Podcasts about zoom rooms

We are told to focus on community - but what is this? And what is it away from the corporate context that we have absorbed from America? From corporation TV, Social media, Nexflix and all the messaging that we have absorbed without thought. There are two other parts to this conversation on my channel - Subscriber podcasts The Alchemist's Journey and Authentic Expressionhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/purple-psychology/id6446495392Mentioned:Charlie Chaplin - Final Speech from The Great Dictatorhttps://youtu.be/J7GY1Xg6X20?feature=shared

Zoom Rooms, Teams Rooms, Owl Cams, Smart Mics, what are the new emerging technologies to enable real time collaboration and what risks and caveats do they come with?      How do we make spaces that quickly (instantly?) flip from comfy team collaboration rooms to an extension of the court?  Moderator: @Thomas Witherspoon - Senior Systems Support Engineer, Sidley Austin LLP  Speakers: @Thomas Burns - Senior Account Manager AVI Systems-Transforming Business with Technology Solutions, AVI Systems  @Jesse Dominguez - Sr. Design Engineer, Facility Solutions Group, FSG   @William Grady - Director of Information Technology, Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford LLP   Recorded on 01-15-2025.

Recorded September 20, 2024 (Yes, I let AI write this - cjd) Welcome to the AV SuperFriends on Topic, episode number 51! In this special October episode, we dive into the scariest trends in AV. From the pitfalls of over-reliance on IT-centric AV solutions to the haunting rise of unrealistic client expectations, this episode is packed with spine-chilling insights and our signature blend of expertise and humor. Today's discussion tackles topics like the overcomplication of AV systems, the dangers of network islands, and the growing frustration with licensing for everyday items. Plus, we share our thoughts on the ever-evolving world of soundbars and the complexities of room systems like Teams Rooms and Zoom Rooms. Whether you're an AV professional or just someone interested in the latest tech trends, this episode offers valuable insights and plenty of laughs. Don't miss out on the fun and make sure to connect with us on our social media channels!   Alternate show titles: The AV Horror Show Network Nightmares Soundbar Madness Licensing Hell Room System Woes   Better alternate show titles: AV Sprinkles I give it to them in the wrong space   We stream live every Friday, and you can listen to everything we record over at AVSuperFriends.com   ▀▄▀▄▀ CONTACT LINKS ▀▄▀▄▀ ► Website: https://www.avsuperfriends.com ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/avsuperfriends ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/avsuperfriends ► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@avsuperfriends ► Email: mailbag@avsuperfriends.com ► RSS: https://avsuperfriends.libsyn.com/rss   Individual Twitter links: ► Chris Dechter: @cdechter ► Jamie Rinehart: @avsfjamie ► Marc Cholewczynski: @avdiplomat ► Rachel Bradshaw: @tempurity ► Larry Darling: @lsdarling1 ► Justin Rexing: @justinrexing   Donate to AVSF: https://www.avsuperfriends.com/support  

On Topic Episode 51: The Spookiest Trends in AV Recorded September 20, 2024 (Yes, I let AI write this - cjd) Welcome to the AV SuperFriends on Topic, episode number 51! In this special October episode, we dive into the scariest trends in AV. From the pitfalls of over-reliance on IT-centric AV solutions to the haunting rise of unrealistic client expectations, this episode is packed with spine-chilling insights and our signature blend of expertise and humor. Today's discussion tackles topics like the overcomplication of AV systems, the dangers of network islands, and the growing frustration with licensing for everyday items. Plus, we share our thoughts on the ever-evolving world of soundbars and the complexities of room systems like Teams Rooms and Zoom Rooms. Whether you're an AV professional or just someone interested in the latest tech trends, this episode offers valuable insights and plenty of laughs. Don't miss out on the fun and make sure to connect with us on our social media channels! Alternate show titles:The AV Horror ShowNetwork NightmaresSoundbar MadnessLicensing HellRoom System Woes Better alternate show titles:AV SprinklesI give it to them in the wrong space We stream live every Friday, and you can listen to everything we record over at AVSuperFriends.com ▀▄▀▄▀ CONTACT LINKS ▀▄▀▄▀► Website: https://www.avsuperfriends.com► Twitter: https://twitter.com/avsuperfriends► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/avsuperfriends► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@avsuperfriends► Email: mailbag@avsuperfriends.com► RSS: https://avsuperfriends.libsyn.com/rss Individual Twitter links:► Chris Dechter: @cdechter► Jamie Rinehart: @avsfjamie► Marc Cholewczynski: @avdiplomat► Rachel Bradshaw: @tempurity► Larry Darling: @lsdarling1► Justin Rexing: @justinrexing Donate to AVSF: https://www.avsuperfriends.com/support

Join us for an exciting episode of the AVWeek podcast featuring Tim Albright and industry experts as they discuss the cutting-edge advancements and challenges in the commercial AV world. In this episode, they've explored the exciting developments showcased at Enterprise Connect 2024, including Microsoft's Copilot advancements in AI for user experience and collaboration. We also delve into the top priorities for enterprises AV in 2024, such as replacing COVID-era AV tech and strategic investments in network infrastructure, remote support, and UC software. Plus, don't miss the announcement of the Q-SYS Control for Zoom Rooms App, which consolidates and enhances control capabilities for Zoom Rooms using Q-SYS technology. Tune in for insightful discussions with industry experts on these key topics shaping the future of AV technology!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bernice Loman, MBABernice is a woman of Faith, Certified Business Coach, Marketing Campaign Specialist, Tech Expert & Author. She has a Master's and Bachelor's in Business Administration and Management and serves as the overseer and visionary of Loman Creative Services. She has a passion for faith, marketing, and tech with a focus on equipping business owners, entrepreneurs and faith leaders. She is a Certified Solution Provider of Constant Contact, Certified Executive Business Coach, Zoom Partner & Zoom Certified in Zoom Rooms, Meetings, Webinars & Phone Systems and Google Certified for Mobile Websites. She also hosts an annual Christian Business Owners Business Summit for Christian business owners, entrepreneurs and ministries. She enjoys traveling and educating with her fun-filled workshops and webinars. In her spare time, she enjoys youth & music ministry, serving as a Chairperson for Kimtech Training College in Africa, composing music and spending time with family & friends.

We back after being laid up in the hospital to answer questions and help individuals grow their businesses! This is an episode we always do on Brian's podcast with a shared audio to my own, if you get value, make sure you subscribe and share.

29: A Premium Experience In Their Own PocketAV Superfriends: On TopicRecorded January 11, 2023This month's topic is BYOD and why that's a terrible idea all around. Wait, it's not? Well, you'll have to convince me. We discuss BYOD for conferencing vs. BYOD for presentation only, BYOD for meetings, BYOD for student devices, wired vs wireless connections, why all wireless sharing appliances are bad, and even campus-wide iPad/Chromebook/laptop programs. Larry introduces the term BYODTRTMADETPIF and Justin again reminds us of his (in)famous Zoom Rooms.Follow us on Twitter @AVSuperFriends to stay updated with what we're doing!

Recorded January 11, 2023 This month's topic is BYOD and why that's a terrible idea all around. Wait, it's not? Well, you'll have to convince me. We discuss BYOD for conferencing vs. BYOD for presentation only, BYOD for meetings, BYOD for student devices, wired vs wireless connections, why all wireless sharing appliances are bad, and even campus-wide iPad/Chromebook/laptop programs. Larry introduces the term BYODTRTMADETPIF and Justin again reminds us of his (in)famous Zoom Rooms. Alternate show titles: Anything that may be on your person BYOPD BYODTRTMADETPIF BYODPCVC This topic makes me queasy Bring Your Own Cloud Bring Another Device Bring Your Own LaserDisc It's either gonna work or it's not Non-Meat Version Built into Meat Bring Your Own Room

Poly powered by HP commits to hybrid word era “The office is no longer necessary the place where people are meeting,” says Natalia Herrera, Senior Director Global Alliances at HP. Hybrid working means hybrid meetings and that brings up new challenges, in addition to the ongoing need to deliver high quality voice and video. Poly, with its corporate DNA tracing back into the beginnings of linking conference rooms and remote participants, is now tackling the new challenge of creating better experiences for Zoom meetings, where participants are distributed across several separate settings and locations. In this podcast, Herrera discusses how Poly Studio Systems for Zoom Rooms and the Poly TC10 controller, delivers meeting equity. “All of our technology is equipped with very advanced AI and machine learning,” adds Herrera. In understanding this announcement in the context of the larger picture for Poly and HP customers, we learn that the company is deploying what they have learned and developed in AL and ML to solve customer challenges and to deliver on the expectations of a changed culture and method of work. The recently announced products are the first out the gate of the newly merged HP and Poly, with the combined company eying new opportunities for both end users and the channel. Poly solutions for Zoom Zoom Rooms HP Poly powered by HP

This week: It's magical times at Disney! Just don't look too closely.   Nielsen Ratings   Show Notes   Disney Powers Ahead In Streaming, With Disney+ Reaching 164.2M Subscribers, But Key Fiscal Q4 Results Fall Short Of Wall Street Targets – Deadline   ESPN sells majority interest in X Games to MSP Sports Capital   Indiana Jones TV Series Eyed for Disney+ - Variety   'Doctor Who' Heads to Disney+ Internationally - Variety   Warner Bros Discovery Board Member John Malone Says David Zaslav's Streaming Strategy Will Succeed “If He Makes Good Stuff”   Warner Bros Discovery Boss David Zaslav Holds Town Hall With New DC Heads James Gunn & Peter Safran About New Cohesive Universe   HBO's Harry Potter Show, And Just Like That Season 2 Explained by Exec - Variety   Warner Bros. Discovery Launches First Entertainment FAST Channel - Variety   Steven Spielberg: Streamers Like HBO Max 'Threw My Best Filmmaker Friends Under the Bus'   The CW To Shed WBD, Paramount Content In 2023-24 Season; Former Owners “Not Precluded From Selling Us Programming” If It's “A Deal We Like,” Says Nexstar CEO   AMC is turning movie theaters into Zoom Rooms for big-screen videoconferencing - The Verge   AMC CEO Says a Lack of New Movies, Not COVID or Streaming, Is the Real Threat to Theaters   Chris Rock Sets Live Netflix Comedy Special - Variety   Netflix explores investing in live sports, bids for streaming rights- WSJ | Reuters   Comcast And Charter Name Their Streaming Joint Venture Xumo, Set Related Rebrand Of Flex And XClass TV And Outline Plans For Timing Of Launch – Deadline   'Monster' Renewed for Season 2 & 3 at Netflix as Anthology, 'The Watcher' Renewed for Season 2   Gears of War Is Netflix's Latest Gaming Adaptation   Netflix confirms a Stranger Things VR game is coming in 'late 2023' | Engadget   ‘Partner Track' & ‘The Imperfects' Canceled By Netflix After 1 Season – Deadline   ‘The Empress': Netflix Orders Season 2 – The Hollywood Reporter   ‘Carnival Row' To End With Season 2 At Amazon – Deadline   ‘Dr. Death' TV Series Casts Edgar Ramirez For Season 2 – Deadline   ‘Community' Movie Is Finally Real: Peacock Orders Feature With Original Stars – Deadline   Recommendations   Mythic Quest   MST3K   Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Marques Brownlee says YoutTube is the last "S"tier social media network Two AI's are in an infinite conversation AI drew ART for a comic book AMC is turning movie theaters into Zoom Rooms for big-screen videoconferencing / Yes, you will be able to get popcorn and soda during your all-hands — and may even be able to catch a movie afterwards. Wordles rules are changing McDonalds creates a grease proof gaming chair Wi-Fi 7-Capable Phones Are Coming by End of 2022, Powered by a MediaTek Chip MediaTek announced as an official Sony partner for PSVR2 Netflix's “Triviaverse” Sega Genesis Mini 2 Logictech G Cloud impressions

Fred Loucks, CTO of Level 3 Audiovisual, takes us on his white-whale journey to answer one question: How do you get visibility of audiovisual systems at scale?We learn some cool new phrases like "Automated remediation" and "Signatures of common issues" while digging deep into...Program Management from designing, deploying and updating with a focus on administration.How programming let him rollout 3000 Zoom Rooms in two weekends with a one-man team.The real costs of downtime and disruptions including productivity loss, embarrassment and loss of confidence.How collecting data adds value by answering questions - it starts with monitoring.Why there is resistance to AV monitoring tools.Wrangling the chaos of API's and protocols to create a data model.Why to avoid devices that are not observable.A day in the life of a support NOC technician.Defining a service status for AV systems in order to present an SLA.Why monitoring is incomplete without remote access, documentation and domain knowledge.The challenges of creating an AV NOC including deep integration with customer networks and staffing. Thinking about management instead of control. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Saturday, April 30, 2022 - Organized by Michel Huot & Rune Carlsen11:30 Zoom opens11:50 Obie's Broken Wand Ceremony by Meir Yedid12-2:00 Teach a Trick - MC: Rune Carlsen1-2:00 Zoom Rooms open2-2:30 Dealer show2:30-3 4F TED - Q&A: Lost in the Shuffle3-4:00 Zoom Rooms open4-5:15 International Gala Show - MC: Michel Huot5:15-6 Zoom Rooms open6-7:00 Surprise Guest Show (Ondrej Psenicka from the Czech Republic) View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Time stamps for this podcast: (to be filled in later after I've slept and eaten)00:00:16 - Download this podcast in an MP3 file by Clicking Here and then right click to save the file. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed by Clicking Here. You can download or listen to the podcast through Stitcher by Clicking Here or through FeedPress by Clicking Here or through Tunein.com by Clicking Here or through iHeart Radio by Clicking Here..If you have a Spotify account, then you can also hear us through that app, too. You can also listen through your Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices. Remember, you can download it through the iTunes store, too. See the preview page by Clicking Here

We've learned much about how to work remotely over the last 2 years, but how will these changes impact the education sector? To answer this I invited  Mark Sweeney, who is the Regional Vice President for Citrix in the UK & Ireland onto this episode of the podcast.Mark has over 25 years of experience in business innovation, and a key focus has been innovation within the technical professional services field.He has researched how automating professional services engagements through artificial intelligence and robotic process automation could modernise the consulting business. In his current role at Citrix, his primary focus is working with customers on delivering consistent employee experience, as well as awareness to the concept of hybrid learning within the higher education vertical.Mark believes that much like evolutionary designs for the workplace, campus-based learning could be the place for collaboration and practical work while formal teaching could be delivered virtually.On this episode we covered:What Citrix does todayCitrix Hybrid Learning study resultsWhat is "Blended Learning"?The evolution of the classroomWhat has the pandemic taught us about how to work & learn remotely?How do we enable educators to use the technologies that supports remote learning?Has higher education changed forever as a result of Covid?What investment do we need to effectively deploy remote learning solutions?Why IT staff will become more critical for blended learningTele-teaching in 1994The need for "Zoom Rooms"How to best engage the online learners as well as those in the roomGamifying the virtual experienceShould students pay less for virtual education?What is the role of the campus going forward?Up-skilling educators on new remote learning technologiesPreparing students for the hybrid world of worCitrix Company culture survey findings Asynchronous vs Synchronous remote working & learning experiencesAre candidates seeking roles that support remote working? Maintaining fairness for employees choosing to be remoteAvoiding "Location bias"The issue of "presenteeism" - favouring output vs attendance  Mark's biggest Covid-19 learnings  How Mark has changed as a manager due to Covid The need for a consistent experience when we move between home & office  Actionable Advice to prepare for a hybrid world of work and learning  Planning for the next disruptive event More on MarkLinkedInMark's BlogBlog on Blended LearningYour Host: Actionable Futurist® Andrew GrillFor more on Andrew - what he speaks about and replays of recent talks, please visit ActionableFuturist.comfollow @AndrewGrill on Twitteror @andrew.grill on Instagram.

Muss ich für die ZOOM Breakout Räume extra zahlen? ZOOM Rooms sind die Breakout-Räume, oder? Ich finde die Breakout Räume nicht in meinem Meeting? Wie lege ich die Räume an? Wo kann ich die Einstellungen ändern? Was bedeutet „automatisch zuweisen“, „manuell zuweisen“ oder „Teilnehmenden die Auswahl eines Raums gestatten“?    Diese Fragen bekomme ich ganz oft gestellt. Deshalb gibt es jetzt die Breakout Räume von A wie anlegen der Räume über E wie Einstellungen hin ZOOM News.    Inhalt:

Yakınlaştırma 100 kişi için video ve ekran paylaşımı ile bir ücretsiz HD toplantı uygulaması Nereye giderseniz gidin bağlantıda kalın - kusursuz video ve ses, anında ekran paylaşımı ve platformlar arası anlık mesajlaşma ile güvenli bir toplantı başlatın veya katılın - ücretsiz! Zoom, müşteri memnuniyetinde 1 numara ve mobil cihazlarda en iyi birleşik iletişim deneyimidir. Bu çok kolay! Ücretsiz Zoom uygulamasını yükleyin, "Yeni Toplantı" yı tıklayın ve videoda size katılmaları için 100 kişiye kadar davet edin! Android tabanlı telefonlar ve tabletler, diğer mobil cihazlar, Windows, Mac, Zoom Rooms, H.323 / SIP oda sistemleri ve telefonlar kullanan herkesle bağlantı kurun. HER YERDEN VİDEO TOPLANTILARI -En iyi görüntülü toplantı kalitesi -Telefon, e-posta veya şirket kişileriyle kolayca bir toplantıya katılın veya anında toplantı başlatın HAREKET HALİNDE İŞBİRLİĞİ YAPIN -En iyi Android cihaz içeriği ve mobil ekran paylaşım kalitesi -Paylaşılan içeriğe ortak açıklama ekleyin -Android tabletlerde gerçek zamanlı beyaz tahta işbirliği SINIRSIZ MESAJLAŞMA (FOTOĞRAFLAR, DOSYALAR VE DAHA FAZLASI İLE) -Kolayca mesaj, dosya, resim, bağlantı ve gif göndermek için insanlara anında ulaşın -Emojilerle dizili konuşmalara hızlı bir şekilde yanıt verin veya tepki verin -Genel ve özel sohbet kanalları oluşturun veya bunlara katılın TELEFON GÖRÜŞMELERİ YAPMA, ALMA VE YÖNETME -İşletme numaranız ile zahmetsizce arama yapın veya alın -Sesli mesaj alın ve transkript ile çağrı kaydı alın -Başkaları adına arama yapmak / almak için arama yetkisini kullanın Aramaları otonom olarak cevaplamak ve yönlendirmek için otomatik resepsiyonistleri kurun VE DAHASI…. -Yoldayken güvenli sürüş modu -Toplantınızı başlatmak veya Zoom Odalarında doğrudan paylaşım için Android uygulamanızı kullanın -Zoom Web Seminerlerine Katılın -OnZoom etkinliklerine katıl (yalnızca ABD Beta) WiFi, 5G, 4G / LTE ve 3G ağları üzerinden çalışır ZOOM LİSANS BİLGİLERİ: -Herhangi bir ücretsiz veya ücretli lisans uygulama ile kullanılabilir -Zoom Phone, ücretli Zoom lisanslarına bir eklentidir -Bazı ürün özellikleri için ücretli Zoom aboneliği gereklidir Bizi sosyal @zoom'da takip edin! Bir sorunuz mu var? Http://support.zoom.us adresinden bize ulaşın.

Did you know that 01/21/20 was the 2 year anniversary of Covid 19 appearing in the USA? We have all now experienced the 3rd worst pandemic in the history of humanity. What long-term effects will the pandemic have on housing (and civilization on a whole?) 24 months later, we have: 1- Record low inventory. As of today, there are fewer than 1 million actively listed homes in the United States. 2 - Record high prices, with the average home price at $408,800, are projected to keep increasing by at least 16% in most markets for 2022. 3 - An all-time record of licensed real estate agents, as of today, 1.6 million. 4 - Mid-size and secondary markets have greatly benefitted by 'The Great Re-Shuffle', with people moving to more rural areas and away from urban centers. 5 - Even our language about houses has changed. Now we have Zoom Rooms, Peloton Rooms, and 'Cloffices' (closet offices). 6 - The number of homeowners who refinanced or are in the process has doubled in the past 24 months. 7 - In spite of record-low inventory, we had a record number of sales, topping out at 6 million closings. 8 - We had 17 months straight of double-digit price gains. 10 - Record inflation with no end in sight. 'The Great Reset' is happening now. Housing will continue to INFLATE in a meaningful way for at least the next 12-24 months and then level off to 3-6% per year. The point is, today's price will seem like 'a deal' in 12-24 months.  Reminder, you promised yourself you would become a HARRIS Coaching client. You are done wasting time and ready to follow a proven path. Now, while you are here make the next natural step and join the 1000s of other agents as a HARRIS Real Estate University coaching member. No more waiting or procrastinating. Join now. Here is the quick and simple enrollment.—-> YES, Enroll Me Now In Premier Coaching. I WILL make NOW my best year ever! https://timandjulieharris.com/real-estate-coaching-programs/premier-coaching.html What happens next? Will there be some sort of epic correction? Will interest rates cause that? A - Currently we have record LOW forbearance rates at less than 1.5% of mortgages and fewer than 1% of mortgages are in foreclosure. B - Fannie Mae has predicted that rising interest rates in 2022 will indeed affect housing demand, but only by 3.2% fewer loan applications, almost all of them being first-time buyers who are priced out, FHA and VA buyers. So far, even with rates inching higher, loan applications are up 8% this month. C - New Construction will come to the rescue on some level. Homebuilding has increased by 15.6% since 2020 with 1.7 million units set to be built this year. Keep in mind this is a mixture of single-family, townhome, condo, and multifamily. What should an agent do? 1 - Recognize that your number one job in your practice is to generate listing leads, contact them, prequalify, present, negotiate and close. The buyers will come. 2 - Recognize and embrace the fact that you will need to do more, know more, and make more contacts to meet or exceed your goals this year. More agent competition and fewer listings to go around. Be the one with the listings. 3 - Know about new construction, know how to work with builders and new build sales reps. 4 - Stop expecting a market correction or crash. It's not happening. 5 - Get involved in coaching so we can keep you educated, motivated, and in action! Question….did you download your fill-in-the-blank business and life plan yet? If not, no worries. We have done the hard work for you. Download your 2022 REAL ESTATE TREASURE MAP! Text HARRIS to 47372. It's that simple and takes 3 seconds. Text HARRIS to 47372 and when you do we will instantly text you back with a link to download. BONUS: For a limited time when you text HARRIS to 47372 you will also receive a Coaching Call! 4 Msgs/Month. Reply STOP to cancel, HELP for help. Msg&data rates may apply. Terms & Privacy: slkt.io/JWQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NB: SLEERICKETS is looking for a social media intern! If you (or someone you know) enjoy this show and understand Twitter, please send the names of three podcasts you like and three poems you like to sleerickets@gmail.com!Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:– Zoom Rooms by Mary Jo Salter– The Norton Anthology of Poetry– No more letters of recommendation– The Sewanee Writers' Conference– Poetry by the Sea– The West Chester Poetry Conference– James Arthur is a good guy– What might have been by Carmine Starnino– Ripostes by Michael Robbins– Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius by Jorge Luis Borges– The New Oxford Book of English Verse, ed. Helen Gardner– Hard Line Politics by Austin Allen– A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift– The Writers' Almanac by Garrison Keillor– April in Spain by John Banville– The Stuffed Owl, ed. Charles Lee and D. B. Wyndham Lewis– The Surveyors by Mary Jo Salter– Straight Man by Richard RussoMusic by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander Smith

Future of Work Sherpa Dan Smolen meets with Nina Froriep to discuss how video storytelling drives career success. Nina is a veteran video marketer and principal of Clock Wise Productions. She helps people across the globe to promote themselves and their brands effectively on social media. We have all experienced massive disruption caused by the pandemic. And 18 months of remote work placed us in Zoom Rooms where video became our chief engagement tool. Likely is the case that we all don't use video well. And that is why Nina supports video storytelling that drives career success. "Your biggest compliment is when you get on a Zoom call with somebody for the first time and they say: oh my god, you look just like you did in your video!" Full interview starts at 2:55 In a wide ranging discussion, Nina: Describes Clock Wise Productions and its unique value to career professionals. Starts at 4:27 Explains how the pandemic changed her business. Starts at 5:24 Illustrates how people are raising their game with video. Starts at 6:44 Offers how video marketing supports independent marketers and other professionals. Starts at 15:58 Digs into the WHY of video storytelling. Starts at 20:16 Comments on the challenges of doing video while sharing workspaces with others. Starts at 28:42 Supports the importance of wearing your brand's colors on camera. Starts at 33:52 About our guest: Nina Froriep is the founder of Clock Wise Productions. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in German Literature and Linguistics from the University of Zurich and a Bachelor of Arts in Film and Journalism from The New School. She lives and works in New York City and Switzerland. Full interview starts at 2:55 EPISODE DATE: October 29, 2021 Social media: – Website – LinkedIn – Twitter Please Subscribe to The Dan Smolen Podcast on: – Apple Podcast – Android – Google Podcasts – Pandora – Spotify – Stitcher – TuneIn …or wherever you get your podcasts. You may also click HERE to receive our podcast episodes by email. Image credits: Entrepreneur staging video, Tirachard for iStock Photo; Zoom session with Nina Froriep and Dan Smolen, The Dan Smolen Experience; Portrait, Nina Froriep; Podcast button, J. Brandt Studio for The Dan Smolen Experience.

ZOOM hat am 13. und 14. September 2021 die ZOOMTOPIA durchgeführt. Du kannst Dir dieses Event wie von Tesla oder Apple vorstellen. Hier werden alle zukünftigen Neuerungen rund um ZOOM vorgestellt. Schon einmal vorweg ich fand es mega und habe ganz viel für Dich mitgenommen. Wir können uns auf eine veränderte Whiteboard freuen, ZOOM Phone wird verbessert, ZOOM Webinar bekommt tolle Updates wie BreakOut-Sessions. Der Video-Warteraum soll endlich kommen. Ein tolles ZOOM Widget und ZOOM-Event wird mega. ZOOM Rooms bekommt VR und arbeitet hier mit FB Horizon Workrooms zusammen.  Ich bin gespannt, was Du dazu sagst. Inhalt:

In this episode, Bernice talks about the importance of not operating in fear, how the Holy Spirit is the best Strategist when it comes to entrepreneurship, why you need to invite HIM to every single area of your business, challenges believers who God has delivered to give Him glory by testifying about His faithfulness, doing what God tells you to do even though it doesn't make sense, and to learn how to wait on His instructions before you act. Bernice Loman is a woman of Faith, Business Coach, Marketing Campaign Specialist, Author and has plenty of titles. She has a Master's and Bachelor's in Business Administration and Management and serves as the overseer, visionary and designer for Loman Creative Services, Loman Creative Marketing and MoTalents. It's definitely possible through God's grace. She has a passion for marketing campaigns, business development, economic growth, as well as developing inspiring business owners, entrepreneurs and spiritual leaders. She is a Certified Solution Provider of Constant Contact, Certified Executive Business Coach, Zoom Partner & Zoom Certified in Zoom Rooms, Meetings, Webinars & Phone Systems and Google Certified for Mobile Websites. She also hosts an annual Christian Business Owners Business Summit for Christian business owners, entrepreneurs and ministries. She enjoys traveling and educating with her fun-filled workshops and webinars. In her spare time, she enjoys youth & music ministry, serving as a Chairperson for Kimtech Training College in Africa, composing music and spending time with family & friends. You may reach Bernice at www.lomancreativeservices.com or via email at info@cboevent.com. You can contact Edna at www.favorandwealth.com or call 1-855-732-8673. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Covid kicks off the podcast again this week, unfortunately, but with both Sydney and Melbourne shut down it's the first thing that springs to everyone's  mind. However there are some new talking points – like the surprisingly handy Strata Covid Toolkit produced by the NSW government last weekend, which we highly recommend. Then, just when they've final acquired some Flat Chat Brownie points, the NSW government goes and stuffs it up by issuing Public Health Orders about who can work where, completely ignoring strata and the people who run it. LISTEN HERE The in some non-covid chat (praise be!), we talk about some of the astronomical prices being paid for apartments in the Crown tower at Barangaroo. And we recall spending a night in one of the poshest (and worst laid-out) penthouses in Sydney. Then we discover “zoom rooms”, the new name for that awkward corner of apartments that developers don't know what to do with.  Too small to be a study, too impractical to be anything other than a cupboard, now it's the potential hub of your burgeoning media career. As our picture of US broadcaster Ira Glass (purloined from Medium.com) shows, you don't need a special room – just a wardrobe with a desk and lots of noise-absorbing clothes. Sue also introduces us to once-desirable areas where rents are 30 per cent lower than they were five years ago.  And we get the inside running on the sale of a disgraced League player's Parra pad. That's all in this week's Flat Chat Wrap. TRANSCRIPT IN FULL Jimmy  0:00  I feel like we're in double duty this week, because we were on Amanda Farmer's podcast, where everybody actually got to see us for a change. Sue  0:09   Yes. Amanda looks so glamorous and we both looked like we just got out of bed. Jimmy  0:15  Well, you had! She does look very glamorous. It was interesting and quite challenging, the three of us trying to speak, all at the same time, often. We still managed to get through a fair bit of material. Today, we've got a few things to talk about. We've got the new strata toolkit from the New South Wales Government. I noticed it's branded 'government,' not health and definitely not Fair Trading. We've got some confusing messages coming out in the public health orders and you've got some stories about rents and the sales of fabulous apartments. Sue  0:57  Yes, that's right. Jimmy  0:58  I'm Jimmy Thomson. I write the Flat Chat column for the Australian Financial Review. Sue  1:04  And I'm Sue Williams and I write about property for Domain. Jimmy  1:07  And this is the Flat Chat Wrap. Late on Friday night (which seems to be when they release anything that has to do anything with strata), the New South Wales government released its strata managers and committees COVID-19 handbook. Sue  1:37  Fantastic. Jimmy  1:38  I'm sorry, it's a toolkit. It's not a handbook, it's a toolkit. Sue  1:41  That's great, isn't it? Isn't that the first time they've done very much for strata people? Jimmy  1:47  Well, yeah. It's kind of like they keep forgetting that we exist and keep forgetting that it's a big chunk of the population and issuing all these very specific rules that leave us out, a lot of the time. We've had the whole thing about wearing a mask inside, but your home is being excluded. They didn't define whether that was apartment buildings, or apartments or whateve, so they brought out this toolkit, which I think looks pretty good. Sue  2:17  Great. What kinds of things does it involve? Jimmy  2:20  Well, there are things like the posters for putting up. You download them as PDFs, you print them and you stick them up in your lifts and on your notice boards and on your doors. And, they're quite specific; they're saying you must wear a mask. Sue  2:37   Oh, good. So there's no two ways about it? Jimmy  2:39  Yeah. What they don't have is the thing saying it's a condi...

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Recorded May 21, 2021 Let's start with some AV industry news about two integrators merging. Wait, why are we covering this? Ah, because Marc sees this as a coordinated move into the education vertical. After all, schools have money (CARES or otherwise), a need to spend it, and generally their staff are easy to push around. Next up, it's summer project show & tell! We each talk about a project that we're looking forward to— Marc is building an aquarium, Chris is describes the Phil Collins Sussudio Stustudio, Larry is focusing on eSprouts (or perhaps eSports), Justin is cranking out Zoom Rooms, and Jamie is laying the groundwork for zero latency direct fiber connections between campuses. Rachel then surprises us all with an under-the-radar project about standardized 3D content formats that is likely years away, but sure sounds cool. Finally, we dive deep into difficulties finding AV integrators with availability for our projects in recent months. Most of us prefer to do everything in house, but as COVID upgrades in 2020 took the place of a regular replacement cycle, we're effectively a year behind, so our university AV staff are booked for 2021 and there's still more to do. On the other hand, a lot of schools don't do their own installs and never have, so they are reliant upon AV integrators. But what happens when those integrators aren't available because they're all busy with other commercial projects— especially the myriad of “return to the office” upgrades? AV News articles: https://www.avnetwork.com/news/trox-and-tierney-merge https://www.commercialintegrator.com/business_resources/sales_marketing/trox-acquires-tierney-to-expand-education-client-base-across-north-america/ https://www.trox.com/20210426-trox-and-tierney-unite

Hey hey there, Terri B. Jones here of We Voice It! sharing another really cool thing you can do with your Amazon Alexa Devices. Since COVID, Zoom Rooms have been where most have had to hang out to conduct business. In this video I will share how to use Zoom and Alexa. Don't have an Amazon Echo Device yet? Preview and review the various devices available here https://wevoiceit.com until next time, we voice it! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/terri-jones7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/terri-jones7/support

SnapAV is going public, IMCCA joins CEDIA Expo 2021, and Biamp's Conference Room Solutions are certified by Zoom. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

SnapAV is going public, IMCCA joins CEDIA Expo 2021, and Biamp's Conference Room Solutions are certified by Zoom.

SnapAV is going public, IMCCA joins CEDIA Expo 2021, and Biamp's Conference Room Solutions are certified by Zoom.

In this episode of AV+ for May 14, 2021, we discuss language processing in meeting spaces, Nureva and Almo, Zoom Rooms, Teams, and more.

In this episode of AV+ for May 14, 2021, we discuss language processing in meeting spaces, Nureva and Almo, Zoom Rooms, Teams, and more.

SnapAV acquires Access Networks, ProSource opens their Lighting Technology Learning Center and discussing a voice-controlled microwave oven.

I love road trips. I always have. When I was a kid, it was trips to see Grandparents down the country roads in Illinois. When we got married, Kimberly and I would drive across the country to B&B's in small towns or out in the country. When we had kids of our own, we would strap them in the car seats and head to Kentucky or Arkansas, or one big Clark Griswold trip out to South Dakota and Montana and Nevada. Of course the mother of all road trips was our sabbatical a couple of summers ago, when we put several thousand miles on the minivan in one summer! And over the years in ministry, I remember fondly youth trips to Green Lake or Colorado or down to Georgia to camp. Veteran youth leaders will tell you that ABY and GaGa ball and the like are great, but there is nothing like the bonding experience of a road trip. I would suggest that Luke must have been a big fan of road trips, too. Remember how he reported in Chapter 9 that Jesus “set his face toward Jerusalem.” The teaching and healing ministry of the Gospel takes place on the road, as he and the disciples travelled from Galilee to Jerusalem. And now, in the short few chapters since Jesus' Resurrection, we have all of these road trip stories. Easter evening, Jesus meets travelers on the Road to Emmaus…it is in the journey that Christ appears to them. Stephen doesn't take a road trip, but his famous sermon—the one that makes everyone mad enough to kill him—is all about how God never really wanted the Temple and was fine in the tabernacle, wandering from place to place on a holy road trip. And—spoiler-alert!—in the next chapter we are going to read about a guy named Saul who is once again on the road, this time the road to Damascus, where some things might happen. For Luke, there is power in the road trip, in the energy and relationship built on the journey. The ministry of Jesus and the Church of Jesus takes place in the dynamism and motion of the journey. And so there should be no surprise when we read today about Phillip, a master of the road trip. After Stephen's death, he started on the road north to Samaria where he preached to Simon Magus and the Samaritans. And now he is on the road south out of Jerusalem, on yet another road trip. As I read it, it may not feel like a long trip, but remember that the Bible and especially the book of Acts collapses time, so that while this story only lasts a few verses, Justo Gonzalez suggests that it might have taken hours or even days. The Two Way folks loved playing around with the road trip in this story a little bit, talking about the Ethiopian must have stopped at the gas station in South Jerusalem on the way out of town. It must have been a Phillips 66 (get it?) and he probably picked up a Slim Jim and a pocket copy of the book of Isaiah to read on the way home to Ethiopia. There really is something for us to discern about our journey of faith, our walk of faith, from what we see in this story. What can this story teach us about our faith? There are three different characters, if you will, that make up this story. Let's look at what each one teaches us. The first character to look at more closely is the Ethiopian Eunuch, who I think has something to teach us about the experience of the outsider. Now, we have to be careful assuming too much about this man. Luke doesn't give us much backstory, or too many details. But it seems to me that part of why he is included in this narrative is his outsider status: • Whether it was the fact that he was an Ethiopian, kind of a catch-all category for all non-Egyptian Africans or simply those with dark skin, which would have made him a racial minority in Palestine. • Or perhaps it was the fact that he was a eunuch, a sexual minority, potentially naturally-castrated and thus considered safe enough to put into position of authority around the Queen, or potentially forcible castrated in order to make him “safe.” • Or perhaps even his role as a government official, which made him a kind of unpopular cultural minority, like the hated tax collectors who had authority over the people. • Or some scholars think that he is what some call a “god-fearer,” someone who believed in Yahweh, but didn't take part in religious practice, perhaps for some of these other reasons; today we might call him “spiritual but not religious” potentially even inviting scorn. • Or perhaps even all four of these categories were relevant, meaning that he was quadruply an outsider! To me, it feels like he saw himself as an outsider because as he read this passage from Isaiah, and engaged in Philip in conversation about it, he asks a fascinating question: “What is to prevent me from being baptized?” From being included. He somehow knew that there were reasons, and likely he had heard them his whole life. Philip must have known them, too. He could have given this man a valid Bible study, based on the book of Deuteronomy, that told him exactly why he couldn't be included. Why he couldn't be baptized as a eunuch and non-Israelite and an outsider. What is to prevent me? The Bible says so! Which is a question that a lot of Christians ask, even today? The figure of the Ethiopian eunuch is one that many identify with, especially those who see themselves as outsiders. Racial minorities connect with the fact that he is from Ethiopia. LGBTQI persons connect with the eunuch's sexual minority status. Or anyone who feels outside of the accepted norm of the church: as single parents or divorced persons or those choosing or not able to have children or choosing or not able to get married. So many have read this story and heard the reasons why they must be excluded, including “the Bible says so.” But look at Philip's response here. Take a look at Character Number Two in the story. Again, Philip could have come at the Ethiopian with some hard-core Bible study. But instead of an aggressive stance, Philip seems to follow the rule of “listen first; talk second.” He gets this feeling, this prompting to walk along that road, and then another feeling/prompting to walk up next to the man's chariot, and so he does, and hears him reading out loud the book of Isaiah. He doesn't walk right in with an agenda of conversion, or a script to read out loud. Phillip simply shows up and listens first. And then, he talks. But even then, he begins with a question: “Do you understand what you are reading?” And the dialogue begins! For Philip, the good news does not come as a pre-packaged speech to deliver to this man, in order to convert him and put him in the win column. It is the beginning of a conversation. To help him understand his truth, and eventually for Philip to share his understanding of the truth. Notice that Philip doesn't listen first and listen second, simply idling until the Ethiopian figures it out for himself. Philip has something to say. But he doesn't unload a Roman Road or Four Spiritual Laws or anything learned in a Tuesday night training session. He listens to the man and his questions. And when the time is right, he speaks. Remember that like Stephen, Philip is one of the Seven, one of the Hellenistic, outsider Jewish Christ-followers, who was put in charge of the food pantry and followed the food pantry right out the door. As an outsider himself, he was able to understand and speak truth to the outsider Ethiopian. Because it became a dialogue, he was able to understand and be understood. A helpful word for those of us 2,000 years later that feel like we want to share the good news of Jesus, but aren't sure how to do it. Listen first and speak second. The Evangelism committee talked about this just this last week, asking how we can encourage those conversations. You know, we live in a world that is hurting and angry and afraid and not sure what to do next. A lot of folks are feeling left out. If we approach these conversations with a willingness to listen and learn, then maybe, the Spirit of God can use us. We can speak our truth, and listen as other speak theirs. Philip teaches us that for the good news to take root, it takes dialogue, patience, and a willingness to listen. So, we have talked about two of the three main characters of the story, but there is a third. Besides the Ethiopian and Philip, the third voice we hear is the voice of the Spirit of God. You know, I don't think it is an accident that all these big moments take place on road trips in Luke and Acts. Because I think that Luke is making a theological point about how God works. In short, these stories remind us that God is on the road. Journey to Jerusalem. The Road to Emmaus. The Wilderness Road. The Damascus Road. This is more than a literary device. The God of the tabernacle in Stephen's sermon is still a God on the move. God is dynamic and active and on the road. This theology of dynamism is crucial for us to remember today. Especially out of a pandemic, when we have yearned so deeply to return to a physical space. Let us remember that the Church has always been scattered and sent! The theology of God throughout Scripture is that God is on the move. The life of faith is a never-ending road trip. This physical space is always meant to be a rest stop to the real work of the Gospel, in the workplaces, and classrooms, and ballfields and coffeehouses of God's world. And let us now add the social networks and virtual spaces and Zoom Rooms. Like Philip, we are called to be responsive and dialogical open to how God is at work out there. Like Philip, we are called to be on the move!

Today we are going to hear the story of a magical brand that began franchising the “first time” in 2009, with lots of sizzle and appeal.  But along with all that, came mis-queued marketing messages and less than stellar unit level economics.  Stories like that usually don't end well.  NOT SO, with  ZOOM ROOM.  Mark Van Wye is a founding partner, but he was not the CEO back then.  Nor, was he the go-to-guy, responsible for their business systems, financial disciplines, or unit level economics.  All of that changed in 2016, when Mark took a Mulligan, buying out his partner, becoming CEO, bringing in venture capital and seizing the opportunity to do things better.  This is a great story about a magical brand.  Zoom Rooms are indoor dog training gyms with locations across the USA, with many more are on the way. Founded in 2007, they claim to have already made more than 100,000 tails wag.  Their motto too, spells it all out.  "We don't train dogs.  We train the people that love them."   Zoom Room v 2.0, came out of the gates in 2018 and has been exploding ever since, with wildly profitable, sustainable growth.  Today, in addition to being best in class at in their core competencies, they have also become proficient, in the practice of "sensible franchising."   

Are you thinking of planning and running an online virtual event? Maybe you'd love to know how much it really costs and if it's worthwhile doing? Listen to this podcast episode and find out everything I learnt from planning and running a sellout online virtual event 2021Sorted. Discover how I moved my annual LIVE in-person content planning event to a LIVE online virtual event. I share the costs involved and what you need to consider - from event insurance and contingency planning to entertaining people and making sure your event isn't one long dreary Zoom call. I explain the tech that was used to host and run my online virtual event - the essential things you need to have in place and what your team needs to do. Find out how I created a buzz about an online virtual event, sold tickets and why it was worth investing in Facebook Ads. PLUS how I made sure that everyone had the same networking opportunities that they would have at an in-person event. {Click on the player above to listen to the podcast episode and/or read on for a detailed overview. Scroll down to the bottom to read the show notes including all the links mentioned in this episode.}   Scroll down for more useful podcast episodes. Podcast shownotes   About this podcast episode (00:49) About my annual content planning event 2021 Sorted (02:04) How we told the delegates that it was moving online (04:18) Why I decided to move the event online rather than cancel (06:29) How I hired a virtual event producer and planned the event (07:29) How I created networking opportunities for delegates (08:38) How we used Zoom Rooms for networking (09:50) About the Level Up Sessions and the topics I chose (10:50) About the Keynote Speakers and topics (13:10) How much it cost me to run my live online virtual event (14:39) How we did our tech contingency planning for an online virtual event (16:23) How to get virtual online event insurance (18:59) How we kept people entertained at a virtual event (19:50) Other virtual online event and tech costs (21:09) How much I spent on Facebook Ads to promote a virtual event (22:26) Why you need to look beyond the cost of hosting a virtual online event (23:06) The tech that we used to stream the online virtual event live (24:08) How we made sure the speakers were in the right place (25:01) How we warmed everyone up for the individual sessions (26:11) Why we created lots of artwork for the event (27:34) How I sold tickets for my online virtual event 2021Sorted (27:53) How we created engagement and a buzz about the event (29:24) Why I'm creating  a podcast stream for the event (29:50) How to join 2021 Sorted after the event (31:38) Resources Ecamm Live Join my 2021 Sorted Club Buy my 2021 Social Media Diary & Planner Join my Build Your Online Audience programme Build Your Online Audience programme Other useful podcasts [Bonus] Should you join my Build Your Online Audience Programme? (podcast) [Bonus] Should you buy my 2021 Social media Diary & Planner? (podcast) [Bonus] How to get the most out of attending my 2021 Sorted virtual event (podcast)[Bonus] How to get the most out of my 2021 Social Media Diary & Planner (podcast) [250] How to use email marketing to promote live events (podcast) [343] The three audiences that you must build to create a profitable online business (podcast) [421] Seven signs you're ready to run Facebook Ads (podcast) Connect with me on Twitter, Instagram Facebook and LinkedIn

Jeff Smith, head of Zoom Rooms for Zoom, talks about the company's new Hardware-as-a-Service program that adds value to a simple Zoom Room deployment. 

This week on The Real Word, Byron and Nicole discuss predictions for urban real estate, what to look for when buying as-is, and Zoom Rooms. Racket 1: The CEO of The Raisner Group predicts urban real estate will reach new heights despite the pandemic. What are your thoughts? https://bit.ly/urbanre Racket 2: With a competitive market, more buyers are willing to buy as-is. What should these clients know? https://bit.ly/buyingasis Marketeer: More listing descriptions are highlighting ‘Zoom Rooms.' Is this the new home office? https://bit.ly/Zoomrooms Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/realwordsubscribe Do you have a Marketeer nomination? Let us know! Connect with Byron Lazine + Nicole White on Instagram:
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My guest today is my friend Lou Rosenfeld. Besides publishing books — including my own Living in Information — Lou and his team at Rosenfeld Media organize and manage industry conferences. In this episode, we talk about how they transitioned the recent Advancing Research conference from an in-person to a fully virtual event. Listen to the full conversation   Show notes Louis Rosenfeld Rosenfeld Media @louisrosenfeld on Twitter The Informed Life Episode 1: Louis Rosenfeld on Managing Advancing Research 2020 Conference Some lessons learned from producing a virtual conference by Louis Rosenfeld Zoom Video Webinars Vimeo Cheryl Platz Abby Covert Steve Portigal Natalie Hanson Mailchimp Mural Slack The Brady Bunch title screen Living in Information: Responsible Design for Digital Places by Jorge Arango Hopin IxDA Berlin The User's Journey: Storymapping Products That People Love by Donna Lichaw Meld Studios Enterprise Experience Conference 2020 DesignOps Summit Doctor's Note (Andy Polaine's newsletter) Power of Ten (Andy Polaine's podcast) Informa(c)tion (Jorge Arango's newsletter) Some show notes may include Amazon affiliate links. I get a small commission for purchases made through these links. Read the full transcript Jorge: Lou, welcome to the show. Lou: Thanks, Jorge. Glad to be here – again. Jorge: Yeah. Usually I start episodes by asking guests to introduce themselves, but you not only have the distinction of having been our first-ever guest on the show, you now have the double distinction of being the first-ever repeat guest on the show. Lou: Well, Jorge, I'm glad to be a Guinea pig in any of your experiments, so thank you. The remote Advancing Research Conference Jorge: The reason that I thought it would be interesting for us to have another conversation now is that the coronavirus pandemic has driven all sorts of changes in our society, in our economies, and in the way that we work. And among those changes, we are meeting differently, and we are doing things like conferences differently. And you and your team organize conferences and had the experience recently of having to very quickly restructure an event that was scheduled to be live and in-person. And you had to switch it to have it be all online. And I've heard nothing but good things about that experience, and I was hoping that you would tell us how you did it. Lou: Aw, well, thanks. I'm glad you're hearing good things. I mean, the general response among attendees and speakers and sponsors, actually, seem to have been very positive and I'm really grateful for that. I think it's really important that when you say how you did it, that's a… going to be a collective you, not an individual you, because it was really like a Herculean effort. I mean, I call it a moonshot, where we had like a couple of weeks that involved our speakers, our curators, our internal team, a lot of vendors. It was massive. The conference was Advancing Research, and actually it's the first time we've done it. We were going to do it in New York City, and it was programmed, and it was actually sold out five weeks in advance. And then suddenly everything hit the fan or started to, and at first we were going to create a hybrid event of in-person and virtual because New York City was still open for business, and you know, it's still seemed like a lot of people wanted to come in person, and the venue was assuming we were coming, they weren't going to refund our money, or even a part of it – a lot of moving parts. And then ultimately, we went into a new mode where you could not have people in-person at any scale, and, at least some force majeure clauses kicked in and, you know, we still financially took a big bath, but we had a great program. We felt very strongly that people wanted us to continue with it. The speakers had prepared at that point for probably about four months. Because we do extensive program design and then months of speaker preparation once the program is in place, and we didn't feel it was right to cancel for them. Nor did we feel like it was right to cancel for attendees if we could do a virtual event. Changes to the conference So, what did we do? We decided we had to stick to the original two-day schedule for the main program, just single track. And two days was not ideal in terms of keeping people engaged. You know, you're basically running nine hours a day. But we felt like we kind of had to stay true to that on behalf of the attendees. We didn't think it was going to be easy for them to adjust their schedules at that late point now, two, three weeks before the event. So, we kept that together. We'd have also inconvenienced many speakers to change it. And so, I wrote a little article in Medium if people are interested. They can probably just find me by searching my Twitter ID, @louisrosenfeld. I wrote some of the ideas up, but I will tell you a few highlights. One is that it's hugely important to prep speakers for the remote experience. Our speakers were already prepped from a content perspective. They were in great shape, had fantastic talks. But we did two rounds of tech checks to speakers, one the day of, but more importantly, one during the week prior. And you will see, if you're doing a virtual event of any type, that speakers, if they're new to this, they don't know where to stand or sit. You may want to do one or the other. Their faces aren't close enough to the camera in many cases. Their technology is problematic. And so we actually, gave them a credit to order their own equipment. Go get a better mic, that type of thing. At that point, it wasn't always possible for Amazon to turn it around very quickly, but we did our best. Things like lighting, things like what they wore, and also getting them comfortable with the technology. In our case, we used Zoom Webinar. But, not so simple, we actually then streamed a livecast version from Zoom to Vimeo, and then we embedded… it's a little Rube Goldberg, but we embedded the Vimeo stream onto a password protected webpage on our website, conference website. So, we made the content and the livestream exclusive to paid attendees. Not surprising. Having the speakers in Zoom Webinar was comfortable for them. They were mostly comfortable with presenting in Zoom. But when we did the those tech checks, we made sure they were comfortable because I can tell you firsthand that, when I presented remotely, especially early on when Zoom was new for me, I didn't always know where to find that “share screen” button when the, you know, I had that deer-in-the-headlights moment. You may be very experienced in Zoom but there still may be things that you don't have much experience with as a presenter in Zoom. So, we got them comfortable with that. It was nice in Zoom, to not have the attendees there. Attendees are all experiencing things through the livecast. And that made it easier to manage the Zoom space as a space for speakers and curators and the MC. We also found that the signal actually worked pretty well for people consuming the livecasts. There were surprisingly few technical problems. They were almost exclusively due to poor local bandwidth, which is often correctable by plugging into a router directly or getting closer to the router or turning off background apps that suck bandwidth up and just using the right browser. We found that Chrome didn't work well, it didn't play well with Vimeo, surprisingly. Establishing contingencies So, we also put in place like a huge number of contingencies. Like, I got to tell you, the thing that kept me up at night the most was what if… what if Zoom goes down, what if Vimeo goes down? What if our website goes down? What if the speaker's local connection goes down? And we came up with contingency upon contingency. And we only had one problem technically, with one speaker having to go to the contingency because they're local connectivity was suffering. So, I can get into some of those if you like. I will just say this. I would not rely on a recording as a backup. I don't think that's necessary; I don't think it's very good for the speakers, I don't think it's very good for the attendees. I think just having something as simple as the speaker dialing in to Zoom on their phone, or at least using a phone connection with the Zoom client on their phone. Muting that connection, having it ready to go to unmute should their computer crap out and having us ready to run the slides for them was a much better backup plan than having a recording ready to go. So, there's just like a whole bunch of these little persnickety things that we had to learn in two weeks' time. About the team We also had a fantastic MC, Cheryl Platz, who we already had lined up to be our MC. And we got so lucky because she was someone who was very comfortable with being an MC remotely. And she did it like making sure speaker number one got out of the way while she chatted up speaker number two and made sure speaker number two had their screen shared before she went away. So, she was just a fantastic, fantastic MC. Our curators, Abby Covert, as you mentioned, and Steve Portigal, and Natalie Hanson, all did a wonderful job. Our team did a wonderful job operating the whole thing. And it basically allowed the program to really stand up for itself, and the technology didn't get in the way. The sponsor experience I do want to mention one more thing though. We're a company that puts conferences on that really try to appeal to our sponsors. So, I will say, we never let our sponsors call the shots in our program. We've never done pay-for-play. The integrity of our programming efforts is tantamount, critical for us. That said, we want to have sponsors participate. And when we do an in-person conference, we have an expo and sponsors get involved in other ways. In this case, we went to our sponsors two weeks before the show and said, listen, we'll work with you, and we're going to develop a platform for a secondary program of sponsor-led events that would happen before and after the conference each day and during breaks. And we will basically create a webpage and essentially a platform and some support for sponsors. You are the sponsors, here are some ideas. This is your chance to step up, show your support for the community, your thought leadership, highlight your really great ideas, your great content. And Jorge, they really did step up to the plate. In fact, in a way, we had too many sponsor-led activities. We had something like 43 sponsor-led activities over two days. And they were fantastic. Like we've had people saying, I want to get a recording of that great session that MailChimp did or that Mural did, or whatever, and I don't know if you see that happen very much in an in person event that that people are dying for the sponsor's content. And again, it's because you're doing it virtually, the sponsors are pushed in effect to make sure what they're doing is engaging and not just a pitch or no one's going to come. And we opened the sponsor events to our broader community. We have, each of our conferences has an associated community of thousands of people that can participate. So, the sponsors ended up getting better turnout and better engagement than normal because they did, you know, we opened it up, but they also did a great job with their content. Flattening of hierarchies And a lot of our attendees found that the interaction in Slack – this is where the discussion went on – was superior than the interaction they might have in person. The hierarchy was flattened in many cases, introverts were able to ask questions, even of speakers, and interact with each other… Ultimately, in many respects it was a better experience than people might ordinarily get. And the time zones are an issue, but we always make our recordings as well as our sketchnotes and our trip notes and other materials available to attendees after the event, and that was part of the exclusive deal. They got all that content. So, if they missed something, or slept in or didn't want to stay up late, they could go back to it. So, it was a fantastic experience. But now that we have that under our belt and we have two more conferences we're doing this year and some partially clean slate with one and a fully clean slate with the other, we're really excited to try some new ideas out, as well as folding in the experience we had with Advanced Research. Jorge: I want to touch on something that you said there towards the tail end. I'm actually going to mix two things that you said. So, one was about the flattening of hierarchies, because one of the things that I've observed in participating in remote meetings of all sorts, I have noticed that flattening of hierarchy, where all of a sudden it's like there's no place in the physical room where the person is standing in, and this is the speaker, and you are the audience and sitting over here. All of a sudden, everyone is kind of on the same plane literally, everyone's got a little thumbnail, and you are one of many little thumbnails. And I know that when it's a webinar on something like Zoom, you don't see the “Brady Bunch screen, ” but it's almost like everyone's on the same playing field, more so than they are in a physical space. So that's one thing that I wanted to follow up on, particularly in the context of the sponsor experience, because I was super intrigued when you said that sponsors got more… I don't think I'm going to do service to what you said, but the way that I interpreted it is they got more traction on their presentation somehow from folks. And I'm wondering if the fact that in a physical conference, you have space set aside for sponsors – they have their tables, and that's where the sponsors live – and then you have the presentations, which usually happen in some kind of auditorium-like space. But now, everyone's using the same technologies to communicate, and there is this blurring, this potential… I mean, you made the disclaimer. It's like we've always been, you know, very serious about not letting sponsors drive the program. And it strikes me that there's an opportunity here for potentially blurring the lines between those that doesn't exist in the real world just by the very nature of the places where we're meeting, no? Lou: Well, yeah. I think that's a really good point, and it makes me think of sponsored search results versus organic ones and how you differentiate them. We, as you might expect that we would always err toward being clear:** here are sponsor-led activities. They're optional. They're part of the program in a sense, but they're not. These are not the speakers we've spent the last four or five months prepping, but this has a role and this helps make things feasible for us as a business and you know, one of the really interesting things about this, though it comes back to actually you, Jorge, and the book you wrote for us Living In Information, because I thought a lot about the metaphor of designing place, especially as we put together these sponsor places. Zoom Lounges Zoom already has, like, we did the sponsor events in Zoom, but with Slack channels – and we're going to take a slightly different approach in the future – but, regardless, we got kind of mucked up by Zoom's sort of uneven use of the place metaphor. I mean, you have Zoom rooms and you have Zoom, I don't know, events, and Zoom spaces… Honestly, they're not really clear, and I find that a lot of people, myself included, abuse the terminology that Zoom would like us to use because it doesn't really make sense. I want to call these things Zoom Rooms, but that's a product, that's a specific product. So, we ended up calling the sponsor Zoom areas, “Zoom Lounges,” which are places, they're places that are part of the bigger place, namely the entire conference – I'll come back to that term in a minute – but they had a different flavor. A lounge is not a place that you will necessarily have to… it's a place that you can relax in a way you can still learn and still interact. Some of the sponsor activities were completely interactive, some were, happy hours, and a trivia contest but they were not classrooms and they were not auditoriums. I was actually, you know, along these lines, looking at the Hopin platform last week, because I was a sponsor at IXDA Berlin, and they used the Hopin platform as Zoom alternative. And that's been designed around the place metaphor for events much more concretely, and they have an expo area that we were in, and they have a number of other uses that really kind of run ahead with the place metaphor and there's a bunch of problems with it – we can get into that if you like – but I really thought a lot about your ideas when we were putting this together and it's the second time one of our books has really resonated well for us in conference design. The other is Donna Lichaw's A User's Journey and trying to have a narrative arc to how the events unfold over time. Navigating uncertainty Jorge: Another thread that I wanted to pull on in what you said has to do with how you and the amazing team that helped you put this conference on, how you navigated this period of uncertainty. I'm placing myself back to that time, which seems like a long time ago, even though it wasn't that long ago. Lou: Another world, Jorge. Jorge: Yeah. Well, it was the moment when we were starting to step through this weird portal that we've stepped through or are stepping through still. Right? And it was a moment where we didn't know…. there was a lot of uncertainty. Like we didn't know if people are going to be able to fly. We didn't know if people in this city over here are going to be dealing with it differently than those of us over here, right? I have family abroad. And I talk with them every week and I can compare notes with how they're dealing with the situation and how we're dealing with the situation. And I could tell that everyone was coming to the same conclusions, but not everyone was coming to it at the same times. And when you're trying to coordinate an event that is going to rely on people traveling, I would expect that it would have been tremendously stressful. And I'm wondering if there are any tools, processes, approaches that helped you and your team come to the decision eventually to transition to a fully online conference, even though I don't think it was a given perhaps at the time when you were starting those conversations no? So, can you think back to what it was like making that decision? Lou: About that pivot? Oh, I don't know that there was any one thing that guided us. I think that was part of the difficulty, was this sensation of the sand shifting under your feet every 15 minutes. So to give you an example of that, while we were still in the assumption that we were going to run a hybrid event, last month, and not go fully virtual, there were about three or four days in a row where I drafted a communication to our attendees who had already registered, explaining to them what was going to happen and how it was going to work. Before I could send it, that would change, and then it changed again. And then finally, all right, we're going to go full virtual. We have no choice now. Change again, and it was exhausting. It was just, oh my God, we don't even, we can't keep up with these changes. So, that was the hard part, psychologically. I think once we knew we could only do a virtual event, we were committed to doing it for the reasons I mentioned earlier that, you know, attendees had already booked it, although not all of them want to go forward with the virtual event. I think, 90 or 85% still wanted to do it. And the speakers have already done all their work. It didn't feel like it was fair to them, and we felt like it was just going to be a fantastic event programmatically, which it was, to be honest. So, at that point it was, okay, we don't really have to think, we have to do. It's not an emotional thing anymore. We have a point on the calendar we have to be ready for, and let's just work weekends and nights and we'll get it done. And we did. I'd say, if it was a day earlier, it would have been a lot harder. It just seemed like maybe that's the psychology of how you use your time, and we just managed to get it in, in the nick of time. I don't know. Maybe it's just the way these things work, no matter how much time you have. I was talking with Steve Baty and I probably am mispronouncing her first name, Janna DeVylder at Meld, in Sydney, and they were putting on one of their events, not UX Australia, but a different one, and I think they had one or two days and they pulled it off. Well, here's one of the stressors. So, I also know people who were doing events in May. I would rather not have had one or two days to pull it off because you won't learn as much. You're just going to throw it in Zoom and hope for the best. And they did a great job, but there was very little they could do in terms of trying new things and thinking it through. Or you do it you know, where there's… we're talking about back in March, if you have a May horizon, by time May rolls around, the expectations are going to be much higher and the economics remain uncertain. So, I'm really glad our event wasn't in May or April for that matter. We had just enough time pull it off and still keep our attendees. Jorge: So, what I'm hearing there is that folks may have been more forgiving because they knew how short of a timeframe you had to pull things together. Lou: Yes Tweaks for future events Jorge: So, with that in mind, do you have thoughts on what aspects of the experience you're going to tweak for the next events? Because those are happening further in the future, right? Lou: Right. So, the next one we have is Enterprise Experience used to be known as Enterprise UX. This'll be the sixth one, and it's taking place August 31st through September 3rd. It was originally going to be in San Francisco, and now it is virtual of course. And the program has already been created, it was originally designed, like most of our main programs, two-day, single track. We're now going to have it as a four-day, shorter days, each day, it's like a mini conference, each day has a very strong theme. And we'll allow people to go to one, two, three, or four days. And you know, so there's a lot of sort of how you take something that was designed to flow over two days and make it flow over four days. And that's where things like the narrative arc are really important to consider. How do you keep people engaged? Not just in the middle, but in the beginning and the end, and hopefully they register for all four days. The other conference we have is Design Ops Summit. It'll be the third one of those… no, the fourth one of those. And that's going to be in October. Again, it'll be virtualized. It was originally going to be here in New York. And we're just starting that from scratch. So, we get all three scenarios, something that we can't really change, something that's been programmed, but we can move the sessions around, and then something that has a complete clean slate. The thing that we're going to really work on with both of them, there's a few little things, like having attendee troubleshooting tech check sessions before the conference starts a couple of different times to make sure they can get in so they're not late for the conference because they're having a problem getting in. More importantly though, is working in a different mode with sponsors to emphasize quality over quantity in their engagement. So not 43 sessions, but maybe 15 really high-quality sessions. And not that there was anything low quality, but at a certain point there's too much. So, you want to really focus on, you know home runs for every session that sponsors do. We also are going to be experimenting with a mode for, again, taking your concept of designing digital places, and create a place or a series of rooms for attendees to attend the conference the whole time together, and to do so based on a number of big ideas. So, it could be affinity groups. We'll have to assemble them in advance. You're all from the same industry, or you're working on the same type of problem, and we'll put you together with people like you and with a facilitator. Or, it's your team from your organization who wants to attend together, or you just want to be matched with random people. Either way, they will all be facilitated, you'll get together before the conference kicks off, you'll have an opportunity to meet the other people in your room and you will, together with your facilitators, help figure out what are the things you want to learn over the coming days. And you may check in during each conference and at the very end of the conference, you'll get back together with your crew in your room. And it could be you be figuring out what you learned, figure out what you might not have learned, and see if there's anything you want to do together after the conference. So, we're building an infrastructure to help people do that. It's not too complex, but it's not simple. The easy part is the technology. The hard part will be figuring out who to connect with whom and to make sure they're well facilitated. But that's like, so exciting, like we can then take that model and take it to the in-person events. In fact, you know, one of the things we'll do in the future, I don't think we're ever not going to have a conference that's virtual. I do think we're going to have hybrids, and I'm really also excited by the models we're coming up with to make a hybrid in-person and virtual event work even if we're still in the age of social distancing come 2021. Closing Jorge: That sounds super exciting Lou. Where can folks go to find out more about the upcoming events? Lou: Oh, just go to RosenfeldMedia.com. And, if they really are interested in our three events and want to either first to know when tickets go on sale, especially the cheap tickets or apply for scholarships or even pitch a talk, the way we communicate those is through the corresponding communities we've created for each of our conferences. For those reasons alone, we think you'll want to join whether you're interested in enterprise experience, advancing research, or design operations. But each of those communities, besides having those kinds of connections to the conferences, each has a monthly video conference call where we have a guest presenter or facilitator. And we get some amazing people to lead discussions because we're trying to keep the conversation going between the annual events, the other 360-odd days a year. And so, we have these fantastic, like we had a session with Kamdyn Moore and Kristin Skinner and Alison Rand for Design Ops community. I think it was about two, three weeks ago… we had 240 people participate. That's fantastic. Laura Klein, we had I think 110 people for the Enterprise Experience conversation we had a week or so ago. We do one a month for each community and it's all free. Go to RosenfeldMedia.com, check out communities. You'll see them and, Hey! We love this model; it makes really great sense at this stage of pandemic. And so, we're ramping up to do more. Jorge: Well, fantastic. Lou. I'm going to include links to those in the show notes. Thank you so much for being with us today. Lou: Hey, it's my pleasure. And I'm so happy not only that you bothered to have me on not once, but twice, but that you're doing this. It's one of the… you and Andy Polaine are doing two of the most interesting newsletters and also podcasts. And I just find what you guys are up to so interesting, and it's hard work. I know you put a lot into both the newsletter and the podcast, and I just want to thank you for doing it. Even if you didn't have me on it, I would be grateful. It's just wonderful information you're putting together and making available to the world, and I hope everyone is smart enough after I pitched it to at least sign up for your newsletter if they haven't already. And obviously they're already listening to the podcast, so they know that's great. Thanks again, Jorge, glad to be part of it. Jorge: Thank you Lou, I appreciate that.

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