This goes back to my original posting
Use PDF for slides (the fonting stays more consistent cross-platform and the file-size tends smaller
so graphics-heavy presentations may not hesitate as much transitioning from slide to slide).
Do not use fancy transitions between slides.
Do not embed media in the slides.
Use Red Book CD for audio.
Use standard DVD (DVD+R media seems to work better in more players) for video.
Use the house's external CD and DVD players to play media. Use the house computer for your slides
(see first point about why to use PDF).
-- Tom Fine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Pultz" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Tip for ARSC Conference presenters -- reinforcing previous lessons
> In which case there is no substitute for consistancy. All the presentations
> should run the same way, from the same media, with the same visual
> formatting of documentation. Each one should be so simple a child could do
> it, because that's who you may be depending on.
>
> Is there one app you can specify to the contractor, or bring to the
> conference, that will play both visual and aural elements? You can then
> publish out to the presenters detailed info to meet that standard. I'd
> suggest everything come in on memory sticks, or, better, be pre-loaded on
> the systems; no CDs, no switching computers. Advantages include easy copying
> and sharing - a speaker could send it to the "Presentation Technical
> Standards Committee" for a test drive on the approved platform. Those
> platforms, ie laptops, could then be provided to the AV operators from which
> to run the day's shows.
>
> If I was running one of these things, after a night of rock-band PA-mixing
> and debauchery, possessing minimal comprehension and language skills, I'd
> love to open My Documents and see:
>
> ARSC Presentations\Thursday\Morning\Session 1 10:00am\Presentation 1\Uncle
> Dave Shocks.ppt
> ARSC Presentations\Thursday\Morning\Session 1 10:00am\Presentation 2\Steve
> Smolian Amazes.ppt
>
> Etc, etc.
>
> Don't know if PowerPoint will support embedded audio at CD quality, but
> treating all elements as slides seems like a slick solution. If there's a
> clicker at the podium, you are in control of everything but the volume.
>
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Smolian
> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 5:27 PM
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Tip for ARSC Conference presenters -- reinforcing
> previous lessons
>
> Many hotels have strict union rules forbidding this.
>
> Steve Smolian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Strauss
> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 3:50 PM
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Tip for ARSC Conference presenters -- reinforcing
> previous lessons
>
>> One approach could be to rent the equipement and installation locally, but
>> ARSC have its own operators. Hands?
>>
>> I have been the AV boy for a local Rotary Club for many years, from back
> in the days of the Kodak Carousel, and I sometimes wish for the return of
> the Carousel, when the worst emergency was a blown bulb or a slide that
> wouldn't drop. One of the most stressful situations you can have is when
> the speaker shows up, often a little late, and his/her laptop doesn't like
> our projector/sound system, or the speaker brings his/her presentation on
> non/semi compatible media. MS has planted enough little time bombs in the
> different versions of Windows and PP, so that the 5 minutes before the
> presentation can be excruciating. The worst case scenario is when the
> speaker shows up with a MAC, and doesn't realize we have a VGA projector,
> even though that information was sent to him/her prior to the meeting. They
> assume we have a converter/adapter and we assume they have done it before,
> and have the necessary equipment. There is no substitute for operator
> expertise and experience. Also, a very valid point was raised about what
> is on your PP slide. Way too many people put a slide up and then read it
> word for word. Another annoyance is the use of random slide transitions.
> Just because they are there, you don't need to use them. Maybe a good
> subject for a presentation at an ARSC convention would be how to put a
> presentation together, including how to make things work in the 5 minutes
> before show time.
>
>
> --
> Frank B Strauss, DMD
>
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