Comments on: Do Your Videos Shut Out a Third of Your Audience?

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By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:07:17 +0000

Lump me in with the video haters. I never watch an instructional video unless it involves the instructor getting kicked in the crotch by a donkey, or something.

With written posts/articles, you can quickly scan through the irrelevant stuff and focus on the useful parts without wasting time, but you can’t do that for a 10-minute video.
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By: Milan Davidovic

Milan Davidovic — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:25:25 +0000

â€œHumans typically belong to one of three learning type groups: tactile, auditory, or visual.â€

Have you looked at Coffield et al.â€™s critique of this categorization? Wikipedia reference here:
http://bit.ly/VCAXu

Me, I donâ€™t care to watch a video when I can read. That this is the result of my â€œlearning styleâ€, however, may be a bit of a stretch.

By: Video, documentation, and you by Communications from DMN

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By: Color Printing

Color Printing — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:21:43 +0000

This is so true! I prefer reading newspaper than watching news on Television. I mean yeah watching is like feeding it to you unlike reading, you’ll feel like you have an effort to at least know what is happening. I totally agree with you!

By: Michele Linn

Michele Linn — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:37:08 +0000

James,
I came across your post today – I couldn’t agree more with the sentiment of you and many of the comments here. (So much so that I actually blogged about this very topic yesterday.)

Admitedly, I am not a person who watches or learns from videos, but one of my video pet peeves are those that are “talking heads.” If you’re going to create a video, at least make it entertaning and use all of the visual and audio elements at your disposal.

Great post!
Michele

By: Dot

Dot — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:12:31 +0000

Thank you thank you thank you. I also dislike video except for things like amazing animal accomplishments or funny things, but even then, not in a blog. Just give me the link and let me go on my way. Not only can I read far faster than a video can display, but teven with DSL, the whole thing loads too slow. Can you imagine what will happen when bloggers start to accommodate the knesthetic learners?

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By: Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome

Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:27:06 +0000

Being a written word geek, I too prefer reading and have actually created my coaching niche in that vein, focusing on email-based coaching especially for those who like to read and think before responding (in writing). At some point I am thinking of offering teleclasses and at that point I'll look at audio/video blog options to include those that up until now my choice niche has left outside the blog. Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome´s last blog post...Make a Decision, Any Decision: Lea Woodward Interview

By: Samar

Samar — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:10:49 +0000

I’m late to the conversation but I agree with you James. No matter how advanced technology gets, the three types of learners will always be there.

I do believe that it is important to know how to do video and audio (an area I’m lacking sorely in). If you want to experiment, start with an introductory video on your website’s side bar. Do an audio recording of one of blog posts you’ve written, either expanding some more on the topic or simply stating that you’ve put up a podcast of the blog for the commuters and the auditory learners.

The important thing is to respect all three kinds of learners because they all are/can/will be your customers.