Steve Flowers
Steve Flowers
Performance Consultant and Producer at U.S. Government Agency
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    Steve Flowers

    ***My opinions are my own and do not reflect past, present, or future employer's views*** @xpconcept on twitter. General and specialized problem solver, designer in multiple disciplines, and developer (tool pilot), change agent and solution champion. Co-wrote a book on Storyline: http://go...
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Articulate on iPads?
"I agree with Ethan above. I think the real revolution in mobile devices will be performance support. We've been moving more and more of o..."
  • over 13 years ago02/11/11 at 9:50 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Video Virgin Needs Advice!
"Don't discount using an external microphone and separate track recording for your audio tracks. That would enable you to use a really hig..."
  • over 13 years ago02/11/11 at 4:58 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Video Virgin Needs Advice!
"$2000 sounds like a lot of money. It can be stretched but you may run into a pinch for tools that really would give you superior quality...."
  • over 13 years ago02/10/11 at 4:36 pm (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion What degree/certificate programs exist?
"I'll second James'  recommendation for Boise State. I work with someone that graduated from BSU and the quality of the program shines thr..."
  • over 13 years ago02/10/11 at 3:49 pm (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion What's the going rate for freelance work?
"The trouble with this... "If you think about it, that's why there are different shop rates and as they say, you get what you pay for if y..."
  • over 13 years ago02/10/11 at 2:34 pm (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion What's the going rate for freelance work?
"My point is... wouldn't it be better to sharpen your ISD skills and be worth that $$$ / hour than to be mediocre at the whole tomale? One..."
  • over 13 years ago02/10/11 at 2:10 pm (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion What's the going rate for freelance work?
"One thing to watch for when estimating your rate / value are these non-equivalents: Web design != Multimedia design != Instructional desi..."
  • over 13 years ago02/10/11 at 11:13 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion What's the going rate for freelance work?
"I undercharge for work regularly, so take my advice with a grain of salt There are two factors that I would consider: - Your expectations..."
  • over 13 years ago02/10/11 at 10:22 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Using photos of real company people in your courses
"@James I think it's a matter of taste. Knowing the types of things your audience will respond well to is the price of admission. Here's m..."
  • over 13 years ago02/10/11 at 8:47 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion How can I better set expectations with my SMEs?
"David's approach is similar to mine. I call this the "states of matter" It starts as gas > moves to liquid > to Jell-o > to wet ..."
  • over 13 years ago02/09/11 at 3:47 pm (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion How can I better set expectations with my SMEs?
"One of the ways I do this is by making sure they are in the balloon basket with me for every mile of the journey. If the balloon crashes ..."
  • over 13 years ago02/09/11 at 2:14 pm (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Using photos of real company people in your courses
"The one thing you'll want to be sure to get is a release documenting their permission to use that image. We get mixed results with image ..."
  • over 13 years ago02/09/11 at 8:34 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Community Interactions- Dead?
"I think the community interactions were a great idea. But I think two factors formed a catch-22. While a forms based input to build up an..."
  • over 13 years ago02/09/11 at 6:51 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Comic-style designs in courses
"@Cathy - I used your example as inspiration for some of the processes I mentioned above. The document attached (development_tasks) descr..."
  • over 13 years ago02/07/11 at 12:48 pm (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion "Engaging" E-learning?
"I would say that even compliance courses can be made to be relevant. A course that cannot be bent into a relevant form should be an extre..."
  • over 13 years ago02/05/11 at 4:03 pm (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Articulate on iPads?
"Ideally, it shouldn't matter what platform you deploy to. I'd love to be able to publish to a format with graceful fallbacks to less-than..."
  • over 13 years ago02/04/11 at 6:47 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion "Engaging" E-learning?
"I have a few personal engagement hoops that I throw out as a checklist: Is the content / goal relevant to me? If it's not relevant, no a..."
  • over 13 years ago02/04/11 at 6:37 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Audio quality vs. voice quality: which is more important?
"I'm not a fan of the voices represented, but the price is right for a la carte narration. http://www.narratorfiles.com offers narration f..."
  • over 13 years ago02/03/11 at 11:54 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion New Forums
"Aha. So there is It's kind of hidden since you only see  that when you're at the forum level. It also only displays unread posts for that..."
  • over 13 years ago02/03/11 at 11:45 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion New Forums
"Maybe the addition of a single structural view of all forum categories: Building Better Courses: General Discussion Articulate Presenter..."
  • over 13 years ago02/03/11 at 11:28 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion New Forums
"On some fronts, I'd agree with Brian. I'm enjoying the people connection nature of the new community. But I miss the clear compartmentali..."
  • over 13 years ago02/03/11 at 11:21 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Audio quality vs. voice quality: which is more important?
"In house narration can turn out really well. Especially if the voice is authentic (a seasoned SME explaining a concept really well or tel..."
  • over 13 years ago02/03/11 at 8:28 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Articulate on iPads?
"I'd love to see this. It would likely mean the ultimate in separation between content and presentation. Along the way, potentially patche..."
  • over 13 years ago02/01/11 at 2:32 pm (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion I'd like to talk about Screen Capture
"Back when I was doing software demos and sims hard and heavy back in the late 90's (still cool by today's standards, IMHO) I used Snag-It..."
  • over 13 years ago02/01/11 at 10:56 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Comic-style designs in courses
"We've done a few that use a comic book style for some of the presentation elements. For resource and learner fatigue reasons we didn't go..."
  • over 13 years ago02/01/11 at 7:46 am (UTC)