Bulletin to ThinkTech Hosts - Week of June 5, 2022

Dear ThinkTech Hosts:

Host Bulletin, Week of June 5, 2022

Distinguished Guest Nominations

Click here to nominate one of your guests from one of your April shows to be a Distinguished Guest! Only the first 10 nominations will make the ballot. Nominations close next Tuesday, June 7 and voting will begin on June 10. The results of the election will be posted in our email advisories on June 20. The winning candidate for Distinguished Guest will be profiled in a short video for our livestreams and social media.  Last month's winner was Theresa Y. Wee, nominated by host Wendy Loh of "Taking Your Health Back".

Lieutenant Governor Webinar

Join us for an invaluable ThinkTech Hawaii webinar on Friday, July 1. "Who's Running for Lieutenant Governor?" will explore what this year's candidates stand for beyond their public platforms. Featuring candidates Keith Amemiya, Ikaika Anderson, Sylvia Luke and Sherry Menor-McNamara, the 90 minute program will be moderated by local attorney/community leader Louise Ing.  The forum will help you decide how you will vote. Please register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9yhQ6bqMQl6FUXoZpjtnLA.

We also appreciate you circulating this information among your own contacts.

Preparing Guests

When guests confirm they can appear on your show, help them prepare by sending them the Appearance Guidelines and Graphics Guidelines. Last-minute back-and-forth emails from uninformed guests can be stressful to you, your guests, and our staff. Sending the guidelines before you complete your show information gives them more time to ready everything they need for the show and ask questions if necessary.

Special Shows/Guests

Sometimes a special guest becomes available at the last minute and we need a host to step in, eg. on a general show like Community Matters.  Would you be willing to be on call for those opportunities? Some of our best and most popular shows are these ad hoc interviews!  Please let us know. 

Promotion Tip

During your show, encourage viewer engagement by asking them to email questions to questions@thinktechhawaii.com. Of course, you can decide whether the question is appropriate to the conversation and reframe it as necessary. If the guest only partially answers a question, don’t hesitate to follow up.  We also send the links to your video to anyone who asks a question, so they can see the final product and share it with others.

Questions, please contact hayley@thinktechhawaii.com.

Bulletin to ThinkTech Hosts - Week of May 29, 2022

Dear ThinkTech Hosts:

Host Bulletin, Week of May 29, 2022

Fund Drive

Our Spring 2022 Fund Drive: Finding Clarity in an Uncertain World ends tomorrow! Thank you to everyone who has contributed thus far. If you haven't yet, please donate through this link or send a check to ThinkTech Hawaii, 1164 Bishop Street, Suite 603, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813. Please spread the word about our fund drive to your networks as well. We greatly appreciate your continued support.

Memorial Day

Reminder: Memorial Day is tomorrow and itʻs a building holiday, so there will be no live shows. The next building holiday is Monday, July 4, 2022. See the broadcast schedule at https://thinktechhosts.blogspot.com/p/faq.html.

Distinguished Guest Nominations

Nominations for the next ThinkTech Distinguished Guest will open on Tuesday, June1. We will send all hosts a link to nominate one of their guests from May. The slate of candidates will be the first ten nominations made. Please make sure to inform your nominee of the nomination and that we will make a short video showcasing the winner for our livestreams and social media platforms. Our Distinguished Guest for last month was Theresa Y. Wee, who appeared on "Taking Your Health Back", hosted by Wendy Loh.

EWC International Media Conference

ThinkTech Hosts are invited to the 2022 East-West Center International Media Conference at the Hawai‘i International Conference Center June 28-30. Outstanding speakers include Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and the head of Facebook security policy, and several hundred journalists from all over the Indo-Pacific. There are in-person and virtual registration options. Please let us know if you'd like a press pass for one or multiple days enabling you to participate without charge in almost everything.

Promotion Tip

Please publicize your shows in your newsletters and websites. You can also encourage guests to add links to your episodes in their newsletters and websites. This will increase the visibility of your shows and raise awareness about your content. Here are some examples of ThinkTech Host newsletters and websites showing their episodes and playlists:

https://mailchi.mp/cloudwellhealth/cwh-american-heart-month
https://sites.google.com/view/rustykomori/home
https://hawaiicouncil.org/condo-insider/

Questions, please contact hayley@thinktechhawaii.com.

Bulletin to ThinkTech Hosts - Week of May 22, 2022

Dear ThinkTech Hosts:

Host Bulletin, Week of May 22, 2022

Distinguished Guest

Our new Distinguished Guest is Theresa Y. Wee, President/Owner of the Wee Wellness Center. She appeared on "Taking Your Health Back" with ThinkTech host Wendy Loh discussing how to get back on track to better mental and physical health. Thanks to those who nominated guests and voted in this election.  Our Distinguished Guest program is going well.  Nominations for our next DG election will open on June 1.

Zoom

Try to join and have your guests join the Zoom meeting 15 minutes before the show, not only to compare notes on content, but to work with our staff to deal with any number of production issues that may arise.  We do need that time with you to prepare all participants for the show and to get decent production values.

Virtual Backgrounds vs. Blur Background

The blur background function looks very professional with its special depth-of-field effect, and it helps viewers focus on you instead of what's in the room around you. If you prefer a virtual background, then be sure to have a green screen to avoid distracting video artifacts.

ThinkTech Stats

To help promote your shows, we've created a ThinkTech Stats page at https://thinktechhawaii.com/thinktech-stats/ which will be periodically updated.  You can also use the information on our website pages:

About ThinkTech
A Brief History of ThinkTech
Press Kit

Promotion Tip

ThinkTech is for everyone! You can send the links to your show to family members—siblings, parents, kids, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc., and others you may want to stay in touch with. They will presumably like watching you and catching up with you, and share the videos with others in the family and their own networks.

Questions, please contact hayley@thinktechhawaii.com.