Re: [UG-ADMINS] Remote talks

Fuze has been great for DC4D and Nomad PHP. I'm planning to use it for my
next class. I highly recommend it.


Brandon


On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 1:50 PM, James Titcumb <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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> >
> >
> >
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