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About Matt Pierce

Matt Pierce is the Customer Engagement Manager (Training, Technical Writing and Technical Support) at TechSmith. You can follow him at @piercemr He's many things to many people: husband, dad to 4, scout leader, instructional designer, lover of board games, and oh, so much more. His current favorite spot on earth is the area surrounding St. John's Newfoundland. His secret talent is interpreting board game instructions.

The Forge: Episode 29 Presentation Tips with Nancy Duarte

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Did you miss the Forge last week? We talked with Nancy Duarte about her books, work, and presentation tips on giving better presentation. You can check out the entire episode here: Can’t see the video? Watch it on YouTube! You can learn more about Nancy Duarte by connecting with her on her blog, Facebook or Twitter. During this episode I mentioned that you could have a chance to win a copy of one of Nancy's books - Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences or slide:ology: Continue reading

Dan Roam’s European training – Plus an analysis of his video

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On the January episode of the Forge, we talked with author and visual thinker Dan Roam about visual thinking and how it helps make our ideas and communication clearer. Dan let us know about an upcoming opportunity. He's hosting a Visual Thinking training this summer in London and Berlin (Sorry for everyone in the US, but if there's enough interest, maybe we can convince him to do one stateside. Or you can check out our interview with Dan or his Napkin Academy). Register for Dan's training London Continue reading

Meet Ron Hogue, 2012 ScreenChamp Training Category Winner

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At one point while working at a New Horizon's Computer Learning Center, Ron Hogue thought that screencasting was going to cause his job to disappear. The technology made it look as if instructors were no longer going to be needed, and if he didn't figure out the technology, he was done for. So that's exactly what he did. Ron went out and learned about screencasting and in December, he was the winner in the Training Category for the 2012 ScreenChamp Awards. His video, 5-ish Screencast Tips is Continue reading

Forge Episode 27 is now posted

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Missed the Forge? No worries, we've got it here: We talked with Jonathan Halls about video, and given his experience he knows a thing or two. Here are 9 tips that we pulled from the interview. Jonathan pointed out "Video gives a lot of exciting opportunity that we've never really had." "We get benefits of saving money, saving hassle, saving time, so forth, at the same time it is avery useful tool for learning. Video is not always good for learning, we got to be honest about that. The reason Continue reading

The Forge: Episode 27 with Jonathan Halls and Tiffany Wood

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Upcoming on this episode we talked with Jonathan Halls. Who you say? Jonathan started off as a talk show host in Australia, then went to the UK at the BBC where he eventually ended up running the BBC's production training department. He now runs training and is an adjunct professor at George Washington University. In this episode, Jonathan lays out at least 9 tips for getting better camera video, even if you're using your cell phone. For instance, Jonathan says, "Video gives a lot of exciting Continue reading

Meet Vesone Dean , 2012 ScreenChamp Audience Choice Winner

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Take a guy who was studying pre-med, who wanted to be more creative, but ended up doing tech support for a software company, and then give him a shot at creating an important video and what do you get? Vesone Dean , the 2012 Audience Choice winner of the ScreenChamp awards. Vesone says before making his ScreenChamp entry, he had played with editing sports clips he found online, but hadn't put together other videos. Evanced Solutions, the company Vesone works for, was about to launch a new version Continue reading

The Forge: Episode 26 with Dave Gray and Troy Stein

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The Forge, as a show concept, has been about trying and experimenting, even if it was minor changes and adjustments. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't... but we always hope to try new things. This month is no exception, the good news is that regardless of the changes, we're working to bring you great information that helps you to become a better communicator, screencaster, and visual thinker. Here's today's show: Don't have time for the entire show: Watch this 1 minute 37 second overview: Continue reading