ThinkTech Host Zoom Meeting on January 8, 2021

Happy New Year, ThinkTech Hosts!

Thanks to all of you who attended the Host Zoom Meeting on January 8.  Here’s the video.

This was the agenda:

• New shows - History is Here to help
• Also - China and the US parallel universes
• Closed captions, free, yes or now
• Melissa and Hayley review checklist
• Framing privative show titles
• Download new Zoom version
• Adjust for low light settings
• Email graphics v. Share screen
• Subjects for the new year - Sacred Cows
• Covid, Reopening, Democracy, Foreign relations
• Getting great guests
• Going to the mainland and abroad
• Blog place to post, clips from episode
• Update on show promotion
• Promos and Newsy clips
• Prompter techniques
• Calling in with questions
• Sending articles to other hosts
• Status of Covid movie

Great to see all of you. Thanks for coming.

ThinkTech Host Zoom Meeting on November 13, 2020

Aloha ThinkTech Hosts,

Here is the video of November's Host Zoom Meeting.

This was the agenda:

• Schedule for Xmas
• Xmas Awards Ceremony
• Positioning and framing
• Zoom tips and tricks
• Green screen and lighting
• Openings and closings
• Formulating questions
• Handling interruptions
• Audio troubleshooting
• Broadband failures
• New playlist system
• Supershows and Webinars
• Climate Change movie

Thank you all for coming.

ThinkTech Host Zoom Meeting on August 21, 2020

Aloha ThinkTech Hosts,

Here is the video of the August Host Zoom Meeting.

This was the agenda:

• Carol - Report on Fund Drive
• Melissa - looking your best
• Melissa - how to use cellphones
• Jay - using blurred backgrounds
• VoLo Environmental Grant
• ThinkTech platforms promo 
• Survey Monkey results
• Blogs and commentaries
• How to promote your shows
• Adequacy of show information
• Color Correction Software
• Emulating a teleprompter
• Lower thirds for names / titles
• Graphics, formats and sequence
• Light, height and framing
• Communicating with hosts
• Questions and answers
• Bells, chatbox, warnings
• Equipment tips and tricks
• Know your guest's bio
• How to do a book review
• The need for interruption 
• The power of silence 
• The power of listening
• Repeating Threads, repeating guests
• The arc of relevance, titles, subjects
• Update on Webinar Super shows

Thank you to all who could attend the meeting.