I thought of "interactive org chart" was the way the characters in The Brady Bunch look at each other during the opening sequence (in that 3x3 grid). It's quite possible that my youngest son was watching the show at the time. 

Just-In-Time Training (Teach Job Skills Like I Taught Monopoly)

It’s quiet time at the cottage (that’s a cabin for my American friends and colleagues). Our youngest is in bed, pretending to sleep (he’s a sly one). The dogs are curled up on the floor or stretched out on the couch. My wife is reading her book (her eyes may or may not be open). I’m catching up on some of the blogs I follow (courtesy of RSS – there’s no phone or internet here, but I synched up when we went into town for supplies). Our older kids are looking for something to do.

“Hey,” says our oldest, scanning the bookshelf of board games “how about we play Monopoly?”

There may have been a grumble from my wife’s direction. I chalk it up to post-traumatic stress. Been there, done that.

I briefly entertain the thought of warning the kids about the evils of Monopoly, particularly when played by siblings, but I hold my tongue. This could be entertaining, watching an “innocent” game devolve into arguments and accusations (I bet every game of Monopoly ends with a flipped playing board). Besides, if somehow the game doesn’t turn sour, it’ll keep the kids occupied for fifty or sixty hours.