On-line Seminar Speaker Guide

• Secure a quiet place with a stable and fast internet connection
  
• Number every slide so viewers can refer to the number when they have questions at the end of the talk.
• For recording the format of the talk is best on a 16x9 format. Keep the right top corner clear (for a 16x9 this would be a 2.8x1.4 rectangle) – this is where your video will be when speaking. See the first talk by Tomas Jungwirth in the SPICE YouTube Channel as an example how it looks like.
• To avoid sound and image latency stop any unnecessary running programs on your device - particularly Skype and other similar programs that can interrupt.
• Keep the background normal or, if virtual, not too distracting.
• Test the Zoom Webinar one or two days before with the host (usually Jairo Sinova).
• Log-in into the Webinar at least 20 minutes before (14:40). Preferably 14:30.
• Audiences can be large. The Zoom Webinars will have a 1000 people limit. The host will moderate the questions – do not interrupt the seminar or follow the questions unless the host interrupts to clarify something important.
• The Audience will not be able to speak until the host allows them to (individually), so interference from noise should not be a problem.
• We recommend keeping the talk as a colloquium style – rather than seminar full detail style.
• Help us your talk: besides advertising through our usual channels, we encourage the speakers to advertise their talks through their own networks to maximize audience participation. The seminar announcement is sent on the Monday of the week's talk and this can be used to forward the Zoom link in formation.