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Sunday. 29 November, 2020 - Saturday. 05 December, 2020
WEEK 49
Tuesday. 01 December, 2020
6:00 pm

The Silicon Valley Project - The Why, How to, and What’s Next of Going Virtual - Dec 2020

Zoom

The Silicon Valley Project speaker series present:

The Why, How to, and What’s next of Going Virtual - 

Learning the technology behind a great virtual meeting

 ♦♦ Preceding by PMISV Annual Business Meeting ♦♦
 

calendarDate: Tuesday, December 1, 2020 |

6:00pm - 6:15pm - PMISV Annual Business Meeting

6:15pm - 8:30pm - Silicon Valley Project December Event

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speakerSpeaker: Chuck Hooper

   Event Focus:

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Event Description

In this virtual world we live and work in how are you delivering impactful content, managing all the technical challenges and conducting meaningful meetings for your valued clients and prospects?

In this online presentation, Chuck Hooper, recent dean of the Speakers Academy, gives you a behind-the-scenes look at the equipment, techniques, and best practices to manage virtual meetings confidently and competently. Join us to learn tips, tricks, and back-up plans for when your sound is not working or your internet connection suddenly drops and you, the meeting lead, are booted off the call.


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Your takeaways

1. A checklist of affordable tools
a. Lighting: ring, box, small or large, color or white, placement
b. Microphones: WiFi, wired, or Bluetooth vs. ear pods vs. yelling!
c. Cameras: computer. DSLR, webcam, iPhone
d. More Advanced: switching controllers, eye glasses

2. Presentation skills needed to maintain audience or employee attention
a. Polls: size, timing, what to do with the results
b. Chats: good or bad?
c. Breakout rooms: when do they work?
d. Backgrounds: Follow the K.I.S.S. principle
e. Internet failure: Now what?

3. COVID-19 changes that have and might occur and how you might take advantage of them
a. Staying virtual as an option
b. Using more virtual after going live
c. New opportunities for different business models

 

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Speaker

Chuck Hooper
Dean of the Speakers Academy for the Northern California chapter of the National Speakers Association

 

 

 Registration (virtual access details to be distributed upon registration)

  • PMISV Members: Free for December
  • Non-members: Free for December
  • UCSC Active Students: Free for December
  • Veterans: Free (Request a veteran code to attend all PMISV events for free.)

 

CHAPTER ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING:

It is traditional that our Chapter will hold a short Annual Business Meeting at the beginning of the December event. Please note that the first 15 minutes of this webinar is dedicated for our Chapter President to present our 2020 annual business report and announcements.

Annual Business Meeting Agenda: (December 1, 2020 6:00 - 6:15PM)

  • Annual Report on the State of the Chapter
  • Introduction of the recently elected 2020 Chapter Board of Directors
  • Q & A

 Our SVP event speaker, Chuck Hooper, will seamlessly start his webinar in the same Zoom meeting session immediately following the Annual Meeting.

   

Additional Information

Meeting Leader: Contact Gail Ferreira, PhD

PDU: 2.0 (Technical)

♦PDU claiming instruction

 

Wednesday. 02 December, 2020
6:00 pm
Friday. 04 December, 2020
7:30 am

PM Breakfast Meeting - Mountain View/Sunnyvale - Dec 2020

Virtual Event

When:  December 4, 2020  7:30am - 9:00am  
Where:  Virtual Meeting (Registrants will receive joining details from Meeting Leader) 
 
Description:
Monthly the chapter holds seven geographically dispersed (Project Management) PM Breakfast Meetings in San Francisco’s Peninsula, South Bay and East Bay. Each of these is a small gathering (10 to 15) project managers for a discussion of the current PM environment, sharing of information, and brainstorming of current challenges. The meeting's agenda is the topics brought by the attendees. Every meeting is facilitated by a chapter volunteer.
Saturday. 05 December, 2020
9:00 am