How Best Buddies International creates accessible new hire training with AI video

About Best Buddies International

Best Buddies International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, leadership development, inclusive living, and family support for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Challenge

The Best Buddies International L&D team was tasked with rebuilding their onboarding, as well as new hire training for a partner company.  

This task involved a few challenges, such as:

• Limited time and budget to produce training videos  
• The need for presenters to narrate the content
• Finding a way to make content accessible in multiple languages  

They wanted to find a flexible, innovative solution that would help them get the job done — and began reaching out to different vendors.

“One thing that we lean into is technology.  Not only because we're a young company, but also because technology and accessibility are so important for our participants.” —  Corey Yugler, Senior Director of L&D

Solution

When evaluating different vendors, Best Buddies International was particularly impressed with Colossyan’s customer service and responsiveness — which led to them choosing it for their project.

After getting all their questions answered by Colossyan’s team, Best Buddies was ready to begin their AI video trial.

Here are the main functionalities they explored:

• AI avatars as presenters for their videos
• Instant translation to make content available in multiple languages
• Saved scenes for efficient, template-based video creation

“We use a mix of Colossyan voices for the avatars, and then we add the videos. I really like that Colossyan is adding more avatars for different scenarios.”
— Nubia Hung, Director of Training & Development

Results

Best Buddies International was able to successfully deploy the training content for their partner within their trial period with Colossyan, both in English and Spanish, without having to spend months recording it manually.

Here is what they were able to gain with Colossyan:

• Quick turnaround for training video content  
• Saved costs on video production and editing
• Great information shared in an accessible video format
  
  

“We were able to deploy exactly what our partner wanted very quickly — and it was pretty easy. “— Corey Yugler, Senior Director of L&D

Final thoughts

Best Buddies International was looking for a tool that would help with their staff training, and the key factor that made them choose Colossyan over other options was the level of responsiveness and support  they’ve received.

Now, they are able to deploy video training in record time, while making it accessible in different languages — all without having to spend thousands of dollars on manual video production.

“We've spent a lot of time using this product. We really like it, and we’re excited to see it evolve.” — Corey Yugler, Senior Director of L&D