With respect to SharePoint user adoption, End-user Training has minimal effectiveness or value.
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Wow that’s a tough one but I think it’s all down to planing and where training fits in to things. As @Jesper has said what are we training users on, SharePoint, a product of SharePoint etc
For the most part for me though it’s a mixture of things like small introductions here and there to small group to spread the word through their team which i then follow up on. How you delivery training has also changed i don’t think the classroom model works very well anymore in SharePoint end user terms. Keeping the momentum going is also important, don’t just stop offering training just because the Intranet has launched, drop in session are great for that.
@Wendy has it right too many people need to see a reason to use SharePoint, a really basic quick win for me has always been a holiday planner. Sounds silly but it’s quite surprising how companies manage leave.