The video production industry is paving the way for video training to be both cost effective and simplified for average users. As those breakthroughs become more standardized and workflows become easier, it enables corporate users to break the barriers of use and feel confident and comfortable in delivering video training and knowledge sharing that is engaging for the audience. The purpose of this essay is to provide you with some insight on how you can stay ahead of the wave and adapt to the breaking trends, while improving the productivity of your organization and your training and development initiatives.

1.
The world is ever changing and moving faster everyday. Demands on our time and
energy are enormous while the clock still shows just 24 rotations of the short hand in a
cycle. Corporate training and development professionals are experiencing these
increased demands as well. Independent of location, training setting, age of trainees, or
content presented all training and development professionals are faced with the same
problems, “Can information be learned and retained faster and cheaper?”
The answer? Yes, but… the word we all hate. “But.” It means there’s more. There’s a
caveat in this response that calls for action to a problem. In this case, the actions are
quite simple. Yes, you can bring faster learning and greater retention to your training
classes, but to do this you must 1) see the new trends and technologies that are
influencing industry and then 2) apply them to your learning environment.
The video production industry is paving the way for video training to be both cost
effective and simplified for average users. As those breakthroughs become more
standardized and workflows become easier, it enables corporate users to break the
barriers of use and feel confident and comfortable in delivering video training and
knowledge sharing that is engaging for the audience.
The purpose of this essay is to provide you with some insight on how you can stay
ahead of the wave and adapt to the breaking trends, while improving the productivity of
your organization and your training and development initiatives.
7 Key Insights On How NDI and
VLP Video Technologies Will
Impact Corporate Training And
Development
NDI is a new advanced internet
protocol for video that allows IP based
video devices on a local area network
(LAN) to connect and deliver content to
targeted employees. In layman’s terms
this means that your laptop, your
phone and your tablet can all become
cameras in a multi-camera setup. You
don’t need a single camera on a tripod
capturing a single speaker, but you can
be creative in the setup and capture of
the event. Add to that if you have a
virtual private network (VPN), you can
connect devices that are on the other
side of the continent to be part of the
presentation.
The NDI protocol has been developed
by NewTek. Learn more at
http://ndi.newtek.com.
THE TECHNOLOGY CATALYST WE
ARE GOING TO DISCUSS HERE IS A
NEW VIDEO INTERNET PROTOCOL
CALLED NETWORK DEVICE
INTERFACE™ (NDI) AND VIDEO
LEARNING PLATFORMS
What’s NDI &
What’s VLP?
MediaFusion is at the forefront as a unique video learning platform that will
change how leaders of companies and organizations communicate, educate
and engage their employees and management staff.
Video-Based LMS + OVP
A VIDEO LEARNING PLATFORM IS A NEW AND EVOLVING LANDSCAPE
FOR LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (LMS) THAT ARE COLLIDING
WITH ONLINE VIDEO PLATFORMS (OVP).
OVERVIEW
Watch this video & learn more at:
http://mediafusionapp.com/newtek-partnership/

2.
How Will Corporate Training Be
Impacted By These Technologies?
HERE ARE 7 KEY INSIGHTS AND WE’VE OUTLINED MORE CRUCIAL
POINTS TO BE AWARE OF BELOW
1. ALL VIDEO DEVICES OVER A LAN
BECOME CONTENT CREATION SOURCES
2. DEMOCRATIZED KNOWLEDGE SHARING
3. CONNECT ALL OF YOUR EMPLOYEES
SIMULTANEOUSLY
Sharing is enabled with training content creation being
accessible to more people with less technology
middleware, peripherals and professional production
hassles. You don’t have to directly attach devices and
cables - they can be switched virtually.
Training and development content can move quicker
from leadership to the frontline and from the frontline to
leadership.
Manage devices and content from one centralized media
management system.
4. SAVE YOUR COMPANY MONEY
Eliminate travel costs, logistical nightmares and let your
employees stay in their offices by doing your training
events online or on your corporate TV network.
5. CREATE & DELIVER CONTENT FROM ANY
DEVICE TO ANY DEVICE
Your message can be connected to any video creation
device and be delivered to any video consumption
device (mobile devices, computers, set-top-boxes like
Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV in the office or at home).
6. REDUCE ORGANIZATIONAL STRESS ON
TRAINING + DEVELOPMENT & IT STAFF
Over your secure LAN you can your provision a
cloud of interconnected devices and deliver the
content through a centralized media hub.
7. COLLECT, ANALYZE & MANAGE ALL
MEDIA ASSETS AND EMPLOYEE
ENGAGEMENT IN ONE PLACE
You no longer have to remember which digital
repository you put your content in and we can show you
how engaged people are.

3.
A key challenge for leaders and trainers in every company, every
industry and every nation around the world is simply that of human
memory.
Data from The Association for Talent Development paints a striking
picture: just seven (7) days after a training session, the average
employee will have forgotten 65 percent of the material covered. What’s
worse — after six (6) months, that number jumps to 90 percent (Source:
TD.org) .
Having a networked organization utilizing NDI with a video learning
platform will:
• Help you extend training creation and delivery to more audiences
• Help you train live and on-demand in multiple formats
• Drive consistency in training materials and experiences
With today’s growing companies being decentralized and scattered
globally. Your people are busy building the business and you need to get
important information to them in a way that will be more engaging.
Visualizing How NDI & VLP Benefits Corporate
Learning
When you have staff all over the world,
travel can really take a toll on training staff,
employees can feel disconnected and it can
be expensive to bring people to a
centralized location for a big training event.
Plus, product or process training is not
effective in one meeting. NDI and a VLP
can not only help content creation and
dissemination, but it can help with memory
retention problems.
People can retain more of what they’ve
learned by having a centralized repository
in which to consistently refer. Yet, it
requires more than just technology to
ensure learners retain and put theory into
practice that we will discuss below.
“40% of training
budgets are
spent on travel
costs.”
“According to Forrester Research, employees are 75%
percent more likely to watch a video than to read
documents, emails or web articles.”

4.
Benefits To A Networked
Learning Enterprise
• Video is more appealing - it looks
nice and grabs more attention.
• Allows people to creatively work
around traditional constructs of
communication in order to
illustrate how new theories and
techniques can be applied in real
life.
• People take in more information
when it is presented visually
compared with text and voice
alone.
• Able to see technical experts,
examples, demonstrations live or
on-demand.
• It’s a good way to get employees
ideas across quicker without the
need for writing. Video and audio
can quickly give information
whereas words just take longer.
• It adds to the entertainment value
of learning.
• Employees ideally have control of
consumption.
• Employees can rewind, replay in
their own time and at their own
speed.
• Ability to repeat / pause.
• Can learn anywhere, anytime.
• Can select what is of use.
• Provides personal ‘chemistry’
between trainers, managers and
employees that are remote.
• Employees can view in
confidence.
• Greater numbers of employees
can be reached and measured.
• Greater accessibility to learning
for disabled employees.
• Provides interactive learning and
development environment.
• Allows for dynamic
presentations
• Adds value to text
• Support for teaching and
learning, not instead of
• Mix of media for employees
learning at a distance
• Widens participants and
address different learning
styles
• Being able to split video into
parts and relate to exercises
• Integration with other web
resources
• Support and feedback loop is
expedited quicker
• Feedback to staff provides
measurement of uptake in
the field
“21% of readers are more
likely to act on an email
when it includes video.”
COMMUNICATE
effectively
EDUCATE
interactively
ACTIVATE
employees

5.
First Steps To
Improving Corporate
Training & Learning
Development
Programs
1. Takethetimetoanalyzewhat
yourtrainingneedsare. Doa
training-needsanalysis,tofigure
outwhoneedstraining,what
kindandhowbesttodeployit.
2. Evaluatehowwellemployees
havelearnedfromtraining
programsinthepast.
Companiesthinkthatifthereisa
positivereactiontothetraining,
thatpeoplewilllearn.However,
thecorrelationistypicallyvery
weakbetweenreactionto
trainingandactuallearning.
3. Whattrainingoughttodoishelp
yougetaccesstothat
information—databases,
manuals,checklists—whenyou
needitonthejob. People
cannotmemorizeeverything.
What should I do with this information?
We are glad you’re already thinking about the impact of the
technologies and we know it takes more than the technology to
reinforce the education into practical productive outcomes for your
organization.
Below are some suggestions paraphrased from a Wall Street
Journal article interview with Dr. Eduardo Salas, a professor of
organizational psychology at the University of Central Florida and a
program director at its Institute for Simulation and Training, who
has studied corporate training programs for more than two
decades. (Source: WSJ)
UNDERSTAND THE LEARNING PARADIGM OF:
INFORMATION - IMITATION - INNOVATION
As former educators and corporate trainers ourselves, technology’s
purpose is to enable human productivity. We know that people
learn best when they are able to receive and reflect on information;
are able to engage in forms of imitation and then have the ability
to undergo a process innovation and practice.

6. HAVE CLEARLY DEFINED OUTCOMES
Makesureyouhaveclearlydefinedoutcomesforthelearning—and
identifywhoissupposedtobegoingthroughtrainingandwhatkindof
training.
Sometimesanorganizationsendspeopletotrainingthinkingthat'swhat
theyneed,andtheycomebackwondering,"SowhydidIgotothattraining?
Iwon'tbeabletousethatforanotherthreeyearswhenwegetthenew
procedure."Atraining-needsanalysisiscriticalsoyoudon'twastetime.
What can companies do right away
to improve their corporate training
programs?
FOCUS ON DESIGN
Dr. Eduardo Salas suggests: Learning & Development
professionals must focus on the design of the programs.
It's the thing you do before, during and after. How are you going to
allow employees to practice? How are you going to provide
feedback? What sort of technology are you going to use?
While this may seem obvious, very few organizations really pay
attention to this.
[Many companies] just procure a vendor for a program—like four
hours of a workshop to do interpersonal skills—and they assume
that the design is incorporated into it.
Many vendors make sure the training is flashy and engaging, with
a lot of bells and whistles. While that may be a fun and interesting
few hours, after you go back to your job, you ask, "What do I do
now?"
FOLLOW UP TESTING & ASSESSMENT
Testing is an integral part of training. It is paramount for
recognizing skills decay. Assessment should be done on a
continuous basis, both formally and informally. Your direct
supervisor often has the most intimate knowledge of important
skills and whether you need to go back to training.
The American Society for Training and Development says that by
the time you go back to your job, you've lost 90% of what you've
learned in training. You only retain 10%. If you don't use the skills
very quickly, you will have big decay very quickly. That's why you
need to reinforce, you need to assess. If you learn something and
you don't have the opportunity to practice or access the
information, eventually you are going to lose it.
MediaFusion
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We suggest sharing the information
with your colleagues and leadership.
We’d love to build a relationship with
you and teach you how to enable
our technology.
WHAT SHOULD
YOU DO NEXT?
Jason Archer
Vice President of Marketing + Sales
jason.archer@mediafusionapp.com
210-660-7005
mediafusionapp.com