Bulletin to ThinkTech Hosts - Week of February 6, 2022

Dear ThinkTech Hosts:

Host Bulletin, Week of February 6, 2022

Graphics

Graphics are now due 10pm the night before the show, same as show information. Last-minute graphics have made it difficult for us to review them for quality and copyright. Please review our Graphics Guidelines at http://thinktechhawaii.com/graphics-guidelines/ before submitting graphics.

Multiple Guests

Each guest should have their own equipment and be in separate rooms. Two people at the same machine can cause audio and framing issues.

Family

Please avoid having immediate family appear as guests on your show. Recommend them to other hosts instead so they can appear on a different show. 

Burning Issues 2022

If you missed our Burning Issues 2022 webinar or want to watch it again, go to https://youtu.be/TvDezaaHrIM. We got so many questions from attendees, we did a follow-up episode: https://youtu.be/XVwGaPBcl4o. Thanks for supporting us through our projects to promote community engagement.

Viewership

As everyone knows, our show hosts play an important role in promoting viewership. We are rolling out new tools to increase community engagement and views. We currently identify the Top Five shows from the week before the preceding week.  Starting this coming week, all active hosts will receive a YouTube viewership report on shows in the preceding month.  Our goal is to help you understand and increase your viewership going forward.  We will also include regular tips to help you promote your shows in our Weekly Host Bulletins.

Questions, please contact hayley@thinktechhawaii.com.

Bulletin to ThinkTech Hosts - Week of January 30, 2022

Dear ThinkTech Hosts:

Host Bulletin, Week of January 30, 2022.

New Staff

Introducing Max High-Cuchet, our new engineer-in-training! He'll be joining us in the studio starting Tuesday.

Max is a French-Japanese-American videographer and music producer. With years of experience as a freelancer in New York City, Max is passionate about contributing meaningful video content to Hawai’i. In his free time, you might catch Max skateboarding around Honolulu - ask him to do a kickflip!

Burning Issues

Join us for a ThinkTech Hawaii webinar this Tuesday, February 1. "Burning Issues 2022" will examine critical national issues: our insurrection, democracy, society, pandemic, and perspective. Featuring panelists John Waihee, Neal Milner, Louise Ing, Roopmati Khandekar, Jon Davidann and Tim Apicella. Please spread the word and register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1JCMWJbYRvizH-wCq_eqNQ. 

Atherton Grant

ThinkTech has received a small grant from the Atherton Foundation to conduct an Impact Project to increase viewership, contact and engagement in the community. Funds will support staff time to further develop and promote media presence, our publications, community outreach and more. The success of the project depends in part on hosts participating in promoting their own shows. More to come!

Questions

Viewers can submit questions to questions@thinktechhawaii.com. Watch your Zoom chat for them and make sure to thank the viewers. More viewers are sending questions, and we want to encourage their engagement in your shows.

Questions, please contact hayley@thinktechhawaii.com.

Bulletin to ThinkTech Hosts - Week of January 23, 2022

Dear ThinkTech Hosts:

Host Bulletin, Week of January 23, 2022.

Cameras

Place your device on a flat, stable surface to prevent camera shaking. You can use a stand or tape to hold it steady. To improve your video, consider getting a USB webcam. We recommend the Logitech C920S, but there are many others that will do the job:

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/logitech-c920s-hd-webcam/6321794.p?skuId=6321794

https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/webcams/c920s-pro-hd-webcam.960-001257.html

Clothing

Avoid wearing white shirts/tops - they can change your video color or blow out the image. If you use Zoom's Blur background, please wear something that distinguishes you from the background and avoid white or seersucker clothing.

Mics

Don’t accidentally cover your microphone with your notes or anything else. It creates a muffled audio. Clutter can be distracting and noisy, so keep the area around your microphone clear.  Mics will also pick up even light table taping causing background noise.

Hosts Page

Check out our new host photo and bio page on our website https://thinktechhawaii.com/thinktech-hosts/.  Thanks to those who have contributed.  If you have not, please send them to us as soon as possible. This is a great resource for guests who’d like to know more about you as host. 

Questions, please contact hayley@thinktechhawaii.com.