Talkshow Media: media labs

Make phenomenal audio podcasts
Make dynamic online video
Write compelling web text
Create powerful websites & multimedia

'Walkaway' skills from media labs
You're already a doing a good job at communication. But you need to take it to the next step where your messages have maximum impact. Where your stories powerfully achieve your business purpose using multimedia.

But you don't want just another training course. If you take time out of the office, you want to come back with new skills and hit the ground running. Talkshow media labs are designed to do that, plus get some of your work done.

All our media labs are designed with the express intention of giving you "walkaway" skills. We want you to put your skills into action right away.

Each media lab is designed around you. Our curriculum covers the basics while the exercises are specific to your work. That's right, we avoid hypothetical case studies and help you on your own work.

Media labs are also highly flexible. Say you really want to really learn about multi-tracking. We'll do our best to adjust the program and help you.*

You bring your project and learn on it so that when you return the office, you've got both new skills and work.

Professional production skills

Like all of Talkshow's training workshops, we're beyond the "wow, look what you can do now." We're about, "this is how you can make phenomenal content fast and cheaply without compromising quality."

Successful multimedia is the result of using professional techniques. And we know you'll walk away with techniques to ensure your audio, video, text and images are powerful and work to achieve your business objectives.

How do we know this? Our trainers have been teaching multimedia since before many people ever knew what the Web was. Our specialists have the track record and experience with some of the world's leading media organizations.

Scroll down to see the Media Labs we currently offer PLUS more details about what you get when you sign up to a Talkshow Media Lab.

If you can't see a media lab that works for you below, call us. Maybe we can do something special for you and your organization!

Return to your office with new skills from these Media Labs

Audio podcasts for learning Impress your colleagues and the people who do your online courses with audio packages that sound professional and reinforce your learning message. In this media lab you’ll discover how to create sophisticated and memorable audio content that aids your learning. You’ll learn production skills that save you time as you create phenomenal audio. And you'll learn what equipment you need to buy to consistently create great sounding podcasts.	Budget video production Discover how to use low-end domestic cameras & editing solutions in this 2-day Media Lab, so you can shoot video that looks impressive on the Web. You’ll learn how to use video to enhance learning. This media lab is designed for busy learning professionals who want to add basic video production skills to their professional toolkit but don’t have time for a professional level skills course.

Professional Video Production If you’re serious about making broadcast quality video, this four-day lab is for you. You’ll learn the fundamentals of professional camera operation and video editing & how to use video to enhance learning. This lab is based on the professional video course we offer media companies in Europe. Numbers are strictly limited to ensure maximum face-time with our specialists.	Multimedia Production for Learning A media lab description with learning outcomes will be posted in mid February. Basically it is a combination of the podcasting, budget video and web writing labs. Over the fours days you’ll learn these skills and how to integrate them editorially as a full online learning experience based on the Interventus model.

Affordable and packed with value
Talkshow media labs have been set up to ensure we can afforadbly deliver industry class training. Our competitive prices vary depending on the media lab you sign up for & the equipment used.

All our labs include intensive training at our learning studio in Alexandria, Virginia. (20 mins from Reagan National Airport.) They include:

Free pre-lab webinar: we want to spend as much time with you in our media labs actually working on multimedia.

Your success comes from our expert feedback and practical tips.
So to reduce the amount of "lecturing" and give you more hand-on time, we cover the theory in a free webinar before the media lab. (Most companies charge hundreds of dollars for training webinars.)
Professional workbook: our workbooks are designed around a learning model that helps you remember what you do and keep important knowledge at the forefront. And it's not just the standard collection of stencils and photocopies stuffed into a ring bound folder. We take care in our professional workbooks because they're your resource for the future. You'll receive your workbook in the mail two weeks before the webinar.
Expert feedback: you'll be doing exercises on work that you can take back to the office. Our specialists will help you get it right and share tips used by media professionals that will save you time and money without compromising quality.

Media lab dates
Talkshow Media will be scheduling Media Labs for the second half of 2009 in mid to late May. These will be run in our learning studio in Northern Virginia. However, we can run them in your organization or at a location near to you if there's demand.

If you are interested in joining one of our media labs for walkaway skills you can immediately use to create phenomenal multimedia content, let us know. The skills to create multimedia content that achieves your communication, learning or media objectives will put you ahead of the crowd.

* Please note that in our media labs we do our best adapt the curriculum to your specific needs. If there's an area you'd like to focus on that isn't in our curriculum, we'll do our best to help you on that. However, this is subject to time and the needs of other participants in the media lab.