So the library will project your PowerPoint and Skype in your voice and video? If that is the case you have to build into your lecture a cue for them to advance the slide. "As the next slide shows..." Make sure the computer has speakers that will be heard by the entire audience. When I did this for a group in Arizona (from Pennsylvania) they plugged in external speakers and they only projected the PowerPoint (on a separate computer to my recollection -- I wasn't there!) So only those around the laptop with the Skype saw me. Make sure your technical team on the other end remembers to plug in the power cords. It is a battery drainer. GoToMeeting is popular software and does cost. I don't know if they have a trial version. It does allow you to be in control of your PowerPoint. Google Hangouts is a free option. You will probably get more advice on this one from others on the list. -- Elissa Elissa Scalise Powell, CG , CGL www.PowellGenealogy.com www.GRIPitt.org 28 June-3 July 2015 and 19-24 July 2015 in Pittsburgh, PA CG, Certified Genealogist, CGL, and Certified Genealogical Lecturer are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations. The board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sarah A. V. Kirby via Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 1:36 AM To: TRANS-GEN Subject: [SPAM-Med] [TGF] First Webinar Advice I've been hired to do my first official webinar! The application/tool suggested by the library was Skype. Is this the best tool to use? (I will email my presentation to the library so they can show it while I talk.) Any tool suggestions need to be free and either known to be common to many smaller libraries, or entirely cloud-based. What preparation besides a mini dry run with the library should I do that is different than that which I do for an IRL [In Real Life] presentation?-- I've already scheduled the mini dry run about a week before the actual presentation -------------------- Sarah A. V. Kirby [email protected] (primary) [email protected] (alternate) LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahavkirby ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sarah, I will follow up with what Elissa mentioned, that is Google+ and Google Hangouts On Air. Free is the key here, and not that difficult to do. DearMYRLTE and I have some Videos on how this works. We have a series on How to do a Virtual Presentation. Here is a link to one of them HOW TO HOST A VIRTUAL PRESENTER Ideas for room layout, lighting, equipment when… |   | |   | |   |   |   |   |   | | HOW TO HOST A VIRTUAL PRESENTER Ideas for room ...HOW TO HOST A VIRTUAL PRESENTER Ideas for room layout, lighting, equipment when hosting a virtual presenter at your next genealogy society meeting. (With… ... | | | | View on plus.google.com | Preview by Yahoo | | | |   | Here is a YouTube play list on this topic Why Host Virtual Meetings? |   | |   | |   |   |   |   |   | | Why Host Virtual Meetings? | | | | View on www.youtube.com | Preview by Yahoo | | | |   |   If you have questions, please email me, off list. I have been involved with several presenters, hosted a couple, and will be presenting In Person with a Virtual component. Thank you, Russ___________________________ Mailto:[email protected] From: Elissa Scalise Powell via <[email protected]> To: 'Sarah A. V. Kirby' <[email protected]>; 'TGF' <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 2:07 AM Subject: Re: [TGF] First Webinar Advice So the library will project your PowerPoint and Skype in your voice and video? If that is the case you have to build into your lecture a cue for them to advance the slide. "As the next slide shows..." Make sure the computer has speakers that will be heard by the entire audience. When I did this for a group in Arizona (from Pennsylvania) they plugged in external speakers and they only projected the PowerPoint (on a separate computer to my recollection -- I wasn't there!) So only those around the laptop with the Skype saw me. Make sure your technical team on the other end remembers to plug in the power cords. It is a battery drainer. GoToMeeting is popular software and does cost. I don't know if they have a trial version. It does allow you to be in control of your PowerPoint. Google Hangouts is a free option. You will probably get more advice on this one from others on the list. -- Elissa Elissa Scalise Powell, CG , CGL www.PowellGenealogy.com www.GRIPitt.org 28 June-3 July 2015 and 19-24 July 2015 in Pittsburgh, PA CG, Certified Genealogist, CGL, and Certified Genealogical Lecturer are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations. The board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sarah A. V. Kirby via Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 1:36 AM To: TRANS-GEN Subject: [SPAM-Med] [TGF] First Webinar Advice I've been hired to do my first official webinar! The application/tool suggested by the library was Skype. Is this the best tool to use? (I will email my presentation to the library so they can show it while I talk.) Any tool suggestions need to be free and either known to be common to many smaller libraries, or entirely cloud-based. What preparation besides a mini dry run with the library should I do that is different than that which I do for an IRL [In Real Life] presentation?-- I've already scheduled the mini dry run about a week before the actual presentation -------------------- Sarah A. V. Kirby [email protected] (primary) [email protected] (alternate) LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahavkirby ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message