Stories of ThinkTech

SURVEYS, CHAT, Q&A AND NOW POLLS, TOO ThinkTech wants to use all the functionality in Zoom that will enhance our webinar productions.  Up to this point, that included the Survey function at the end, asking attendees to give us feedback on the production values, speakers and content.  This helps us evaluate how it went and what we can do to improve the next one. And of course we do Chat.  Our engineers communicate with speakers and attendees by the Zoom Chat function and allow them to talk with each other and with us on issues and comments that may arise during the program.  And we use Chat to keep moderators and speakers current on how much time they have used and how much time is left for their presentations and until the next evolution in the program.  This has proven to be very helpful. The Zoom Q&A function has become more and more important to our programs.  We reserve the Q&A space for attendees to pose questions.  The moderator monitors those questions, vets them, so

SCALING UP AT THE LAW SCHOOL Our 27-minute documentary film on agriculture, Scaling up:  Hawaii's Food Future , was played at the UH Law School last week to a sold out and enthusiastic house.  After a reception where some very good local food was sponsored by some very good sponsors, we had a program on the film and the subject.   This movie was selected for the Hawaii International Film Festival and on PBS Hawaii.  Here's the link on YouTube.  https://youtu.be/EzWgUDfbFOs The program was organized and presented by Professor Robert Perkinson of the School of American Studies as a part of the Better Tomorrow speaker series at UH Manoa.  Jay Fidell moderated. It included remarks by the filmmaker Kim Bassford, then a panel of four: Murray Clay, President of Ulupono Initiative; Ka'eo Duarte, Vice President of Community and 'Aina Resiliency of Kamehameha Schools;  Haley Miyaoka, co-founder of Ahiki Acres farm; and  Janel Yamamoto, Director of GoFarm Hawaii.  There were also

 NATIONAL BURNING ISSUES - Legal Chicken, Legal Egg This webinar will be broadcast from 10:00 to 11:30 am on Friday, September 30, 2022.   Here is the attendee registration link by which your friends and colleagues can sign up to attend.  It is also on the home page of our website,   ThinkTechHawaii.com . https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qIlgPBHrQMW_vKtOIGbUxg The notion of Chicken and Egg is intended to suggest that In transitional times, every action has a reaction.   This cycle gives us an echo chamber. New events lead to legal changes, of course, and legal changes lead to new events. And these days could it be that the interaction time is faster than before? Here are the speakers: Introduction - Moderator Avi Soifer Abortion in America - Kimi Ide-Foster Gun Violence Prevention - Chris Marvin The Challenges of Climate Change - Richard Wallsgrove Voting Rights in America - Sylvia Albert Beyond Insurrection - Jeff Portnoy Q&A from the attendees We hope this will be a va

  THINKTECH IS RECRUITING Yes, we're looking for a new assistant production engineer to help us produce our content. Here's our ad: ThinkTech is looking for an Assistant Production Engineer as a part-time independent contractor.   Experience in Adobe Premiere and PC / Mac file management helpful.  Will train in production systems, equipment and software, video editing and streaming on multiple platforms.  Great opportunity in media and to meet our VIP talk show hosts and guests. 10-15 hours per week. Introductory compensation $16 per show as production engineer in training, $16 per hour for other tasks. Would you be interested?  Would you like to help us build great video, video with vision, and explore new ideas in our content and reach.  Then contact us.  Send us your resume.  Write to Jay at jay@fidell.com, and let's talk. ThinkTech, a great place to work and raise your awareness.