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Interesting Use of IPads for Corporate Events

March 7, 2012 By Mike McAllen Leave a Comment

Ford used iPads for a corporate theatre opener for the recent Ford Geneva Motor Show. It is great to see how flexible and how they can be incorporated creatively.

Interesting Use of IPads for Corporate Events

Filed Under: Event Production, Media, production, technology Tagged With: conference openings, corporate theatre, ipad, ipad for corporate thratre, ipad for events, ipads for dance, opening module

MeetingsPodcast is Official Podcast of The Virtual Edge Summit

November 30, 2011 By Mike McAllen Leave a Comment

It was just announced that MeetingsPodcast has been chosen for the official podcast of the Virtual Edge Summit happening in San Diego January 9-11 2012.

Look for our booth at the conference where we will be interviewing, networking and enjoying the warm weather in San Diego. Please stop by and say hello.

MeetingsPodcast is Official Podcast of The Virtual Edge Summit

Filed Under: Going Digital, Hybrid meetings, Meetings Podcast, meetings technology, production, technology, ThisWeekInMeetings

Event Projection Ideas

December 9, 2010 By Mike McAllen Leave a Comment

Event Projection Ideas
Projection wow ideas. What if you don’t want a stage or a bunch of screens in front of your product? Here is a fun idea that Miles Kapper (Meeting and events show caller) brought to my attention! Pretty cool way to make a spectacle and bring attention to your product or engage your audience. I have talked before about how in video you should try to hit one or more emotions to engage your audience. Spectacle is another way to bring in an audience. (think the jackass movies or any reality show that is spectacle. But this is just beautiful.

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How I Approach Presentations & Presenting (darmano.typepad.com)
Multiple Screens for Super-Movies (Apr, 1934) (modernmechanix.com)

Filed Under: Meetings Podcast, production, technology, Video Production

Video Production Help

August 27, 2010 By Mike McAllen Leave a Comment

The last several years I have become an internet nerd. Like most people, I spent more and more time online. It all started for me by getting involved with forums like MiForum, Meco list- Meetings Community -(which I was banned from because I was offering folks tours of Second Life.) Then I started podcasting /blogging and enjoyed sending my podcast links over to those communities and my virtual network.

I moved on from there to spend more time in LinkedIn and Jigsaw to try to increase my client base. I graduated to using Twitter for hours and hours a day to Facebook to engage and interact with my network. One big takeaway firm all of this, I still follow a few folks who have held my attention from the first time logging on and discovering them.

Justin Kownacki is one of these people. I have only engaged with him a few times, basically to praise his work. (Here I go again.) But what he has done really caught my interest. I have been part of producing hundreds of corporate production video: conference opening videos, testimonials, instructional, internal and external marketing modules, instructional videos etc… over the years. I am also surrounded on these video projects by guys and gals who wanted to be the next Spielberg. But, they needed to pay the rent, so they do corporate work and then slowly lost their mojo to make their Spielberg dreams come true.

Justin put together an internet sitcom in 2003-2009 called Something to Be Desired (search on iTunes store for free downloads) which I loved. At that time Adam Curry was telling his audience that audio podcasting was going to change the world.

Justin is at it again….. and he needs help. Join me in helping him start a new series by throwing him a few bucks to make it happen. He is using the website Kickstarter.com to raise money. Justin has all sorts of offers for incentives to get you more involved if you contribute to this project. Get a T-Shirt, coffee, even a character named after you!

So join me in helping him get this web show off the ground: Head over to Kickstarter.com and throw this creative dude a bone or two.

Filed Under: production, Video Production

8 steps to creating a corporate Powerpoint template

July 14, 2010 By Mike McAllen Leave a Comment

: Image by mmcallen via Flickr

10 steps to creating a corporate Powerpoint template

1) Win the business.

2) Celebrate.

3) Get to work.

4) Research: Gather logos, style guides, target audience, technologies to be used.

5) Design and let client look over comps. Usually we provide three variations or comps.

6) Design finalized after changes.

7) Client delivers content of the slides.

Cleanup and formatting into template.

9) Final Sign-off

10) Email executive the speaker template.

Obviously, this is a perfect world, which we get to visit sometimes. If these steps are followed you will have a successful template development.

345 Free PowerPoint templates, themes and backgrounds (presentationmagazine.com)
Sample PowerPoint Presentations for Ideas and Templates (brighthub.com)

8 steps to creating a corporate Powerpoint template

Filed Under: keynote, production

Extra! How to use New Media Tools for your Event or Business Part One

August 10, 2009 By MeetingsPodcast Guys Leave a Comment

The Meeting Planners podcast source for what’s new and exciting in meetings and events industry!
How to use New Media Tools for your Event or Business. In this podcast Mike discusses web presence, SEO, organic search, foundation of a good website, integrating Social Media into your business plan, why you should consider taking a dip in Social Media, strategy, targeting your audience, content syndication and much more. Little change which happened today as I post this show…. Friend Feed was bought by Facebook today which is an interesting development.
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Extra! How to use New Media Tools for your Event or Business Part One

Filed Under: blogs, conferences, production, twitter, web 2.0 Tagged With: 4q.iperceptions, blogs, conferences, Facebook, flickr, friendfeed, Google, google tools, itunes, linkedin, meeting planner, MPI, new media tools, organic search, Social media, tagging, tubemogul, twitter, web 2.0, website grader

Bottled Water A No No These Days

March 16, 2009 By MeetingsPodcast Guys Leave a Comment

The client was happy with what we had produced for them last week. We build a nice stage, some very cool visuals and everything was in place. Show was now breezing along. Now was the time I was going to sit back and enjoy the long discussions of this pharmaceutical show. I enjoy listening to the marketing and sales focus of meetings and how different companies are handling the economy downturn.

Soon two sales reps walked up to me (I was standing next to the water station) They said. “What no bottled water?” Like I am in charge of the water distribution process. I said this is much more environmentally friendly. They both huffed and headed to sit down. I saw them later in the week and they both had plastic water bottles.

Today when I came across the splashadrip website it made me think how differently I could handle that situation in the future.

This seems pretty harsh but it sure gets the point across. Wonder what those reps would have thought if I splashed them during the general session? (this post could also be categorized as how to lost a client fast!)