The weekend before Thanksgiving, I went to visit my son on the college campus where he is about to graduate at the end of this academic year. As I sat in the student center waiting for him to wake up from an overnight “decorating the campus for Christmas” event, my thoughts drifted back to my …
Veterans Day today, was the perfect day for the reflective walk I took through the woods… It was the ideal Fall day where it sounds like rain, but the ground’s not wet. The sound was created by the magic of hundreds of trees accepting this season in life for what it is… A time to …
While so many in this country are finding new ways to fight and rehearse divisions, in our Converging Solutions world, I challenge readers to find the similarities in the freedoms we celebrate. Whether your family spends more time celebrating Juneteenth (June 19th), or US Independence Day (July 4th), or Latin American Independence Days (throughout September), …
A Beginner’s Guide to Writing, Recording, and Editing Narration, Part Four Click here if you missed Part One … or here if you missed Part Two … and what the heck, here’s Part Three. If you’re recording a voiceover talent (or if you’re lending your own voice to a project and recording yourself), you’re obviously …
When was the last time you really enjoyed an online course? And more than just enjoy it, you actually learned something from it…and had the learning stick? Lucky you if you’ve experienced this type of eLearning feast! At its worst, eLearning is like biting into cold leftovers…boring, non-stop, static slideshows with narration or outdated webinars …
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Assessing ways that life in the United States continues to grow less “united” over the last few weeks, months, and years, one can easily identify tangible ways our society is experiencing more challenging polarization of thought than ever before. The political Left is quick to blame the Right, and the Right blames the Left just …
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A Beginner’s Guide to Writing, Recording, and Editing Narration, Part Three Click here if you missed Part One or Part Two of this series. Choosing a narrator for your project is such an important part of the audio development process. You need someone who can match the tone of the script you’ve written and also …
Voice-Over: Choosy VO Creators Choose Jeff (because he’s the right guy for the job) Read More »
I was recently reminded just how amazing and dedicated American small businesses are and what a privilege it is to lead a great one. Of course, as is often the case, it was a non-example that brought this to my attention. Not by a small business, but by a used-to-be small LMS company that has …
Ode to a Small Business Lost (and the Customer Service Lost Too) Read More »
A Beginner’s Guide to Writing, Recording, and Editing Narration, Part Two Click here if you missed Part One of this series. The script is the obvious first step in creating your voice-over. Once you’ve got your learning objectives locked and you know the flow of your content, it’s important to write voice-over that will engage …
A Beginner’s Guide to Writing, Recording, and Editing Narration, Part One (for your next training project, or y’know…whatever) “Did they record this audio in their bathroom?” I asked myself as a cacophony of echoes burst from my headphones and bounced around my skull. “WELCOME (welcome) TO (to) THE (the) COURSE (course)!” said the narrator (and …
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