EXPERT TRAINING FOR CREATIVE TEAMS

  • CUSTOMIZED ADOBE & MICROSOFT INSTRUCTION
  • DELIVERS MEASURABLE RESULTS

SECTION 508 ACCESSIBILITY SOLUTIONS

  • DOCUMENT REMEDIATION SERVICES
  • COMPLIANCE TRAINING FOR DIGITAL CONTENT

STREAMLINE YOUR CREATIVE WORKFLOW

  • STRATEGIC CONSULTING FOR EFFICIENCY
  • MAXIMIZE QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY

Expert-Led Training

Learn from an industry authority who literally wrote the books on digital publishing and creative software. My courses combine deep technical knowledge with real-world application for immediate results.

Customized Curriculum

Every training program is tailored to your specific workflow, business goals, and team dynamics. I build curriculum around your actual projects and challenges, not generic templates.

Workflow Optimization

Transform how your creative team operates with strategic workflow consulting. Identify bottlenecks, implement automation, and establish systems that enhance productivity and quality.

White-Label Training

Training companies trust me to represent their brand with absolute professionalism. I become a seamless extension of your team, delivering expertise without promoting my own services.

Results-Driven Approach

My teaching methodology focuses on measurable outcomes, not just software features. Learn techniques that directly impact productivity, quality, and your ability to take on new creative challenges.

Results-Driven Approach

My teaching methodology focuses on measurable outcomes, not just software features. Learn techniques that directly impact productivity, quality, and your ability to take on new creative challenges.

What Clients Say

My training and consulting services have empowered creative professionals across many industries. Here’s what they have to say about their results.

  • Pariah Burke is the very definition of “creative genius”. His creative spark and muse is awesome and inspiring. He’s a man of incredible talent, yet soft spoken (at least in person), humble and one of the most hard-working men I know.

    Sterling Ledet

    CEO, Ledet Graphics Training

  • I like the open conversation with other attendees and Pariah’s ability to facilitate and guide us toward genuine solutions tailored to the real problems we face in publishing. His candor, experience, and humor combined made this session one of the most valuable I’ve attended.

    Paul

    St. Mary’s Press

  • Pariah believes that quality information useful for serious professionals doesn’t have to be dry, boring, or overly technical. He spoke with energy, real-world examples, and a sense of humor that kept us engaged from start to finish.

    Samuel Klein

    Designorati

  • Pariah Burke has been a wealth of information, encouragement, and improvement for our projects ever since I met him. His in-depth understanding of digital publishing and his willingness to share best practices have dramatically increased our team’s efficiency.

    Rosie Kilmer

  • I gained confidence about offering ePUB services to my clients after attending Pariah’s session. His clear, step-by-step guidance demystified the entire process and made me feel fully prepared to tackle real-world projects.

    Rock Langston

    Tomato Graphics

  • After working with Pariah for several years it’s clear his expertise extends far beyond one topic. He’s a strategic thinker who understands both the creative and technical sides of publishing—and makes complex workflows seem simple.

    Mark Winburn

    KnowledgeNet

  • The actual demonstration of how to create EPUB files from InDesign was invaluable. I walked away with knowledge I could immediately put into practice—no fluff, just hands-on instruction that works.

    Margaret B.

  • Gave me all of the info I would have wanted to figure out on my own—but in just one afternoon. Pariah’s workshops are the perfect blend of theory and practical demos that stick with you long after the session ends.

    Sandra Oei

    SoVisual

  • This session has been fantastic, and I have learned so much about the EPUB workflow and best practices. Pariah’s approachable style makes even advanced topics easy to understand.

    Caroline

    Wild Pete Publishing

Veni, Vidi, Docui

I came, I saw, I taught

Pariah has taught thousands of creative and marketing professionals all around the world. A few select clients include:

Adobe, AIGA, Banfield Pet Hospitals, Colorado Springs Utilities, Comcast Sports Net, Elon University, FBI, Federal Aviation Administration, General Tours, GTECH Corp., Hanna Andersson, Ilisagvik College, Intuit, The Independent Weekly Newspaper, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Corp., Louisiana State University, MGM Grand Resorts, Multnomah County, NASA, National Temporal Bone Registry, NAVSEA, Neiman Marcus, Nike, North Slope Borough (Barrow, Alaska), Northrop Grumman, Northwestern University, Oracle, Oregon State University (OSU), PacifiCorp, The Pepsi Co., Pier 1 Imports, Prudential, South Carolina Yacht Club, St. Joseph County Public Library, Stars and Stripes military newspaper, Synopsys Inc./Motorola, US Attorney’s Office, US Air Force (USAF), US Army, US Marine Corps., WalMart, Washington State Insurance Commissioner, The Wassertstrom Company, Watermark Advertising, Xcelsior Publishing, and hundreds more teams.

  • adobe
  • us-army
  • banfield
  • Dept. of Defense
  • ilisagvik-college
  • intuit
  • lockheed-martin
  • nasa
  • nike
  • oregon-state-university
  • us-attorney-office
  • walmart

Elevate Your Team’s Capabilities

Discover comprehensive training programs tailored to your creative workflow needs, from Adobe Creative Cloud to accessibility compliance.

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Broadcast Clock: The Secret to Professional Podcasts, Radio, YouTube, and TV

on 2025-09-15

Ready to Elevate Your Broadcast from Amateur to Pro? The Secret is the Broadcast Clock!

In the fast-paced world of media—whether it’s traditional radio, television, booming podcasts, engaging YouTube videos, or dynamic live streams—structure and precision are paramount. What separates a rambling, unpolished broadcast from a tight, professional, and captivating one? Often, it’s a tool known by many names: the broadcast clock.

Let’s dive deep into what broadcast clocks are, why they’re non-negotiable for any serious media creator, and how they can transform your content.

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Why and How to Memory Wipe ChatGPT

on 2025-07-25

It was good enough for C-3PO, H.A.L., and Dolores, so why not wipe ChatGPT’s memory?

While there were certainly negative consequences (especially to humans) of performing memory wipes on all three of those cited artificial intelligences, could there have also been benefits? More to the point, with ChatGPT’s widely-reported 2025 cognitive decline and reduction in operational effectiveness, could the world’s biggest chatbot benefit?

Memory, the ability to recall important details about the user and previous conversations without having to start over from scratch at the beginning of every conversation is one of ChatGPT’s greatest strengths and greater competitive advantages. Other chatbot-style generative artificial intelligences are beginning to release memory or memory-like function, but most lack that ability. Some, ChatGPT’s leading competitor Claude from Anthropic, has a fixed length of conversation during which the AI can understand context. Once you hit the sudden stop, concrete wall token limit for a given conversation, that conversation and context is over—and without prior warning from Claude. One moment, you’ll happily working through a problem, the next, you have to start an entirely new conversation with Claude, struggling to build into that first new prompt all the context created in the previous conversation to allow Claude to keep moving forward without stepping back. Anyone who has used Claude for longer chats knows that frustration. There are techniques to mitigate the frustration, of course, but it’s always a balancing act; use just a few too many words in that last reply, and you could miss your window to ask Claude to create a summary to get itself up to speed in the next chat.

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Looking Back: Adobe's Decade of Transformation (2020-2030)

on 2025-07-17

Thought experiment: What will Adobe look like in 2030?

I am a/an…

  • Adobe investor.
  • Consultant to Adobe who helped define the early days of Creative Cloud’s launch and existance.
  • Educator, author, and consultant of Adobe software.
  • Former creative software industry journalist (I started the first ever professional blog in the space).

From all of these perspectives I’m always looking toward the future of the creative professional industries, including, and especially, with our tools. And, as an amateur futurist, I often look forward from the past and present, envisioning what various aspects of life, business, technology, and the planet(s) might be like down the road. Looking only five years ahead is a small step, and one I thought perhaps a research-capable generative artificial intelligence might be able to handle–especially with such a widely covered subject as Adobe and its stock prices and software. So, I asked.

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iampariah.com Is Being Rebuilt—And Made Even Better

on 2025-07-14

Welcome to the new iampariah.com. If things look a little lean at the moment, it’s because the site is in the middle of a major rebuild. Over the coming months, I’ll be repopulating the site with more than 25 years of content—articles, resources, tutorials, and especially everything related to my training, course development, consulting, accessibility remediation work, and published books.

This rebuild is more than a visual refresh. After 20 years of using, hacking, and teaching WordPress, I’ve chosen to move this, my primary website, to Hugo—a faster, more secure, and far more efficient static site generator. Hugo gives me the freedom to focus on content and usability without the bloat, generic design sameness, ad-cluttered admin panels, and endless subscription traps that have come to define the modern WordPress ecosystem.

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