If you have a Mac at your conference or event and need a quick recording solution, consider QuickTime. To ensure that the recording is the best quality possible, there are a few extra steps you should take before hitting ‘record’. First we’ll review what you need to get started. Next we’ll look as setting levels, and finally we investigate export options.
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You decide to take the plunge and embed a sales video into your Powerpoint presentation. It looks good, and plays well on your own computer at work, but when you get to the conference to test it, you see nothing but a black (or white) square where your video used to be.
Here are a few places to start your troubleshooting if you don’t have the benefit of a technician to help you. Read the rest of this entry »
If you’ve sat through many Powerpoint presentations recently, you’ll have noticed they are more multimedia than ever before. Embedded movies, youtube links, audio files… they can liven up a presentation, but also require more preparation for both the presenter and the technician.
I strongly recommend to event and conference managers to provide an audio connection for all laptops, and ensure the show computers have been tested with multimedia. Whether you’ve offered it or not, presenters today assume that they can walk in with a flash drive full of video clips, audio files and external web links.
How do you properly prepare for this? Read on for common pitfalls and manageable solutions.
An insightful overview of teleprompter tips, sightings during the US presidential primaries can be seen here, at Garr Reynold’s site, Presentation Zen.
Teleprompters allow for speakers to present without the apparent use of notes. Keep in mind however, that there is a learning curve, and without preparation can appear to be more stilted or wooden than reading from visible notes. The teleprompter operator listens to the presenter and adjusts the speed of the words so they flow naturally. Additionally, this allows the presenter to ad-lib, or go off-script, without worrying about the script running away from them.
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