The Visual Lounge
Visuals and videos are powerful, but creating them can feel overwhelming. Yet they are essential to creating content that impacts understanding, helps improve communication, and can save you and the viewers time and money.
The Visual Lounge is a place where we talk about creating and using visuals and videos for all sorts of communication. Whether you’re creating a course to help your organization roll out new software, an educator learning to better communicate with
your students, or a marketer helping your customers see the impact of your product, our conversations will help see how visuals can impact your work.
Listen in as Matt Pierce, Learning & Video Ambassador, leads you through a variety of conversations with industry guests and experts. You’ll get practical advice and insights to help you to create better and more impactful images and videos.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 259
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Using Videos in Learning Simulations
Would your business benefit from creating learning simulation videos?
These step-by-step videos can help learners master their craft and reach their A-game.
But we know how it is…they seem too comp…
Take Your Videos to the Next Level: Learn These 7 Editing Tricks
Ready to create videos that stop the scroll and wow your audience?
On this episode of The Visual Lounge, Matt Pierce, TechSmith Learning & Video Ambassador, delivers a masterclass on how to level up…
Making Reaction Videos with Camtasia
We’re covering something a little different this week on The Visual Lounge…
In this episode, we are joined by YouTube creator Nico Edward. Nico creates reaction videos on the channel WhatchaGot2Say w…
Demystifying Tech Through Video
Video lets your personality shine through…and having an Australian accent no doubt helps too!
On this episode of The Visual Lounge, we are joined by Troy Hunt, Pluralsight Information Security Author…
Building an Academy & the Role of Video
Want to build an academy for your educational video content?
This episode of The Visual Lounge features Jaclyn Anku, Director of Community and Education at Gusto, and Elliott Morin, Creative Directo…
Research & Learning from Videos
When done right, video learning can be so effective. But what does the research tell us we can improve?
In this episode of The Visual Lounge, Patti Shank, President of Learning Peaks, explains how in…
How to Break Your Viewers’ Trust
Gaining the trust of your audience is a tough task. In fact, it’s much easier to lose it!
That’s why we invited Peter Hopwood, Global Speaking and TEDx Coach, to take us through his top tips on build…
Breaking Down Content
When you break educational content down to its fundamentals, it’s all about helping people to address a need or solve a problem. And that’s what informs all of Kevin Stratvert’s videos.
With almost …
Async First Report
Hybrid work is about balancing meetings with getting your head down, while allowing yourself the odd break, all while contending with family life continuing around you (or maybe noisy neighbours!).
I…
Refresh, Repurpose & Renew Old Content
Old content can be a treasure trove of value, but you need to brush off the dust and repurpose and refresh it.
Sometimes that means turning in-person training into an online course or a series of vi…
Effective, Efficient, Repeatable Production
Whatever type of videos you are producing, the key to doing it successfully is to build effective processes you can rinse and repeat.
Whether it be how your equipment is set up, the way you edit, writ…
Video Producers’ Secret Sauce
The video creation journey is different for everybody. But is there a secret sauce in that recipe for success?
Josh Cavalier, Learning Architect – Digital Technologies at American Tire Distributors a…
The Power of Presentation
How do you know that your presentation has been successful?
It can be challenging to discern what “success” actually means when you make a presentation. But, in this episode of The Visual Lounge, our…
Consistency and Common Sense in Instructional Design
Sometimes the best thing you can do as an instructional designer is to step into your learners’ shoes. Whether you’re delivering content on compliance or something completely different, keep your lea…
Leading Remote Teams
Remote working can add extra challenges for employees. It may feel harder to collaborate on projects, difficult to build structure and put systems in place, and for some it can feel isolating at time…
Using Color with Purpose
Color is something we see everywhere, every second of every day. It’s something we never really question or think about too much.
But color choices are so important in any design or branding and play …
Tips and Warm Wishes for 2023 (Special Episode)
This is a special episode of the Visual Lounge podcast featuring tips and ideas from a variety of team TechSmith about our products, including Camtasia, Snagit, and Audiate. We discuss topics such as…
Make Videos 40% Faster
Do you want to save time in the editing chair? Who wouldn’t?
A lot of our video editing time is spent tidying things up. Getting rid of “ums,” “ahs,” and little pauses can feel tedious and time-consum…
Challenging Traditional Workplace Learning
Everything needs a refresh eventually…and that includes e-Learning!
Jonathan Hill, Head of E-Learning at Entain, believes it’s personality and humor that e-Learning often lacks. But why is it so impo…
Strategies for Learning
If you want your learning content to have the best possible impact on your audience, there’s only one thing for it...you need a solid strategy in place!
Whether your go-to learning method includes vi…