Magic Olympic moments.....oh if only we could learn

That Learning Dude just spent two great weeks at one of his favourite parts of Scotland and I confess a little too long in front of the TV watching the 2012 London Olympics. Quite easily my favourite games since 1984 when That Jet Pack Dude flew into the Los Angeles Coliseum to help light the flame. 

As iconic as that was I think even that may have been pipped by James Bond escorting the Queen into the Olympic stadium by parachute. 14,000 athletes from 204 countries (and others under the flag of the IOC) competed in 26 events at 34 venues. To be selected to represent your country in your chosen sport is the ultimate accolade for any athlete and for many proved that dreams can come true with hard work and dedication. 

Now as I wandered and pondered each night at sunset on the beach in this sleepy little hollow it struck me the amazing..........okay mildly amazing similarities that the games have brought when reflecting through all my learning years and so with that in mind I thought That Learning Dude should break those post holiday blues with a chortle and a guffaw through those memorable Olympic moments.

So sit back and have some fun at some true and not so true facts about the Olympics and L&D

Some four billion people around the world are reported to have seen at least a moment of the games on Television. This is an amazing number of people but is still far short of the number of people who request to go on a presentation skills course each year. 

Around three thousand technical officials we involved in administering the games. That's a staggering 115.384615384615384615384615384612 officials per event. Blimey! I can't even get one administrator to help book a venue and print materials for me. 

It took almost 8 years for the Olympic park to turn from plans into the completed venue that hosted the games.

8 years is also the number of years of your life you will waste (and never get back) watching mundane and incredibly boring Powerpoint presentations. To this day nobody has been convicted of death by powerpoint.

The temperature of the Olympic swimming pool was a terribly accurate 26 degrees centigrade. Most training rooms do not come with a thermometer as standard and make up 38% of CO2 pollution due to overheating

The hottest ticket in town was for the 100 metres Mens final with over one million requests for tickets.

One million is the average number of requests received on an annual basis for people to go straight to the test on an eLearning course

The keys to Wembley stadium which was hosting Olympic football were lost during the games forcing security chiefs to change the locks. The person responsible for losing the keys has made and average of 8.4 requests for a new password to his companies online learning account in the last six months

The closing ceremony for the Olympics featured a number of musical artists past and present with even the Spice Girls returning to the stage.

Sometimes it isn't a good idea to roll out old material but if you do, make sure you have a taxi for a quick getaway.

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