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Description: The pandemic has driven all of our presentations online. Now, more than ever, we need to improve our presentation skills. At-Large volunteer, Jonathan Zuck, will bring 20 years of presentation coaching to bear, to share best practices and techniques for giving better presentations online.

Resources

Accessibility
ColorSafe - getting your contrast right!
http://colorsafe.co/

Virtual Cameras
ManyCam - Best, easy to use, commercial product - Discount Code Rhetoricorp
https://manycam.com/

SplitCam - Best, easy to use, FREE product
https://splitcam.com/

LoomieLive - Fun with Avatars - Free as of now
https://loomai.com/

Jonathan suggests making use of “virtual camera software, for your Zoom presentations. This technology has become widely used by teachers, during the pandemic. For his presentation, Jonathan used a free tool called SplitCam. For business, Jonathan uses a commercial product, called ManyCam. There are many virtual camera options now. Below is a partial list:

Virtual Camera Software

SplitCam [splitcam.com] – Free | Windows & Mac (simple to use streaming software)

OBS Studio – Free | Windows, Mac & Linux (powerful but complex open source software)

mmHmm [mmhmm.app] – Freemium | Mac (Windows Soon) (simple to use presentation software)

Prezi Video – Freemium | Windows & Mac (PowerPoint competitor that now offers virtual camera capability)

ManyCam – Freemium | Windows & Mac (powerful virtual camera software)

vMix [vmix.com] – Commercial | Powerful broadcast software for Windows (kind of the commercial version of OBS but more, More, MORE!)

eCamm Live [ecamm.com] – Commercial | Powerful but easy to use broadcast software for the Mac

Cheap Light

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B087JD613T [amazon.com]

Jonathan’s Desktop Setup

Selfie Desktop Live Stand Set 6-in-1(ZB-2) - viozon (viozonstore.com) [viozonstore.com]

Microphone

Rode VideoMicro Ultracompact Camera-Mount Shotgun VIDEOMICRO B&H (bhphotovideo.com) [bhphotovideo.com]Helpful Products
WebAround - Innovative Greenscreen - Discount code Rhetoricorp
https://thewebaround.com/

Research
Inattentive Deafness - Can't hear when visuals are too complex
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/sorry-what-did-you-say-inattentional-deafness-is-genuine-phenomenon-2289606.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4677383/

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