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.

Bulletin to ThinkTech Hosts - Week of June 19, 2022

Dear ThinkTech Hosts:

Host Bulletin, Week of June 19, 2022

Hosts Please Register!

“Who’s Running for Lieutenant Governor? Evaluating the Major Candidates” on July 1, 10-11:30 am HST will be a deeper talk on matters beyond platforms. Please join us by registering today and circulating one of our flyers to your community.

Flyer only: https://bit.ly/LG-2022-flyer

Flyer with video promo: https://bit.ly/LG2022-Flyer

Thanks for helping us increase attendance at this important and unique ThinkTech webinar. We’d really appreciate if all our hosts would promptly (a) forward our flyer (above) to your family and friends. and (b) register to attend yourself, even if you can’t stay for the whole program. Everyone who registers will receive follow-up information.

Graphics

Please send all graphics and completed Permission Forms to us by NLT 10:00 pm HST the night before your show. This allows us enough time to review and prepare them for the show. Please make sure to follow our Graphics Guidelines when you submit your graphics and Permission Forms. Thanks.

Promotion Tip

Do you respond to comments that are posted on your shows on YouTube and other platforms? You should. Engaging personally when appropriate enhances the viewer experience and encourages greater viewership. Even a simple “thank you” is an important extra step that can leverage your show and create longtime followers.

 Questions, please contact hayley@thinktechhawaii.com.

Bulletin to ThinkTech Hosts - Week of June 12, 2022

Dear ThinkTech Hosts:

Host Bulletin, Week of June 12, 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 for June. Vote only once, but feel free to share the link.  Our Distinguished Guest for last month was Theresa Y. Wee who appeared on "Taking Your Health Back", hosted by Wendy Loh. Also take a moment to respond to our Current Events Survey on Roe v. Wade. The polls close on June 17 with results announced in our email advisories on June 20. 

Screening Guests

When selecting potential guests, make sure you know who they are and that they're qualified to speak on the subject of your show. Please also confirm that they understand ThinkTech’s mission of raising public awareness and promoting civic engagement: https://thinktechhawaii.com/about/.

Preparing Your Guest

Please send your guests the Appearance Guidelines and the Graphics Guidelines as soon as they confirm their appearance on your show. If you give them enough time to review these guidelines and prepare for the show, they will be better able to participate in the discussion with you. Remind your guests to be in a quiet, indoor space and have a microphone and/or headphones in case there are audio issues.

Questions

It's very important to answer viewer questions that appear in your Zoom chat box. This enhances the live experience of the show, shows appreciation for viewer engagement, and helps us build a loyal followership. You can acknowledge those who submit questions by briefly stating “we have a viewer question.” There is no need to say who submitted the question. After you have your answer, you should say “thanks to our viewer for that question.” In any event, make sure your guest answers the question. If your guest goes off track, you should remind him that you are expecting an answer.

Promotion Tip

You should regularly post your shows, links or promotional graphics and comments on social media to increase visibility and build a relationship with your audience. Making new posts on a consistent basis shows viewers that they should follow you to stay current on your new content. If you have a website, be sure to promote your shows and links on that site.

Questions, please contact hayley@thinktechhawaii.com.