!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> Streamline Training & Documentation: FORA.tv

Friday, June 29, 2007

FORA.tv

Although it labels itself a beta site, FORA.tv, a consolidator of videotaped speeches, panel discussions, and presentations, is already rich enough in its offerings to be worth browsing for material to include in training programs.

To make it easier to access selected portions of its videos, the videos are all divided into "chapters," comparable to the scenes into which DVD movies are divided.

If the content provider supplies a transcript, FORA.tv synchronizes the transcript so that it scrolls alongside the video, making it easy to decipher any of the spoken audio that may not be entirely clear. The transcripts are searchable, i.e., searching on a particular keyword will take you to the places in the video where it is spoken.

To find videos relevant to your own particular interests, you can either use the site's search function, or you can browse its channels.

The subject channels are:

     Arts and Culture
     Business
     Education
     Environment
     Politics
     Religion
     Science and Health
     Technology

The regional channels are:

     Africa
     Asia
     Europe
     Latin America
     Middle East
     Northern America
     Oceania
     Transregional

There are also a number of "featured partners" that regularly supply content, for example, the Asia Society, the Brookings Institution, C-SPAN, the Cato Institute, and the New School.

Since browsing at FORA.tv is so easy, I highly recommend it. You very likely will hit on thinkers and ideas you can build on in your own work.

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