Re: [UG-ADMINS] Remote talks

Hello folks,

Thanks for the tips, Lorna, Michelle and Cal - I expect we'll try doing it
over Hangouts then. If this does work, it could have good implications for
our UG meaning we can get great speakers from around the globe (if they
want to, of course!).

We're looking into this for our January meetup, so it'll be a little while
before I can report back. If anyone has any other ideas on how these can
work, I'd love to hear them! :)

Lorna - out of interest, what sort of set up enabled you and Ivo to have
both the video feed & slides at your excellent PHPNW13 keynote, if you
don't mind me asking?

Thanks
James



On 2 November 2013 12:25, Michelle Sanver <[email protected]> wrote:

> This is something I have considered for GroningenPHP as well - as it is a
> city far away from the technological Netherlands - and while The
> Netherlands is small, it is getting increasingly difficult to find speakers.
>
> Maybe it is an idea to start promoting speaking remotely more, because it
> is a great concept and it would enable groups to find speakers and talks
> that fit them perfectly.
>
> Sincerely,
> Michelle Sanver
>
> On Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Lorna Mitchell wrote:
>
> Following up on Cal's advice, either hangouts or Fuze would work well. I
> wouldn't worry about slides and video, leave that to the presenter. Some
> of us don't always speak with slides! Or they may want to themselves
> switch between webcam and screenshare, pretty sure one of those products
> would enable that.
>
> I'm in the list of people that would love to come and speak at any user
> group but travel costs and time make it impractical to reach everyone, so
> I'd be really interested to hear how you get on with remote presenters.
>
> Lorna
>
>
>
> On 2 November 2013 11:51, Cal Evans <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi James!
>
> I've done this before - and happy to do it again for any group that would
> like it.
>
> I used Skype but that was several years ago before hangouts. I think
> Hangouts may be the best way to do it for most folk.
>
> Since I've got an account with FuzeMeeting.com for DC4D and nomad PHP, I
> would probably suggest we use that, even though there would only be a
> single connection. I just like their technology and the connection always
> seems strong.
>
> Cheers!
> =C=
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 1:49 AM, James Titcumb <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>  Hi folks
>
> I may have someone who would like to talk at PHP Hampshire, but due to
>
> the
>
> world being a little on the large side, it is cost prohibitive for them
>
> to
>
> come in person, but the suggestion of doing a remote talk has been raised
> (e.g. via Skype, Hangouts).
>
> Unfortunately, I have virtually no experience of this sort of thing, and
> although it wasn't over the WAN, the two-room keynote at PHPNW13 showed
>
> me
>
> this sort of thing is possible... But I'm a novice at this, so if anyone
>
> is
>
> able to help answering any/all of my questions, it'd be much appreciated!
>
> Does anyone have any experience with this & can share the pros/cons of
> this? What technology would work well? How would the slides work? How can
> you get the slides and video feed at the same time? What's the best for
> video feed? What's the best way of doing this? I can use Windows or
>
> Ubuntu
>
> for this, and we do have a projector.
>
> Thanks folks
> James
>
>
>
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