UPDATED: Join us LIVE on The Forge - Thursday at 2pm ET
Posted on Wednesday January 18, 2012 by Daniel Foster
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UPDATE: Recording of the ScreenChamp episode is below and posted to YouTube. A more detailed post will follow soon...
Pull back the curtains and roll out the red carpet...we're going live with the ScreenChamp Awards show at 2pm ET, Thursday, January 19!
Like the Oscars or Golden Globes, a celebrity cast will unveil the winners in each category.
Unlike those big name awards shows, we'll try to deliver some thoughtful analysis of the entries to help you improve your own screencast technique. And we probably won't need to bleep Streep!
This is the first year of the ScreenChamps and we're thrilled with the response from the screencasting community! You sent in 100 entries, 15 finalist videos from 7 different countries, and 3,000 votes from 43 countries for Best in Show. Now it's time to celebrate the champion screencasters!
As with every episode of The Forge...if you can't make the live show, we'll miss you! But you can watch the recording later. Just subscribe to our YouTube channel so you know when we post it.
Our panel of expert judges
Joining us live or via the magic that is Skype are...
Entertainment Judge
Steve Garfield, author of Get Seen, on Twitter @stevegarfield, is a very early and well known vlogger and knows more ways to get video online - more easily - than anyone. He is a stickler for ease of use and loves to experiment. Steve works with traditional media companies as well as other types of companies looking to bring video into their content mix. He's also Jimmy Fallon's new BFF.
Industry Judge
Since 2006, @DemoGirl (a.k.a. Molly McDonald) has been creating custom screencasts that drive website traffic, teach people how to use apps, and help them visualize how a product will be useful to them. Molly is adept at gleaning just the right information from a site or application and packaging it for consumption by the general public.
Education Judge
Karl Gude (@karlgude) has been creating news graphics since the late 70s and is one of the few visual journalists who has worked for newspapers, news magazines and wire services. Up until recently, Karl spent nearly a decade as the Director of Information Graphics at Newsweek magazine and also held that position at the The Associated Press and United Press International wire services. Karl left Newsweek in 2006 after accepting a position at Michigan State University's School of Journalism to create an information graphics program.
Daniel Foster is the "social media guy" for TechSmith. He enjoys iceboating, ice cream socials, and isosceles triangles. Tweet him up @fosteronomo or put him in a Google+ Circle.
