Video

I hate these sales letters

I got a sales email the other day. It basically said “We have a great new product. Click the link below to see the video about it”. That was it — no description, not idea about the market, no cost info. Nothing! I was supposed to click on a link to watch a video of [...]

Free learning 2 (for everyone)

This is a TED video of Salman Khan. He is promoting using video for learning. He also put his money where his mouth is and created the Khan Academy. The academy has a zillon free videos on all sorts of topics. I wish this were around when I was in school. One benefit he talks [...]

Here we go…

I decided a couple of months ago that video was a great way to 1) get people’s attention, and 2) communicate ideas — especially for training. So I thought I should learn more about making videos. The first online materials I got were from Lorraine Grula. These are more about production and videography and I [...]

Welcome back!

I’m starting this over. I am embarking on a journey to learn more about video creation. Video for learning, video for marketing and video for fun. I will chronicle the learning here. I am also thinking about how ideas and concepts from other disciplines can help in the training profession. I will also be sharing [...]