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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

The Forge: Episode 28 with Nancy Duarte

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Coming up this month on The Forge is an interview with our special guest, Nancy Duarte. Nancy is a communications expert with an impressive resume that includes having been featured in Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Wired, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Economist, LA Times, and CNN. She is the CEO of Duarte, Inc., and is the gifted author and visionary behind the two best-selling books, Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences and Slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Continue reading

Thursday on The Forge: #VizLit13 Recap with Brandy Agerbeck, Ryan Coleman, Karl Gude and Jamie Nast

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This week on The Forge, we'll be recapping our experience at the Visual Thinking & Literacy Conference (#vizlit13) last weekend in Birmingham, MI, plus making a very special announcement about a certain very special annual event here at TechSmith HQ. Click here to tune in LIVE at 2pm ET on Thursday, April 18 The conference was an absolute blast; a one-day affair + a one evening happy hour to start in lovely Birmingham, Michigan. Focusing on visual approaches to thinking and communication, 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

Employee Highlight: Meet TechSmithie Matt Pierce

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To continue the Employee Highlight series, I had the pleasure of interviewing our Customer Engagement Manager, Matt Pierce. And we even put together a video interview for you! (Note: content in video is slightly different than text below.) Can't see the video? Watch it on YouTube. An Interview with Matt Pierce Who are you, and what do you do? I'm Matt Pierce. I am the Customer Engagement Manager. I manage our Training and Documentation team, oversee Technical Support, and host the Continue reading