“I regard it as a criminal waste of time to go through the slow and painful ordeal of ascertaining things for one’s self if these same things have already been ascertained and made available by others.” —Thomas Edison Arnold Schwartzenegger is here in Columbus this week and I hope a few of the things I’veContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds | March 2, 2018”
Author Archives: Mike Taylor
How to Supercharge Your #PowerPoint Workflow
Do you know that you can upgrade your PowerPoint workflow with add-ins that put additional capabilities right at your fingertips? From finding great stock photos and icons to searching Wikipedia and adding an online map there are a lot of ways to upgrade your slides without ever needing to leave PowerPoint. Think about how niceContinueContinue reading “How to Supercharge Your #PowerPoint Workflow”
Friday Finds | February 23, 2018
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. – Bertrand Russell Around here we are getting close to the time of year when we sometimes get all four seasons in the same day. Shorts and t-shirt in the morning lead to a parka and mukluks by evening and vice versa. Good thing we canContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds | February 23, 2018”
Time to Retire Your Business Card
Why do people still use business cards? Other than leaving them in a bowl trying to win a free lunch, I’m not sure. Gary Vee doesn’t know either. (Language warning) https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=GkgUGoKxwzc Let’s think about it for a second. What is the first thing you do when you’re meeting with someone new? If you’re like me,ContinueContinue reading “Time to Retire Your Business Card”
Friday Finds | February 16, 2018
“Learning and leadership are indispensable to each other” – John F. Kennedy I hope you were able to share some time during this Valentine ♥ week, with someone who puts big drops in your bucket. I also hope you’ll find some valuable drops in this week’s roundup of my best finds from learning, design, technologyContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds | February 16, 2018”
Interactive Video the Easy Way with Vizia
A couple weeks ago I shared some info about how Vimsy can help you improve the curation of online videos. As we learned, Vimsy has some nice features including the ability for access control and providing some useful insights via enhanced analytics. But what do you do when you want to add some interactive elementsContinueContinue reading “Interactive Video the Easy Way with Vizia”
Friday Finds | February 9, 2018
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt As we continue our slog through winter here in the Northern Hemisphere, my family took advantage of a snow day to get a nice day out on the ski slopes. Wherever you are I hope you’ll find something you can take advantage of in the thingsContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds | February 9, 2018”
How to Fill a Horizontal Slide With a Vertical Image
While working on a workshop deck recently, I came to this slide. This isn’t bad — I’ve definitely seen MUCH worse. I wanted to give it a more powerful visual impact and didn’t have time to launch a quest for a new ‘perfect’ image. I like this image…it just doesn’t fill the slide. So whatContinueContinue reading “How to Fill a Horizontal Slide With a Vertical Image”
Friday Finds | February 2, 2018
“Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.” – Claudius Loads of learning opportunities in this week’s roundup. From learning xAPI to peeking in on some top conference backchannels there is something here for everyone. Hope you can glean some value from wherever you are in the world reading this. Cheers!ContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds | February 2, 2018”
A Better Way to Curate Training Videos With Vimsy
Curating a collection of videos for learning purposes is part of many L&D professionals toolkit. While video platforms like YouTube, Vimeo, and Wistia can be a rich source of valuable content, you don’t have many good options for organizing them, virtually no control over access (unless they’re yours) and no way to know who isContinueContinue reading “A Better Way to Curate Training Videos With Vimsy”
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