We like to ask anyone who joins The Visual Lounge, what’s your one take you want to give our audience? It’s an open-ended question so we always get a good variety of unique answers and love hearing the advice, life lessons, and mindset changes we can apply to using video and images in our work. 

To celebrate our 250th episode milestone, we bring together friends of The Visual Lounge to ask them this question.  

In part one of this episode, you’ll hear from: 

• Betty Dannewitz, Learning Solutions Architect at Blanchard  
• Jeff Batt, Course Author & Owner at Learning Dojo 
• Destery Hildenbrand, Learning & Development Consultant at Destery1Kenobi 
• Kassy Laborie, Speaker, Author, Virtual Training Pioneer at Kassy LaBorie Consulting 
• Nick Floro, Learning Architect, CEO at SealWorks Interactive Studios 

Each one offers insights into their own processes and fresh and valuable advice. We talk about everything from pushing through creative blocks, using AI to help with storyboarding or writing, gathering feedback from learners, to becoming a repurposing pro. Tune in to hear from experts who are living and breathing the world of video and visual design.

For part two, we’ll be talking to more great people to hear their thoughts and advice on how they approach content creation. Stay tuned for more coming soon!

Learning points from the episode include: 

• 00:00 - 00:46 Introduction 
• 00:46 - 01:30 Jeff Batt shares backstory on his career 
• 01:30 - 02:47 Why you need to be an artisan 
• 02:47 - 04:29 What to do when you feel stuck in a creative rut 
• 04:29 - 08:34 Destery’s advice for staying up to date with the latest tech   
• 08:34 - 09:45 Concrete benefits of using AI  
• 09:45 - 11:08 Why Kassy Laborie sees AI as a handy writing partner 
• 11:08 - 12:33 How using AI helps Kassy achieve her goals 
• 12:33 - 13:36 How AI helps Kassy assess writing  
• 13:36 - 15:59 Nick Floro talks about how easy it is to get feedback these days 
• 15:59 - 17:30 How you can get L&D departments to buy into using new tech  
• 17:30 - 20:22 The trend of AI tool integration in everyday tools  
• 20:22 - 22:10 Betty Dannewitz’s tips for creating extra content  
• 22:10 - 23:16 How repurposing content affects how you build it in the first place  
• 23:16 - 24:08 Outro 

 Important links and mentions: 

• Camtasia: https://www.techsmith.com/camtasia/audiate 
• Betty Dannewitz: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ifyouaskbetty/  
• Betty’s website: https://ifyouaskbetty.com  
• Jeff Batt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffbatt/ 
• Destery Hildenbrand: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desteryhildenbrand/ 
• Kassy Laborie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kassylaborie/  
• Kassy’s website: https://kassylaborie.com/  
• Nick Floro: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickfloro/  
• Sealworks Interactive Studios: https://www.sealworks.com/