We all have terrible attention spans. Understanding how people learn can mean the difference between effective compliance training programs or an eye roll.

Panelists speaking at Compliance Week’s 20th Anniversary Conference said Tuesday that converging research shows why the old style of boring, bullet-point training presentations needs to go.

Ian Sherr, Compliance Week’s Editor-in-Chief, is a widely published journalist who has covered business, politics, and policy for outlets including CBS News, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and CNET.