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PARTNERING FOR SUCCESS
Brainshark Project Guide
Recommended Best Practices
Once a Brainshark project has been scheduled, the AA needs to When creating the PowerPoint,
create a project timeline to share with the account team and for Brainshark recommends keeping the
the account team to share with the client. content on each slide as short and concise
as possible. Brainshark’s best practice is to
Set client expectations up front so the account team and the client stay at ive bullets per slide and less than
take this timeline seriously. The expectation is if the client does ive words per bullet.
not adhere to the timeline they risk not having a Brainshark.
For a beneits enrollment Brainshark, 30
The AA should be the Brainshark project manager keeping the slides with short, concise content and
account team on task. The AA should customize and draft the script is recommended.
PowerPoint, making PowerPoint edits, and interfacing with the
EBCC. Combining slides and script from the
master deck to reduce the number of
Sharing the Script v. Not Sharing the Script slides is not recommended. It is less
We recommend not sharing the script for your client to review. engaging for the audience, decreasing the
However, you know your client best and this should ultimately be chances the Brainshark will be successful.
at your discretion. It is more dificult to edit/record which
means there is a possibility of longer
Pros Cons turnaround times.
If the client has the chance to Clients can add a lot more script which
edit all of the script and slide could result in a longer, less-engaging
content, there should be very Brainshark for the employees
minimal edits after the initial If a client does not understand the
recording concept of how the presentation is set
up, they could add slide content and Brainshark Project
not add corresponding script or vice Manager
versa
Clients could mess up animations The AA on the account
during editing should be the Brainshark project
Once the Brainshark is recorded, the
client will expect to review all of the manager. This means the AA
PowerPoint and script again; it is our should be creating project
experience, even after being coached,
clients will not accurately track their timelines, developing the
changes
PowerPoint draft, making edits,
and interfacing with EBCC.
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Brainshark Project Guide
Recommended Best Practices
Once a Brainshark project has been scheduled, the AA needs to When creating the PowerPoint,
create a project timeline to share with the account team and for Brainshark recommends keeping the
the account team to share with the client. content on each slide as short and concise
as possible. Brainshark’s best practice is to
Set client expectations up front so the account team and the client stay at ive bullets per slide and less than
take this timeline seriously. The expectation is if the client does ive words per bullet.
not adhere to the timeline they risk not having a Brainshark.
For a beneits enrollment Brainshark, 30
The AA should be the Brainshark project manager keeping the slides with short, concise content and
account team on task. The AA should customize and draft the script is recommended.
PowerPoint, making PowerPoint edits, and interfacing with the
EBCC. Combining slides and script from the
master deck to reduce the number of
Sharing the Script v. Not Sharing the Script slides is not recommended. It is less
We recommend not sharing the script for your client to review. engaging for the audience, decreasing the
However, you know your client best and this should ultimately be chances the Brainshark will be successful.
at your discretion. It is more dificult to edit/record which
means there is a possibility of longer
Pros Cons turnaround times.
If the client has the chance to Clients can add a lot more script which
edit all of the script and slide could result in a longer, less-engaging
content, there should be very Brainshark for the employees
minimal edits after the initial If a client does not understand the
recording concept of how the presentation is set
up, they could add slide content and Brainshark Project
not add corresponding script or vice Manager
versa
Clients could mess up animations The AA on the account
during editing should be the Brainshark project
Once the Brainshark is recorded, the
client will expect to review all of the manager. This means the AA
PowerPoint and script again; it is our should be creating project
experience, even after being coached,
clients will not accurately track their timelines, developing the
changes
PowerPoint draft, making edits,
and interfacing with EBCC.
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