Inside the Speaker's Studio
Hosted by Chris West
Christopher Bauer, PhD, CSP, CFS
A Guide to Great Low-Tech Virtual Programs
Clients want you for your expertise – not your tech savvy. (Well, unless you’re speaking on tech savvy…)
Have you been nervous about virtual programs because you don’t have high tech gear or flashy online presentation skills? No worries! You can still deliver a program that your clients will love.
In this session, we’ll be looking at how to provide great programs with the even most minimal, basic audio and video technology and skills.
Chances are, you already have all you need for a great virtual program and, if not, we’ll talk about low cost and low-tech ways to get you there.
Stop being afraid and start presenting!
Christopher Bauer is a clinical psychologist by training with over thirty years of experience as a speaker, trainer, author, and consultant on professional ethics and values-driven business strategies. Between coaching, speaking and consulting, he has worked with front-line workers to senior executives and everyone in-between. Clients of Dr. Bauer have run the gamut from small and medium sized businesses and organizations to every level of staff and management at Fortune 500 corporations.
Anders Boulanger, CSP
Software Defined Simplicity- Harnessing a Free App to do Amazing Things
This breakout will be a tour of Anders' studio and cover the use of Open Broadcaster Software to play media, share slides and create scenes and send that feed into zoom, Teams, or whatever platform you are presenting in.
Learn how to utilize a foot pedal to change cameras and move to different scenes. While these techniques can be used on both Mac and PC, this will be demonstrated on a PC.
Equipment Used
-DSLR Camera with Camlink capture card
-C920 Logitech Camera
-LED Keylight
-Lavalier Mic
-Foot Pedal
-OBS Software (free)
Anders Boulanger CSP is founder and CEO of Engagify. For nearly two decades he's been travelling the world with his team of Certified Infotainers creating crowds of interested prospects and presenting brand defining performances in the trade show exhibits of the fastest growing companies. After logging thousands of hours at trade shows, he has codified engagement and now trains teams in engagement techniques so that they can deepen connection and command attention.
Lorne Kelton
From Simple to Sophisticated: Selecting the Right Gear for Your Studio
Please join me as I take you on a deep dive of my home-based Speaker’s
Studio. Your content may be king, but your production values are equally
critical in the virtual world. We’ll look at all the gear I use to
handle both live and pre-recorded presentations. I’ll pull back the
curtain and show you my cameras, mics, lighting, editing, green screen,
monitors, switcher, teleprompter, pedals, and more. My goal is to save
you time, money, and misery as you build out your personalized
production space. Whether you opt for super simple or crazy complicated,
you’ll come away ready to leverage technology to grow your virtual
business.
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Lorne Kelton is president of ThinkShift Performance Solutions, a Consulting, Training, and Coaching company based in Montreal. He helps organizations develop their Behavioural Leadership and Critical Thinking skills while leveraging their human capital to achieve strategic business outcomes.
Lorne is a master motivator and storyteller who brings intensity, passion, and humour to his presentations, whether delivered live or virtually from his professional studio.
He is also an author of several books on personal and professional development.
Nathalie Plamondon-Thomas
Using your Slides as a Background
You are a kickass dynamic professional speaker and your great “presence” on a virtual stage is confined to a small box at the top of the screen, while your audience stares at your slides.
Nathalie will teach how she uses her slides as a background so that she can still be engaging in the forefront of her screen while the slides are being projected behind/beside her, without any fancy equipment. She will also share with you how she created an invisible furniture setup for less than $25 that she uses when she presents in a standing position.
Nathalie Plamondon-Thomas works with entrepreneurs who want to find Confidence & Clarity so they can make money living from their passion. International No.1 Bestselling Author of fifteen books on success, wellness and empowerment, she is the Founder and CEO of the THINK Yourself® ACADEMY, offering leading-edge online courses. Along the past 30 years, she has inspired over 100,000 audience members and empowered thousands of clients internationally to find confidence & implement business practices that generate results.