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 Issue with Video Encoder
"Strange. Sounds a bit like the Flip application monkeyed with the encoder settings. Could be an issue of encoder compatibility. Perhaps t..."
  • 13 years ago02/13/11 at 9:20 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Issue with Video Encoder
"Some other things you can do with virtualdub and plug-ins (this one is called deshaker): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaPNf2Rk4qQ&f..."
  • 13 years ago02/13/11 at 8:44 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Issue with Video Encoder
"The flipcam output can behave oddball at times. The secret is to transcode the Flipcam output (I think the Flipcam encodes to xvid MP4's)..."
  • 13 years ago02/13/11 at 8:40 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Articulate on iPads?
"Personally I don't think it is a big issue given that (from our understanding) so many U.S. [corporate] desktops are still on IE6 so gett..."
  • 13 years ago02/11/11 at 3:44 pm (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Possible security risks regarding attachments
"If someone is savvy enough to sniff or use fiddler they could easily open a new window with CTRL-N or find the url address using another ..."
  • 13 years ago02/11/11 at 12:02 pm (UTC)
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Steve Flowers replied to the discussion Need inspiration for an e-learning course on budgeting/forecasting
"Sounds like it could be heap-of-task-itis. I would consider looking at all of the tasks and prioritizing in a couple of lists: What tasks..."
  • 13 years ago02/11/11 at 10:07 am (UTC)
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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..."
  • 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..."
  • 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...."
  • 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..."
  • 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..."
  • 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..."
  • 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..."
  • 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..."
  • 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..."
  • 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 ..."
  • 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 ..."
  • 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 ..."
  • 13 years ago02/09/11 at 8:34 am (UTC)
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Steve Flowers started a new discussion Tip: Clearing Cache
"One of the things that we run into when testing during development is the browser cache. Some environments make clearing the cache a chor..."
  • 13 years ago02/09/11 at 7:16 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..."
  • 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..."
  • 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)