Now and again we ask our clients if they would like to write a piece for us to share with the greater LMS world. We ask them to write about anything that’s on their mind and we see where it goes. In this case, anything turned out to be a very insightful and entertaining perspective connecting the purchase of an LMS to another of life’s more stressful experiences: dating. In the spirit of the trust tree, we’ve removed the author’s name to protect the innocent. Read on and you’ll know why.

Navigating the field of Learning Management Systems out there can be daunting. When thinking back to several years ago when I was compiling my list of wants for a new LMS, I found myself creating an even larger list of the things I didn’t want. You see I had been burned before. Choosing an LMS is a lot like dating.