Table of Contents (click links below)
Due Dates
Setting up Your Home Studio
Recording Your Presentation
Promoting Your Talk
Day of Participation
Session Footage Examples
DUE DATES
October 3 Headshots, bio, work title and company due
October 24 Slide deck drafts due for review (submit to Dropbox here)
November 7 Breakout Footage due (25 mins)
November 7-18 Keynote Footage Recording Sessions will be scheduled to take place during this time. IT Revolution will reach out to schedule 1.5 hour tech check and recording sessions for each keynote speaker. You will be contacted directly if your talk has been selected as a keynote.
Conference homepage, where the agenda will the published when available (click here).
For help, contact Ann Perry, [email protected].
SETTING UP YOUR HOME STUDIO
AUDIO
Present using an external microphone. A professional presenter microphone such as a Blue Yeti Nano is preferred. For optimal sound, position your mic 6-12” from your mouth. This will really make a difference in the richness and clarity of your voice. Think about Radio DJs or podcast shows where people have their mouth right up against the mic.
Quick hack: stack your mic stand on books to get it closer to you.Headphones, earbuds or lav mics are acceptable but may not provide optimal sound. Also, be careful of these microphones scraping across your clothing — use tape if necessary.
We do not recommend using your laptop microphone.
Potential equipment. Yeti Blue Nano Microphone (Amazon)
Stand approximately 3 feet from your camera while giving your presentation. Standing up allows you to project your voice better and breathe more expansively.
Raise your camera to eye-level using a tripod for an external camera or sturdy books, boxes or elevated table for a computer camera.
Potential equipment. Logitech C290 Hd Pro Webcam.
Use natural light to fill the space
Light your face from the front at a 45 degree angle above your eye-line. Do not use back lighting and avoid overhead lighting. Do not sit with your back to a window.
Use two screens. Your slide presentation will be recorded via screen share on your machine so if you have presenter notes separate from your slides, it is helpful to have a second screen (computer, monitor or tablet) for your presenter notes.
Primary screen:
Screen Share Presentation
Second screen:
Presenter view & your audience
Place your second screen at eye-level (at the same level as your camera) to avoid looking down and as close as possible to the right or left of your camera.
Potential equipment. Pro DJ Laptop / Projector Stand (Amazon)
Note the eye-contact problem in the photo, Gene is looking at his presenter notes screen, which is below his camera.
Select a visually pleasing background for your talk. It’s best to have something in the background of your shot. We recommend a room or bookshelves with plants, minimal decor and industry-related/professional books, this will create depth in your image.
Slide design: in-person vs virtual. Slides for in-person presentations are typically projected on a very large screen and due to the size of the screen, small type and intricate design could be used. Please keep in mind, you are now designing for a virtual conference setting and your slides are being viewed on a screen 15-20x smaller than on used in an in-person setting. Large font, simple design and use of static and motion graphics is encouraged.
Size: 16x9 ratio
We encourage business casual attire.
Avoid wearing complex patterns as they may come across distorted in your footage. Dark colors work well on camera.
RECORDING YOUR PRESENTATION
Keynote Presentations
In the coming weeks, we will reach out to schedule a 90-minute recording session with you between November 7-18, 2022. To prepare for that recording session, please set up your home “studio” using the recommendations we have outlined above.
A few days before your scheduled recording session, we will send you a link to your online recording studio. Please test that link prior to your scheduled recording session to ensure you can access it with no problems.
If you are having trouble setting up your home studio or accessing the studio link, please reach out to Ann Perry for assistance.
Breakout Presentations
Now that you have the perfect home studio setup, here is some guidance for recording your presentation on your own via ZOOM. Using the ZOOM platform is not required for recording on your own however, it is the platform we recommend as the most user friendly if you don't already have a recording application you are familiar with.
Footage output requirements:
Footage Layout
Speaker and slide footage should be submitted in one file. Your submitted file will be placed on a branded DOES background.
Editing
Your footage should be submitted complete with no edits needed throughout the footage. We can cut the beginning and the end of your footage to ensure a clean start and end.
File Specs
Audio:
Microphone: From the drop down, select the microphone you will be recording on.
Video:
Enable HD
16:9 (Widescreen)
Recording:
Optimize for 3rd party video editor
Record a separate audio file for each participant
Record video during screen sharing
Screen Share select Optimize Screen Share for Video Clip
On Mac you may need to enable permissions for ZOOM to record your screen
Click Record and select “Record on this Computer”
Note: Recording locally on your computer is preferred in order to avoid recording over a wireless network. Local recording will require that you have enough disk space on your computer for the output file. You will find your recording in your ZOOM folder on your computer.
Close all unnecessary applications, disable notification sounds and check for software updates to ensure your recording is not interrupted.
Helpful Hints
Hit RECORD, wait 5-seconds and begin your talk.
Title Slide: DO NOT include a title slide in your presentation, we will produce a title slide and insert it at the start of your presentation in post-production.
Please upload your talk to Dropbox by November 7 (click here)
File Name: Speaker Last name First Name_Talk Date_Talk Time_Version #
Ex. Brown-Steven_10-13_1130_Version-1
If you are not using ZOOM, here are some basic output specs to keep in mind when creating and submitting your final video file.
Alternative recording platform recommendations:
PROMOTING YOUR TALK
You can share session details or, perhaps, what you’re most looking forward to during the conference. Our conference hashtag is #DOES22.
We will be promoting the conference heavily on Twitter and will tag you if we directly reference your participation. Be sure to follow us and retweet @ITRevDOES on Twitter.
DAY OF PARTICIPATION
Please be available to participate in live Q&A with attendees in the conference Slack Workspace, during the airing of your talk. We will have several channels dedicated to speaker Q&A and a member of our team will tag and steer you to the right area.
SESSION FOOTAGE EXAMPLES