Bulletin to ThinkTech Hosts - Announcing New Live to Playlist System

Dear ThinkTech Hosts:

Announcing New Live to Playlist System

What

Starting Monday July 18, your shows will be produced on their scheduled show dates and times, but they will no longer be streamed live the same day. Instead, they will be streamed from a smart playlist the day after, so shows produced on a Monday will be played at the same time on Tuesday, and so on through the week.

Why

This will give our staff time to edit each show to correct production issues, improve the video and audio, graphics placements, and program exact start times. This will make you, your guests and ThinkTech look and sound better on the shows uploaded that day and played the day after.

Effects

The new system will have no effect on the daily schedule for the production and uploading of your shows, but only the dates they are streamed on ThinkTechHawaii.com and our other streaming platforms. We will, of course, create new promos to promote these new air dates. You should likewise advise your guests accordingly.

Thanks to you all as we move to this new "Live to Playlist" system. This will give our staff time to edit each show to correct production issues, improve the video and audio, fix graphics placements, and schedule exact start times.

 Please contact hayley@thinktechhawaii.com if you have any questions.

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.