The Visual Lounge
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292 episodes
Why Most Workplace Learning Doesn't Work (And What To Do Instead)
What is the difference between covering a topic and actually teaching it? The best L&D designers know the answer.In this revisited episode, Matt is joined by Jonathan Hill, award-winning learning manager and e-learning developer base...
What AI Can (and Can't) Do for Learning with Destery Hildenbrand
Riding the wave when it comes to the advancements in AI comes down to understanding one key distinction - AI generates, humans create.In this live episode, Matt was joined by Destery Hildenbrand, Learning and Development Consultant and I...
What Educators Can Learn from Filmmakers
Is it time to move beyond the old pedagogical framework?Anybody over a certain age will conjure the same image with the phrase ‘educational film’ - death by talking head + PowerPoint.In this episode Matt was joined by Tiia Grøn, S...
Why Your Videos Aren’t Hooking People
You don't need better gear, a better location, or a better idea. You need to get out of your own way.In this revisited episode, Matt sits down with Aaron King, DeepSnap content creator, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and former professional at...
Building Educational Videos for YouTube That Work
When you solve your own learning problems, you can accidentally build the resource everyone else was missing.In this episode, Matt sits down with Taim Dawod, a medical doctor from Norway who started a medical education YouTube channel in...
The Real Role of Instructional Designers After AI
When content generation becomes fast and frictionless, do learning specialists need to be involved at all?In this episode, Matt sits down with Tim Slade, Speaker, Author and Founder of The eLearning Designer's Academy who discusses the h...
Why Video Still Feels Hard (and How Small Teams Make It Work)
Most small teams want to do more video. The hard part is doing it every week, without the crew, the hours, or the budget to make it happen.In this revisited episode, Matt sits down with Megan Torrance, Founder and CEO of Torrance Learnin...
Turn Zoom Recordings Into Training Videos That Work
Most teams are sitting on a stack of Zoom recordings (webinars, customer trainings, all-hands sessions) that nobody ever turns into anything.Doing anything with them seems too... messy, and a lot of people don’t realize that there’s an a...
From Order Taker to Strategic Partner with Tracie Cantu
The business is your customer. The learner is your consumer. If you’ve been thinking about it the other way round, this episode will make you think a little differently.Tracie Cantu, Senior Learning Leader and author of Running L&D L...
How to Tell Better Visual Stories (That Actually Connect) with Stuart Cohen
What if the most powerful thing in your video has nothing to do with your camera, your software, or your budget?In this episode, Matt sits down with Stewart Cohen, a filmmaker and photographer whose work spans brands like Coca-Cola, AT&a...
From Med School to 350K+ Subscribers: Teaching That Actually Works
Teaching isn’t the reward you get after you’ve learned something. For Taim Dawod, it’s been the learning method itself.In this episode, we revisit a conversation with Taim Dawod, a medical doctor from Norway who started a medical educati...
What the Global L&D Survey Reveals About the Future of Learning (with Donald Taylor)
We’re in a pivotal moment for learning and development. But is the industry ready for what comes next?In this episode of The Visual Lounge, Matt sits down with Donald Taylor to unpack the latest findings from the Global Sentiment Survey,...
How Project Managers Can Use Video to Save Time and Improve Communication
What if video could shave 20 minutes off your leadership meetings and help your team come prepared with the right questions?In this episode, Matt sits down with Chris King, Principal Consultant at CRK Learning LLC, to explore how project...
Cognitive Science & Choosing the Right Media for Learning with Clark Quinn
How can you use the cognitive properties of media for the best training and learning outcomes?Whether you’re in training, in learning development, or you’re a creator making videos for your own YouTube channel, learning and understanding...
Why Facts Don’t Stick (And Stories Do): How to Make Training, Presentations, & Videos More Memorable
What makes a story actually stick? And why do so many professionals get it wrong?In this episode, host Matt Pierce sits down with Gabrielle Dolan, global business storytelling expert and author of eight books, to unpack why storytelling ...
How to Script Learning Videos That People Actually Watch
Are you struggling to script engaging training videos? Or maybe viewers are getting confused, and you’re not quite sure how to hold people’s attention long enough to deliver any value.In this episode, host Matt Pierce shares his tips for...
What People Really See When You’re on Camera
When you’re on camera, people decide how much they trust you a lot faster than you realize.In this episode, we revisit a conversation with Peter Hopwood, a speaking coach who works with presenters, sales teams, founders, and TED...
What Research Says About AI Avatars in Learning
Should AI avatars replace human presenters?In part two of this research series on The Visual Lounge, host Matt Pierce is joined again by TechSmith Senior Market Researcher Stephanie Warnoff to discuss the latest findings from TechSmith's...
AI Voices: Impact on Learning
How much does audio really affect learning? And does it matter whether that voice is human or AI?In this episode, Matt sits down with Stephanie Warnoff, Senior Market Researcher at TechSmith, to walk through new research that looks at ho...
What SMEs Actually Need from Instructional Designers
Have you ever struggled to get the information you need from a subject matter expert? Or maybe you're the expert (SME), and you're not quite sure what the instructional designer actually wants from you?In this episode, host Matt Pierce e...
Why Stories and Visuals Matter More Than Ever in Times of Change
Change is emotional. Even when the strategy is solid, people still feel uncertain, skeptical, or overwhelmed, especially when the vision feels huge and the path feels unclear.In this revisited episode of The Visual Lounge (originally Epi...
End-of-Year Tips and Holiday Cheer from the TechSmith Team
As the new year starts, it’s the perfect time to reflect (and look forward) on how we create and communicate learning content.In this special episode of The Visual Lounge, Matt is joined by some TechSmith team members (or TechSmithies!) ...
Adapting to Change: Surviving the Rapid AI Transformation in the Workplace
AI is reshaping learning and development faster than any of us expected. So how do we adapt? And what skills will matter most as tools, workflows and expectations keep changing in the workplace?In this episode, Matt speaks with Josh Cava...
Pause. Rewind. Learn. More Effective Learning with Patti Shank
Ever clicked play on a learning video that looks polished and professional, only to finish it and think, “Wait, what did I just learn?” In this episode, we’re revisiting a conversation with Patti Shank, an internationally reco...
How to Choose the Right AI Video Tools Without Breaking the Bank
Imagine logging in next month to find your bill for the AI tool you use has doubled, or that you've run out of credits halfway through a critical project.The explosion of AI video tools has brought incredible capabilities to content crea...