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5 Video Tips for Trainers: Tell Your Story through Video Composition
There is a common phrase thrown out in business that says, “The medium is the message.” The phrase is meant to emphasize how a message meaning can change depending on the means by which it is conveyed. The same is true when it comes to video composition. The composition you choose to use may either [...]
Meeting Millennials Where They Stand
By guest blogger - Austin Dressman The past couple blogs have covered the rise of the millennial generation, their behaviors and how best to educate them on important issues. In the corporate world, there are many instances where training is needed. From company policy to compliance issues, your new age employees need to be in-the-know [...]
Training Millennials
Training Millennials by guest blogger Austin Dressman What are the common reactions to corporate training courses? They are boring, long-winded, already common sense, old, out of touch, and/or straight out the early 90s. That’s what most millennials said about the corporate training courses they have sat through over the years. We recently surveyed a group of [...]
Millennial Matters
Millennial Matters by guest blogger Austin Dressman There is a group of people that is talked about by corporate executives more than any other: Millennials. This rising generation of young professionals makes up both the incoming workforce and the main target audience of marketers. And they aren’t going away anytime soon. Companies have been researching [...]
Planning your Camtasia or Captivate Screen Recording Project
At Xcelus, we produce a number of screen recording training courses for our clients. Our clients also do a lot of self produced screen recording courses. Screen recording is a great way to show how software works or to provide training tips using a Subject Matter Expert's knowledge. Prior to any using any screen recording [...]
Video Tips for Trainers – The Power of a Great Video Production
Just how influential is video in a training course? Let’s take a history test: Think about everything you know about the Apollo 13 space mission. OK, now where did you go in your memory to recall the Apollo 13 space mission? Classroom Textbook? Newspaper Article? Walter Cronkite on the CBS Evening News? Or was [...]
What Makes a Great Training Video – Tell a Story
To tell a story, it all starts with Aristotle - Ethos Pathos, Logos Five Things Instruction Designers can learn from Screenwriters about Training Motivation Aristotle developed three keys to effective writing: the artful application of ethos, pathos and logos – the use of character (or credibility), logic (or reason), and emotion respectively. An excellent [...]
Video Tips for Trainers – Working With Audio and Video Talent
This blog post is by guest blogger, Renee Casati. Renee has been doing professional acting and voice talent for a number of years in commercials, movies and corporate videos. We use Renee frequently on all types of audio and video projects even as a make-up artist for Stephen Covey projects. Renee is based in [...]
Xcelus Awarded Supplier of the Year!
Xcelus has been awarded "Supplier of the Year for Account Management" 2013 by Life Technologies.