I love free stuff! Who doesn’t? And I love learning new things! Again, who doesn’t? So give me a really good training experience that is also free and… well… I am a very happy camper! The good news is that there are a zillion lessons, classes, do-it-yourself tutorials, and other training items available for absolutely free — and much of this is delivered right to your home computer. The bad news is that many of these things are either a complete waste of time or a tease of the free-sample-gotta-buy-more variety.

So how can we distinguish the junk from the gems? Easy. You ask someone who has had direct personal experience with the gems to tell you about them. And that’s the intent of this blog.

If I could wave a magic wand and have anything happen, I’d love to have this blog become the definitive directory for anyone who’s looking for really great (i.e., the best) free training. But I can’t do it alone. The enormous (and growing!) pile of free training that must be sorted through is just too huge for any one person!

So come on in! Share your experiences with great free training. Let’s work together to shine a light on the good stuff and help everyone find it.

Getting Started

Check out the Product Reviews section (middle column) to see what our contributors believe are some of the best free training items. (Refer to Let’s Define Our Terms to see what we mean by “best free training.”)

To see the reviews, click on Comments, at the end of any post.

To post a review, simply go to the Comment/Leave a Comment box at the end of any review or discussion, write your opinions, and click submit.* It’s as easy as that! (For further guidance, please refer to Review Guidelines and Note to Training Producers.)

* NOTE: Comments are not displayed immediately. They are sent to the moderator for approval, so please allow up to a day or so for me to sift through and sort out the spam, etc. — MG