Comments on: The Proven Science of How a Short Animated Video Instantly Grabs Your Audience’s Attention

By: Gustavo Xibilia

Gustavo Xibilia — Fri, 20 May 2016 17:36:00 +0000

Thakn you very much !! This post rocks ! I think I’ll use pw again !

By: Gus

Gus — Fri, 20 May 2016 15:44:00 +0000

Amazing article, Ari, I want to use Powtoon for a project I’m working on, what templates would you recommend for a travel/vacation related video?

By: Kiurlo Di Mare

Kiurlo Di Mare — Fri, 20 May 2016 08:50:00 +0000

In reply to Shayne Train. Recently we have added several videotutorials to our wiki, and traffic has increased by 500 % = )

By: Ari Sherbill

Ari Sherbill — Thu, 19 May 2016 15:30:00 +0000

In reply to Tara Meyer-Robson.

TARA!! YO!

Love how much thought YOU put into your brilliant comment. WOW – can’t wait to learn more about your important work in the world.

Personal Growth? We’re best friends now. Yes, I also come from that world – use it and share it every day. It’s brilliant, important and we need more people like you who help people heal, grow and contribute to something greater than themselves.

Yes, I think the hidden obstacle we all face at work and very few acknowledge – is that people are extremely and constantly distracted. Creating something for work without understanding that people cannot pay attention to it, without the right strategy and psychology – is like making pasta for someone who can’t eat gluten.

…decent metaphor, right?

Right.

Keep me posted how you use PowToon for your awesome work : )

Stay awesome and keep rocking Tara!

Ari

By: Pablo Zamboni

Pablo Zamboni — Thu, 19 May 2016 14:10:00 +0000

I want to work with you in the secret mission, I want a template to crear a personal leadership effectiveness action plan

By: Tara Meyer-Robson

Tara Meyer-Robson — Thu, 19 May 2016 14:02:00 +0000

Okay, I JUST signed up for Powtoon due to AppSumo and am super impressed at all you can do with it, but this article alone is enough reason to have purchased! Ari, what a well-researched, well-written, and incredibly helpful post. I actually work in personal growth with a specific focus on reprogramming old belief patterns to help people break negative experience patterns and activate mind-body healing, and the information about inhibitory neurons and how children are open sponges (but adults, not so much) is spot on. And you are 100% right – the only way for an adult to bypass those walls and activate the learning centers of the brain is through emotion. Emotion activates the neural pathways and programs the new information into the mind; without it, it’s very hard to break a habit or change your thinking in any meaningful way. (That’s actually one of the reasons that repeating an affirmation over and over isn’t super helpful; if you are not connecting with any positive emotion, it’s just words.)

In addition, the learning styles information is critical! I’m always telling clients that if I tell a person who is an auditory learner to “close their eyes and visualize something,” all I am doing is frustrating them, because they will close their eyes and only see the back of their eyelids. (Not very effective, needless to say!) Because of that, I give my clients a short learning style assessment so that I can create an action plan that WILL work for them, in the way they learn best.

However, your crossover idea on using this information with a corporation to communicate better is awesome. My husband is an IT director for a big company; I’m going to forward this to him, because I he has a heck of a time getting people to pay attention to important meetings (or the little details that are boring but need to be done).

Anyway, sorry for the long comment, but I love seeing other people taking the time to do the research on this kind of stuff. Terrific post. Have a great day –
Tara :o)

By: Ari Sherbill

Ari Sherbill — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:18:00 +0000

In reply to Shayne Train.

WOOHOO Shayne! Rock and roll. Check out what I replied to Lynda above. I’d LOVE to see how you put it to use…and see awesome results. Let me know: ari@powtoon.com !

By: Ari Sherbill

Ari Sherbill — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:18:00 +0000

In reply to Hannah DeSanto.

I hear you Hannah – we’re on it 🙂

By: Shayne Train

Shayne Train — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 15:13:00 +0000

This article absolutely summarized my frustrations! I am involved with professional development for my school and I’ve created a wiki that very few of our staff actually read. Probably because it’s dry educational theory. I’ve been playing with Powtoons (I also teach art and computers) but now I see them in a whole new light. I love the explanations. I agree with Lynda Dube Turgeon, that a news template would be very useful. Thanks, Ari!