Just a quick picture of myself backstage at a recent corporate show where I coordinated the presentation design and show computers (for what was projected). I am on the left – surrounded by computers.
Thanks for the picture Paul!
– Troy @ TLC
Here is my show I just finished and the three views of it.
1. My view, the Graphics View.
2. The audience view.
3. The presenter view.
And all three views have the PowerPoint slides.
– Troy @ TLC
On most projects my work area is setup backstage. But on this particular project, there was no backstage (front projection), and the tech table was completely in use. So I basically setup shop in the audience.
– Troy @ TLC
On a recent show I was asked to develop the speaker IMAG slides with a curved design to match the set design (IMAG = Image MAGnification, and for this event it was live video of the speaker). The solution was to work with the video switch department and setup a green screen video area. Here is my slide:
We went with the standard green screen green. The key was to assure no slide had any solid green on the left half of the slides. During the show, the video switch would bring in the camera shot (rectangular) and it would fill the curved green area to create a custom speaker IMAG window.
– Troy @ TLC
Just a personal note that I am very honored by. I have been awarded as a Microsoft MVP for PowerPoint again (basically renewed)!
– Troy @ TLC
The 2010 Presentation Summit concluded today and it was a really great event. It is the one public event each year that has a large gathering of the Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs – and Microsoft PowerPoint developers and managers.
Here is our MVP group this year:
Glen Millar, Elen Finkelstein, Julie Terberg, John Wilson, Troy Chollar, Echo Swinford, Glenna Shaw, Ric Bretschneider, Geetesh Bajaj, Sandy Johnson (not pictured)
– Troy @ TLC
Garr Reynolds (author of Presentation Zen) was the morning keynote speaker at this year’s Presentation Summit – live from his home in Japan.
This was probably one of the most engaging remote/webcast presentations I have seen.The small rectangle in the lower left is the webcam Garr had of the audience. He managed a very entertaining and audience interactive presentation.
– Troy @ TLC
I am heading down to San Diego today (yes, I am located in San Diego, but handling graphics for a corporate event in Los Angeles for the past week) to spend a few great days at the 2010 Presentation Summit.
– Troy @ TLC
Sometimes projects and life just get a bit out of hand. Well I spent the past month developing graphics for a large meeting and the past week on showsite. The great news is the show was awesome. The better news is that after 4 days of non-sleep I am back, sleeping long hours and able to work on this month’s posts!
Here are a few pictures from the show:
Top: my work area. Fairly simple show from a graphics perspective, single wide screen High Def (1900×1080) presentation. So two show computers (primary and backup), work computer, network, some peripheral equipment and the all-important script book with every presentation cue.
Middle: stage. It was a really, really big widescreen presentation at 60 feet wide x 40 feet tall (that is a real car on stage for perspective).
Bottom: show had a crew over 100 people and communication is critical. These are just the wireless ‘com’ units (most shows has lots of wired headsets and maybe 3-4-10 wireless, this show had 30+ wireless)
Absolutely serious – this is an add that was in the Sunday paper.
“One out of every three people rate public speaking anxiety as their number one fear… Bravina will prepare you to execute your next presentation.”
I might need to see the research before recommending this one…
– Troy @ TLC