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How to create a slidecast training using freeware

Whether you manage a remote team or you just want to create downloadable trainings that your employees can watch at their convenience, slidecasts (video slideshows with narration) are a great tool to have in your arsenal.

Today, I’ll show you how to create a slidecast using free software.

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Flexible Work Summit

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Ashley Acker of Work Style Design is hosting a free, multi-day teleseminar on Flexible Work.

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Don’t just motivate. Inspire.

This article is part of the Renegade Manifesto Series.

When you recruit people, train them, and lead them, understanding what motivates them is really important.

Most companies fixate on what’s called instrumental motivation – things like merit increases, cash bonuses, free days of vacation and so on. It’s carrot and stick management.

Does it work? Sure. Almost everyone is motivated at least somewhat by money.

If this is the only way you motivate your employees, though, you’re missing a huge opportunity. There are four other “types” of motivation:

  • Intrinsic
  • Internal Validation
  • External Validation
  • Goal Identification

Tapping into these other four – particularly intrinsic and goal identification – is how you move beyond just motivating your employees and start inspiring them.

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