Holly MacDonald
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Creator of Instructional Products - specializing in building products for customer, member or professional audience. at Spark + Co.
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    Holly MacDonald Hero

    20+ years in the learning biz, independent consultant. I work on projects for employee training and customer training, and often bring a team of experts to the table.
  • British Columbia, Canada
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Freelance Heroes
"Jeanne - in Canada (where I'm based), the differences are: liability and taxation. In terms of liability, subcontracting is not a decidin..."
  • over 11 years ago10/22/12 at 3:15 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Freelance Heroes
"Sheila Cole said: Like Bruce, I tend to have a sort of “mental list” of criteria, and it’s all about how those pieces all fit together an..."
  • over 11 years ago10/19/12 at 11:52 am (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Freelance Heroes
"Hey Bruce, thanks, are your answers all or nothing? Binary (yes/no)? Or do you score them?  "
  • over 11 years ago10/19/12 at 10:47 am (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Freelance Heroes
"Oooooh nice share Sheila. Will save that for reading later.  BTW - I could totally relate to your earlier "focus" comment responding to D..."
  • over 11 years ago10/19/12 at 10:27 am (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Translation feature for non-language changes
"Hi Steve - thanks for this - I'll see how things progress before I ask you for the details on the more technical options. I was hoping th..."
  • over 11 years ago10/18/12 at 3:03 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald started a new discussion Translation feature for non-language changes
"Hey everyone I am wondering if the language translation feature in Storyline can be used in "non language" situations. I have a client wh..."
  • over 11 years ago10/18/12 at 7:56 am (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Engaging TEXT BASED Courses
"Natalia-I just stumbled across this...http://www.thinglink.com/scene/228857090536374273?buttonSource=undefinedPage - might give you some ..."
  • over 11 years ago10/17/12 at 10:58 am (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion metric vs. standard measurements
"Ft and inches common in Canada, inches only used with kids (mainly to justify meeting high requirement for amusement parks and car seats)..."
  • over 11 years ago10/05/12 at 11:11 am (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Reference Program
"Eric - I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for, but I think it might be in the neighbourhood at least: http://www.kryonsystems.c..."
  • over 11 years ago10/03/12 at 9:52 am (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Crowd Sourcing a Scene in Storyline
"Hi Melani A noble cause! I'll bet you get lots of input from this community. There are lots of talented designers in here. I would do a ..."
  • over 11 years ago10/03/12 at 9:01 am (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Ideas for Communication Graphics
"Joe, I think "speech bubble", but that takes it more into the act of communicating, which I'm not sure is your goal. If I'm interpreting ..."
  • over 11 years ago10/03/12 at 8:29 am (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Freelance Heroes
"I saw this on Twitter - thought it might be of use for some of the freelancers here. The article lists a number of collaborative services..."
  • over 11 years ago10/03/12 at 7:41 am (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion I'm new to instructional design
"Toby I think you've described that feeling every one of us has had some point in our careers - put a box around this "thing" and tell me ..."
  • over 11 years ago10/02/12 at 3:13 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Online bookmarking
"Rebecca, you could also consider Evernote - which is web based and syncs across all your various devices - and gives you the ability to s..."
  • over 11 years ago10/01/12 at 8:21 am (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Freelance Heroes
"Hi all - here's an interesting read on freelancing: http://www.fastcocreate.com/1681611/how-to-be-a-happy-and-successful-creative-freelan..."
  • over 11 years ago09/27/12 at 7:15 am (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Textures
"Mighty deals has something for you TextureHeads...http://www.mightydeals.com/deal/invencitons-400-textures.html?ref=awnews"
  • over 11 years ago09/19/12 at 9:47 am (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Using Google to Create Foreign Language MP3 Audio Files
"That is awesome - thanks for sharing Owen"
  • over 11 years ago09/19/12 at 8:40 am (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Trainee Voice Recording
"You could try voice thread http://voicethread.com/"
  • over 11 years ago09/14/12 at 11:45 am (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Convert E-learning to Video... possible?
"If you did it in ppt, you can save as wmv, which will publish your animations..."
  • over 11 years ago09/14/12 at 11:44 am (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Convert E-learning to Video... possible?
"Could you use Camtasia's hotspot capabilities or quizzing within Camtasia to make a video a bit more interactive. Doesn't necessary speed..."
  • over 11 years ago09/14/12 at 11:43 am (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Deploying mobile content
"Chad, have you looked at http://tincanapi.com/what-is-tin-can/overview/ - I believe this is a way that is being developed to address your..."
  • over 11 years ago09/14/12 at 10:44 am (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion "eLearning expert" - ARE you? How do you know?
"OK, have to jump in on this. If expertise is linked to liking Rush, then definitely no. Even as a Canadian can't do it. Oh, and don't thi..."
  • over 11 years ago09/14/12 at 7:46 am (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald started a new discussion Browser issues
"Hi - a course that I've published and uploaded to web server is operating fine in Chrome, but freezing at a certain slide (with an quizma..."
  • over 11 years ago09/06/12 at 11:06 am (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion Storyline Showcase Presentations
"Nicole Duclos said: Thanks Jeannette - I've reviewed that page but it doesn't go into much detail. Are roll overs, show/hide actions usin..."
  • almost 12 years ago08/28/12 at 4:11 pm (UTC)
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Holly MacDonald replied to the discussion eLearning for teaching software
"This is a great thread - so good to read about people taking something that is usually fairly boring and make it interesting. I have a co..."
  • almost 12 years ago08/28/12 at 7:51 am (UTC)