Bulletin to ThinkTech Hosts - Week of July 10, 2022

Dear ThinkTech Hosts:

Host Bulletin, Week of July 10, 2022

Distinguished Guest Election/Survey

Voting is open! Thanks to everyone who made nominations. Click here to cast your ballot for our ThinkTech Distinguished Guest. Vote only once, but feel free to share the link. Our Distinguished Guest for last month was Colin Moore who appeared on "Talk Story with John Waihe'e", hosted by John Waihe'e. We also appreciate your response to our Current Events Survey. Voting closes on July 17 and we will announce the results in our email advisories on July 20.

Show Information

Make sure to triple check your show information before submitting it to us -- especially the title, tagline, and guest names and affiliations. This information is sent to thousands of people and is included in the video itself, so it's a real hassle to correct spelling and other errors from your show information.

Introducing Your Guest

Try to keep guest introductions to 1-2 sentences each. A long, detailed introduction is always boring and loses viewers. Tell your viewers who you are, connect your episode to your series, and then briefly introduce your guests and get to the point asap with your first question. See our script suggestions at https://thinktechhawaii.com/hosts-guests-2/script-suggestions/. Then, as the show unfolds, weave the guest's background into the conversation.

Eye Contact

Look directly at the camera throughout the show. Avoid looking down, off to the side or at another person offscreen. If you have notes, put them in a word-processing document or notepad window on your screen as near as possible to the camera so you can maintain continuing eye contact with the audience.

Promotion Tip

Try hard to connect your episode to current events and popular subjects that people are following. For example, ThinkTech Host Dan "Fig" Leaf connected a recent show to the new Top Gun: Maverick movie, and got 1,700 views within the first three days.

Special

We are developing a new Live to Playlist broadcasting system. Stand by for a special bulletin on it later this week.

Questions, please contact hayley@thinktechhawaii.com.

Bulletin to ThinkTech Hosts - Week of July 3, 2022

Dear ThinkTech Hosts:

Host Bulletin, Week of July 3, 2022

Distinguished Guest Nominations 

Click here to nominate one of your guests from one of your June shows to be a Distinguished Guest! Only the first 10 nominations will make the ballot. Nominations close next Thursday, July 7 and voting will begin on July 10. The results of the election will be posted in our email advisories on July 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 Colin Moore, nominated by host John Waihe'e of "Talk Story with John Waihe'e".

Independence Day

Reminder: Independence Day, or Fourth of July, is tomorrow and itʻs a building holiday, so there will be no live shows. The next building holiday is Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. See the broadcast schedule at https://thinktechhosts.blogspot.com/p/faq.html.

Guests

We will no longer be accepting any last-minute guests to your shows. Your full list of guests and their information should be on your Show Information Form by the 10 pm HST deadline. This ensures that our staff and your guests have enough time to prepare for the episode.

Questions

Starting this week, we're taking a break from requesting live questions from viewers during shows. We’ve removed requests from our show information form, website, email advisories and other platforms. We'll continue to send you any questions that come in, but you can answer them directly, rather than on the air. We were hoping that viewers would participate in active engagement in shows but it has not been the case. Thanks to those hosts who have contributed questions when asked.

Promotion Tip

Before your next show, promote your upcoming guest and topic on your website(s) and social media. After your show, share the link and tag ThinkTech so we can share your posts. We are on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Help us build a community that will engage with your content by sharing our posts as well.

Questions, please contact hayley@thinktechhawaii.com.

Bulletin to ThinkTech Hosts - Week of June 26, 2022

Dear ThinkTech Hosts:

Host Bulletin, Week of June 26, 2022

Webinar This Week

"Who’s Running for Lieutenant Governor? Evaluating the Major Candidates” will take place this Friday, July 1 at 10-11:30 am HST. Join us to watch their live discussion and pose questions. Please register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9yhQ6bqMQl6FUXoZpjtnLA and share the link with your networks. Panelist Bios: http://bit.ly/LG2022-Bios

Closing

Make sure to give a clean and concise closing. When you're ready to end the show, (1) thank your guests for joining you and thank your viewers for watching, and (2) briefly wrap up the episode and promote the next one if you can, and (3) say a crisp final goodbye (simply, “goodbye” or “aloha”). The engineer will be listening for this goodbye word and will immediately end the show, and this will give your show a clean ending.

Guest Affiliations

When completing your show information forms, please identify your guest’s specific affiliation (e.g. "environmental lawyer with XYZ"). If your guest prefers to appear unaffiliated, then write a generic affiliation such as “civil rights advocate” or “local farmer” or “handwriting expert".

Props / Objects

If you'd like to show an object during your episode, please take a picture of it beforehand and send it to us pursuant to thinktechhawaii.com/graphics-guidelines. Showing the object itself during the live episode is NOT recommended. This can cause visual artifacts. Photos of the object will look much better on the screen.

Promotion Tip

Engage with other users to increase your visibility on social media. You can like others' posts, share them, leave comments, and reply to any comments you receive. This creates friends and relationships with potential guests and viewers. This kind of engagement is much more effective to promote your show and ThinkTech.

Questions, please contact hayley@thinktechhawaii.com.