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Communication Tips, Customer Stories, Learning & Development, Video Creation

How Kasasa Uses Humor to Engage its Learners

One of the biggest pieces of advice we have for instructional designers is to make ‘em laugh. Bringing levity to the learning experience is so important that we included it as one […]
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How To Represent Different Ages in Vyond

Effective visual storytelling almost always relies on thoughtful character design, even if the character’s an inanimate object. That’s why we’ve packed so many features into Vyond’s Character Creator including the ability to […]
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Your Comprehensive Guide to Video Marketing

Video used to be the up-and-comer in marketing. It was new, flashy, and unexpected. Now, video marketing is a mainstay—nearly 50% of internet users look for videos about a product before making a […]
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Celebrating Pride Month: LGBTQ+ Training Resources

For Pride Month, our Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion team has compiled a variety of LGBTQ+ training resources focused on the intersectionality of the Pride movement. Here’s a sampling of what we’re sharing […]
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On-demand Webinar: 4 Vyond Updates to Enhance your Videos

While you keep getting better at creating videos, so does Vyond Studio. At Vyond, we’re always working hard to bring new improvements, features, and enhancements to help video makers like you. Join […]
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How to Make and Use Zoom Video Backgrounds

Zoom’s latest update comes with the long-awaited ability to use video as a virtual backgrounds, and we couldn’t be more excited to have another weapon in the battle against Zoom fatigue. The […]
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4 Video Marketing Ideas

As the digital media landscape has gotten more cluttered, video has emerged as the best way for marketers to reach audiences. Two-thirds of consumers reported that they’d rather learn about a product […]
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How Safer Edge Achieves Cultural Representation

In the entertainment industry, the movement for representation has reached a fever pitch in recent years, with Hollywood scrambling to meet the imperative by presenting diverse stories on screen. Animation, too, has […]
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How Idea Learning Gives Clients the Power of Video

Shannon McKenzie and Jillian Douglas founded Idea Learning with a mission to provide custom learning strategies to clients in a variety of industries. That endeavor naturally led the Idea Learning team to […]
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Using Vyond for Internal Communications Videos

If you think video is a vital part of internal communications, you’re not alone: 98% of companies say video is useful for improving communication and employee training. Why use video for internal […]
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How Texas State Uses Video to Overcome Hiring Bias

Diversity, equity, and inclusion is a shared responsibility within an organization. The process of challenging biases, promoting psychological safety, and confronting inequitable practices requires a massive amount of learning (and unlearning). While […]
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Agile for Content Creators: Webinar Recap

Last month, I hosted a Vyond webinar on Agile Development for Content Creators. Over the course of an hour, we took a cursory look at the agile movement that arose from software […]
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Internal Communications: Double Your Impact with Video

Employees are facing unprecedented volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity in their day-to-day work lives, and a strong internal communications strategy is critical to keep teams aligned. Nevertheless, 60% of employers do not […]
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11 Best YouTube Alternatives for Business Video Hosting

With 100 hours of video uploaded every 10 seconds, YouTube is the leader in online video hosting. If you want to amplify your brand’s reach, establishing a presence on YouTube remains a […]
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Ace it with GIFs: Small Animations that Make a Big Impact

Our everyday lives are abuzz with calls, emails, pings, and rings. This fast-paced, digital world can make it difficult for anybody who’s trying to reach a distracted audience. Going beyond the written […]