Ask HN: Best methodology to create training videos?

It turns out what I needed was a screencast, and this http://www.screencast-o-matic.com allowed me to create one very quickly without any tools. Any better options to recommend?

I hadn't seen screencast-o-matic before, I've been using camstudio, but that seems like a better product. I'm going to give it a try.

What I needed next was a way to create simple presentation slides and publish on the web. I found 280slides.com

You can create slides and directly upload to slideshare or get a link to embed on your site. Feel free to share your experiences with others.

Next, I gotta figure out how to create actual compelling videos.

Check this out: http://www.commoncraft.com/making-election-video-behind-scen...

Maybe not the easiest way to do it?

It's certainly a cool way to do it, though I am more in scope of a startup rather than a presidential election.