Bulletin to ThinkTech Hosts - Week of March 20, 2022

Dear ThinkTech Hosts:

Host Bulletin, Week of March 20, 2022

Burning Global Issues

Join us for a timely ThinkTech Hawaii webinar on Friday, April 1. "Burning Global Issues" will examine a burning issue for each continent, how that issue relates to prospects for functional democracy, and what we can learn from them. Please spread the word and register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xCe8s-6yQA2ntWMmixKGqQ.

Flyer: https://bit.ly/BGI-2022-Flyer

Press Release: https://thinktechhawaii.com/press-release/

Acronyms

When you use acronyms in your shows, such as HPU for Hawaii Pacific University or COLA for Cost-of-Living Adjustment, take a moment to define and explain them to your viewers, or ask your guests to do that.  This helps viewers in Hawaii and elsewhere understand what you’re talking about.

Dates

Don't state the date during the show unless the content is date-sensitive. We want to avoid fixing a date on episodes so they remain timeless and don't appear outdated when we play them as encores.

Eye Contact

Look directly at the camera throughout the show. Please avoid looking at another screen, down, or off to the side. If you have notes, put them in a word-process window on your screen as near as possible to the camera so that you can maintain your eye contact with the audience.

Promotion Tip

If you use social media, post your shows, links or promotional graphics or comments regularly to increase visibility and build a relationship with your audience. Consistently offering new posts shows viewers that they should follow you to stay updated with your new content.

Questions, please contact hayley@thinktechhawaii.com.

Bulletin to ThinkTech Hosts - Week of March 13, 2022

Dear ThinkTech Hosts:

Host Bulletin, Week of March 13, 2022

Distinguished Guest Election/Survey

Voting is open! Thanks to everyone who made nominations. Cast your ballot for our ThinkTech Distinguished Guest at https://bit.ly/march2022-poll. Vote only once, but feel free to share the link.  Note that we added a Current Events Survey and we hope you will give us your views on the questions there. Voting closes on March 17 and we will announce the results in our Email Advisories on March 20.

Press Kit

We have created a Press Kit about ThinkTech on thinktechhawaii.com.  You can use the Kit to educate potential guests about ThinkTech and promote our work to your viewers, associates and friends. You can get the Kit from https://thinktechhawaii.com/press-kit. 

Daylight Savings Time

Reminder: Daylight Savings Time begins today! Hawaii does not change but most of the mainland will move one hour forward.  That means that the time in East Coast cities, for example, will be 6 hours later than Hawaii rather than the current 5-hour difference.  Keep this in mind when scheduling shows, and make sure your guests keep it in mind, too.

Equipment

We would like to help you achieve the highest possible production values.  We have found that external cameras and mics usually provide better video and sound than the cameras and mics that are built in to your computers.  Here are some recommendations for external cameras and mics, as well as for some small lights and tripods that may help you achieve better production values:
• Camera: https://amzn.to/3J8BerZ
• Mic with earphones: https://amzn.to/3KChNbb
• Small Light: https://amzn.to/3vWYJ3h
• Small Tripod: https://amzn.to/3I6rtcc

Promotion Tip

Remind your guests that they can help you promote the shows you do with them.  Ask them to share the links we send them after the show, using their email, text messages and social media. The best result is when you promote them, and they promote you.

Questions, please contact hayley@thinktechhawaii.com.

Bulletin to ThinkTech Hosts - Week of March 6, 2022

Dear ThinkTech Hosts:

Host Bulletin, Week of March 6, 2022

Distinguished Guest Nominations

Last chance to nominate one of your guests from your live shows in February! Click here to nominate one of your talk show guests to be a Distinguished Guest. Nominations close tomorrow, March 7 and voting will begin on March 10. The results of the election will be posted in our email advisories on March 20th. The winning candidate for Distinguished Guest will be profiled in a short video for our entr’acte, overnight and social media.

Self-Advertising

As you know, ThinkTech dedicates time and effort to promote every show, host and guest to advance our mission of raising public awareness. We do this across all our various platforms. We also display the websites for you and your guests in the Show Information Form you submit.  Our mission does not include doing commercial promotion or advertising.  Please therefore refrain from commercial promotion or advertising in your shows. 

Graphics / No Screen Sharing

Please submit any graphics you want to refer to before your show and our engineers will display them during the show using the labels you provide.  Screen sharing those graphics on Zoom reduces our streaming video quality, so please do not display graphics by screen sharing.  Please take a look at our Graphics Guidelines before submitting your graphics, especially point #5 dealing with copyright. We cannot accept third-party graphics, video clips or music unless you provide the permission form there. This is, of course, to avoid claims by copyright owners and problems with upload platforms.

Daylight Savings Time

It’s that time of year again! Hawaii does not change but most of the mainland will move one hour forward with Daylight Savings Time beginning next Sunday, March 13.  That means that the time in East Coast cities, for example, will be 6 hours later than Hawaii rather than the current 5-hour difference.  Keep this in mind when scheduling shows, and make sure your guests keep it in mind, too.

Promotion Tip

It’s a great idea to tag, share and promote ThinkTech and your shows in your social media posts. Type the “@” symbol and then start typing our page's name:
Facebook - @ThinkTechHawaii
Twitter - @ThinkTechHI
Instagram - @ThinkTechNews
LinkedIn - @ThinkTech-Hawaii

Questions, please contact hayley@thinktechhawaii.com.