Online Teaching: Equipment You Should Upgrade in 2021

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  What's our friends?

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  Brian? Fans are social pants here.

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  I wanna talk to a little bit about tools and

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  equipment needed to create well, great virtual presentations and online

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  learning. So we're gonna break down a little bit about

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  the gear that I use, but we're not gonna overcomplicated.

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  We're gonna try to keep it simple.

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  Focus on kind of the couple key elements that we

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  have to have here, but rather than me do it

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  this way.

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  I'm gonna flip it over to Prezi video and we're

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  gonna We're gonna do it that way.

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  So if you're cool with that, let's make that happen.

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  Alright, so now we're over at my desk, We're going

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  to talk a little bit about really those tools and

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  equipment that we can use for our virtual presentations, online

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  learning And for most, we start with that idea of,

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  you know, the gear.

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  And I even mentioned some of the gear that I

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  have here, but I think before we think about the

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  gear, the thing that's most important is actually something that's

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  not even gear or equipment at all.

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  And I think that's the presentation tools that we're using

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  now. Of course, this is powered by Prezi video, and

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  I'm excited to partner with them.

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  And they are who I've used for all of my

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  interactive presentations because I love that I can import slides.

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  You can create custom graphics and overlays like this.

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  But even cooler is that I can use them with

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  any platform, no matter the solution.

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  So I like to use them with Ring Central, one

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  of my favorite partners for virtual presentations and virtual meetings.

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  If I want to use it with live video Facebook,

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  live those things I can use that using with a

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  combination with my favorite tool, E can live.

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  And then also we can kind of take a little

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  bit stuff further.

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  And we can even have a little fun with some

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  things that well, as you can see that my good

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  friend and Hanley is doing right here and that is

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  using props.

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  And so this is like a pillow phone.

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  So if I'm talking on the phone is a prop,

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  she has her dog.

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  She even will hold up her own paper presentation.

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  So I think getting creative with the world around us,

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  understanding that you can use some interactive overlays which is

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  what you see I'm using here.

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  You can combine that with all the different tools.

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  And so once you think about that, now we can

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  talk equipment.

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  And so the first place that will kind of go

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  through, we're gonna just walk through this idea of lighting

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  video, audio and then a little bit of work from

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  home setup that I absolutely love.

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  And so for me, this is kind of those key

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  elements, and you don't have to overdo it.

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  And we're gonna make sure that you guys have all

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  that gear.

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  It's all up there linked on my website over at

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  Brian Fans, oh dot com slash Prezi.

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  And so the first thing we're talking about here is

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  lighting and you saw from that first clip.

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  I use a ring light this thing that I really

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  like because it allows me to throttle.

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  I can use warm lighting or cool lighting, depending on

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  what my mood is, what the current lighting is in

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  my environment.

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  So I really like having that ring light right behind

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  my Web camera.

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  Of course, Web camera is next, and the one that

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  I'm using and the one that I use for most

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  of my presentations is that brio Logitech camera.

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  It's great because not only does it record in four

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  K, but the auto zoom is really, really good because,

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  let's face it, I move around a lot.

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  I talk with my hands, and so that's a massive

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  advantage. Third one here is audio.

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  Now I do like this the blue Yeti audio, which

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  is what I'm actually using for this presentation.

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  I like it because it plugs in U.

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  S. B and you don't need a board.

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  Now I do have a board and I have a

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  couple of other microphones that I use for different things.

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  But I think you have to really balance that functionality

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  and and really what you want to kind of work

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  with, and the last one here is the desk.

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  Now I am sitting, which is rare for me.

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  Most of you.

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  If you've watched any of these videos or any of

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  my virtual presentations, I'm usually standing, but I'm using the

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  same desk because what's really nice is I can use

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  this standing desk made from autonomous, and I can move

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  the desk up and down.

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  I can move it to my standing height.

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  I have a podcasting height.

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  And so for me, creating an environment that allows you

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  to move around allows you to truly kind of be

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  in your element is essential for virtual presenting and really

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  dynamic virtual learning.

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  So I'm gonna challenge everyone to press the damn button,

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  think about the presentation tools you're using, and then try

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  to upgrade your equipment from the simple light camera microphone.

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  And if you have the environment or the setup, I

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  would definitely check out one of those standing desks.

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  Now all of that gear is up on my website,

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  Brian fans, oh dot com slash Prezi.

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  But since this is powered by Prezi, Prezi is actually

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  hooked you all up with a pretty cool offer.

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  So if you actually go to Prezi dot com slash

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  attendee upgrade, you can get a free six month upgrade

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  for Prezi video so you can create some of these

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  cool presentations like I'm doing.

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  I love it because it works with all of my

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  virtual meeting software.

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  It works for my virtual presentations.

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  I can use it overlap.

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  I can bring in slides.

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  I can create custom graphics, as you see here, because

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  for me, when I think about virtual presentations and ultimately

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  what our goal is is.

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  It's not to be just interactive or not just to

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  be dynamic.

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  It's ultimately to maintain the audiences attention.

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  And I believe if you listen to these tools and

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  tips and buying, invest in some equipment, you'd be amazed

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  at how dynamic and how valuable your next virtual presentation

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  will be.

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  My name is Brian fans.

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  Cheers, my friends.

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