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Tag: tips & tricks

How to Compress Your PowerPoint Files Down to Size

Submitted by: Brendan Cournoyer, Content Marketing Manager, Brainshark, Inc.

June 18, 2013 09:43 AM

Picture this – you’ve finally finished that PowerPoint presentation you’ve been working on. The data is compelling, the slides are tight, and the visuals are strong. Then you click Save and realize it’s also GIGANTIC. Like 30,000 KB huge. This is no good, since oversized and bloated PowerPoint files can be difficult to share and challenging to upload for others to see. The performance of your slides can even suffer at times too. So here we are – as the great Jon ... Read more

Tags: PowerPoint, tips & tricks

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Training Retention: 4 Ways to Make Your eLearning Stick

Submitted by: Brendan Cournoyer, Content Marketing Manager, Brainshark, Inc.

June 13, 2013 09:07 AM

Are you doing enough to increase your team’s training retention? When it comes to training, most organizations have pretty straightforward goals: increase value and reduce costs. That’s a big reason why so many companies have incorporated eLearning into their strategies – and why on-demand video has become a preferred format for online training content. Studies show that audiences retain information at a much higher rate when they can see and hear it. In fact, Forrester Resea... Read more

Tags: eLearning & training, internal communications, tips & tricks, video

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How to Personalize Existing Brainshark Presentations [Quick Tips]

Submitted by: Michael Bowen, Training Specialist, Brainshark, Inc.

June 11, 2013 09:45 AM

Why reinvent the wheel? Brainshark On-Demand makes it easy for you to add your own slides to another author's video, creating a unique presentation that you can share with new audiences and track separately! You can create your own intro and closing slides to wrap the presentation, or replace and customize up to two slides in the video, depending on what the original author has allowed. For more details on how to personalize existing presentations with your own slides and audio, view the Quick... Read more

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Updating Your Social Channels Following a Product Launch or Rebranding

Submitted by: Sabrina Cote, Social Media Marketing Manager,
Brainshark, Inc.

June 07, 2013 08:17 AM

Following two recent product launches here at Brainshark, our Senior Director of Product and Content Marketing, Paula Crerar, shared some tools and resources for a successful product launch.  As Paula highlights in her post, there are many crucial elements to a successful product launch including planning, execution and post launch promotion.  One important piece of any major product launch or rebranding is ensuring that your social media profiles align with the new messaging. Wheth... Read more

Tags: marketing, social media, tips & tricks, video

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Webinar Replay: Video Marketing University

Submitted by: Amy Marks, Sr. Marketing Programs Manager, Brainshark, Inc.

June 06, 2013 09:58 AM

With the growing popularity of video content, video marketing has become an ever more important component of marketing strategies.  Boost your video marketing skills with our popular Video Marketing University webinars - now available on-demand! Learn a little about each session, and click the orange button at the bottom of the page to watch the full series! Video Marketing Essentials Veteran video marketers share the essential elements of creating, sharing and tracking video content. Th... Read more

Tags: Content Marketing, external communications, marketing, tips & tricks, video, webinar replay

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