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A :60 second YouTube ad for EDGE, Big Think’s online learning platform for leadership and career development featuring the world’s best minds.
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A Look Inside Big Think's Learning Platform
Big Think’s premium e-learning product, EDGE, offers 1,000 video lessons taught by the world's best thinkers and doers, from Navy SEALs to Fortune 500 CEOs to Emmy Award-Winning actors, who share advice with both individuals and businesses on team building, personal productivity, soft skills and more.
As seen above, each video is supported by a lesson summary, worksheets, and other learning material. Find out more at bigthinkedge.com.
Role: Lead Editor/Producer
Direct-to-Camera Teaching Style
Experts teach straight to the viewer with the help of Big Think’s interrotron, a device for capturing direct-to-camera interviews pioneered by documentary filmmaker Errol Morris.
As lead producer, I coached guests to present their ideas clearly, succinctly, and with emotional engagement.
Role: Lead Editor/Producer
Side Angle for Variation
A side angle helps vary the visual and keeps the viewer engaged. Cutting to the side also signals to the learner that the teacher is changing direction, tone, or about to make a new point.
Guests who have taught inside Big Think’s studio include Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Jimmy Carter, Beth Comstock, Shane Battier, Bryan Cranston, Margaret Atwood, Salmon Rushdie, Sara Blakely, and Tim Ferriss.
Role: Lead Editor/Producer
Text Cards to Summarize Key Points
Simple text cards are used to distill key points from the expert and to make his or her advice concrete and actionable.
Role: Lead Editor/Producer
Big Think offers free expert lessons in the form of interview clips without educational scaffolding. In this video, Tim Ferriss shares a bounty of strategies to help you overcome procrastination.
Role: Lead Producer
Foundr—a fast-rising global media company—makes courses and other content to help entrepreneurs build their businesses.
I’ve so far edited two 6+ hours courses for Foundr: ‘Blow Up Your Brand: The Complete Content Marketing Playbook’ and ‘Ecommerce Masters.’
Visit foundr.com/courses to view their entire course catalog.
Course Trailer
Peak inside ‘E-Commerce Masters’, the latest course from Foundr. This course features 5 e-commerce entrepreneurs who reveal the fastest path to scaling an online store to 7 figures and beyond.
Role: Course Editor for 3 of the 5 instructors. I did not edit this trailer, but it’s pretty groovy!
Course Lesson: Ecommerce Masters
Nick is a world class expert in paid media and a multi-time founder specializing in scaling stores through Facebook ads. This this lesson, “Creative That Converts,” Nick breaks down the elements of a winning Facebook ad.
Screen capture illustrates his breakdown, and pop-out text slides highlight key points.
Role: Course Editor
Educational Motion Graphics
Graphics help illustrate concepts that are hard to communicate by spoken word alone. The graphic above visualizes an explanation of product pricing strategy.
Role: Course Editor
Full-Screen Text for Quotes and More
Full-screen slides are used to call out instructor quotes, define key terms, and turn soundbites into clear, actionable insights.
Role: Course Editor