![]() ![]() Camera: Many laptops skimp on cameras, so the quality isn’t that great.you can take a look at if this is worth $1500 to you.You can take some inspiration from Jason Lengstorf, Sarah Drasner, Michael Liendo or Simona Cotin or Scott Tolinski. Books, vases, plants, guitars, toys, paintings, shelves. A good background tells a little about your personality, but isn’t too distracting. Interesting background: plain white is a little too plain.If you want to go beyond amateur, check this advice for youtubers covering fill light/rim light/practical light and this one covering white balance and colors.Multiple lights will help you avoid shadows. ![]() I use a regular LED lamp and shine it at white paper taped on to the wall in front of my desk, so it bounces off the paper and then onto my face. This doesn’t mean you have to shine a ring light directly in your eyes. Good Lighting: You want your face to be lighted up nicely.You can set up a teleprompter for yourself (some use Glide Gear) if you feel you must look at the camera at all times, but honestly nobody minds if you look away every now and then, especially when your face is not the focus of attention.Use pauses, videos, cliffhanger stories, whatever you can think of to get them to actually watch. If you start out flat and monotone, I’m going to tune out. They could be playing you in the background while working on something else. They could be deciding whether or not to listen to your 30 minute talk based on the first 30 seconds. People have a FAR shorter attention span online than in person. You can still improvise!! Just have a script first.Writing a script may feel like extra work, but trust me that it saves rather than adds time. You should try as much as possible to reduce the amount of editing you need to do - and that means trying out words and phrases in writing first, instead of taking a million cuts and improvising. Here, the expensive thing is now recording and editing. But the prerecording restriction takes ALL the benefit out of speaking off script. I rarely have a script when speaking live - it is more natural to be able to improvise and command attention when not scripted. It’s BETTER to have a script when prerecording. I’m no expert, but I realized I may have some ideas from my experiences that others may want to steal. This is fine, but misses the opportunity to fully take advantage of the medium. However, they also present new challenges and opportunities to speakers.Ī lot of folks start off doing prerecorded talks exactly the same way they do in-person conference talks. Prerecorded talks are an increasingly popular way to do virtual conferences, because they reduce a host of conference organizer risks. I’ve just given my 5th or 6th prerecorded talk this year, at React Rally 2020. 2022 update: much better camera tips here by Kevin who runs a zoom setup business! Or try the ” 90% good enough” solution from Michael Girdley that includes a teleprompter.Ģ021 Edit: Now given as a talk for Global Diversity CFP Day! ![]()
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