Author: DeanSuhr
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Conferences (or Not!) in the Age of Coronavirus
Are you considering canceling your current in-person Conference … or going virtual or hybrid? You are not alone. Out of an abundance of caution, many organizations are canceling or restructuring their annual conferences and events. Many organizations are restricting travel, not just to China and Italy, but in many cases organizations are restricting all domestic…
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Nervous or first time speaker?
No worries, we all had to stand up in front of an audience for the first time at some point. And being a bit nervous means you are alert, engaged, and are concerned your audience receives what you want to share with them. You are the expert and they want to hear from you! I…
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Live streaming questions – Family and Scientific meetings
I was just involved in a discussion among a group of advocacy organizations asking about live streaming family conferences and scientific/researcher meetings. Similar questions are coming up more and more so I thought I’d share our thoughts here. Hello Everyone,We are considering live streaming several sessions for the first time during our upcoming scientific and…
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Optimizing Your Conference Presentations for Video
There is an art to creating a usable PowerPoint/Keynote presentation. Lots of open space, high contrast between the type and the background, keeping the words on the slide to a minimum, and keeping the fonts 28pt or larger are some basic suggestions. When that presentation is being video recorded for livestream and/or subsequent playback…