Ron Fredericks writes: I will be speaking for 45 minutes during the Next Step Toastmasters Advanced Club meeting held at the Biltmore Hotel. Read on for more details, or go here to register now>

Event Overview and Event Give-aways for Attendees

Demand for high quality Internet video  has sky rocketed recently – especially for business marketing.  Richard Robinson, industry head for B2B marketing at Google, says

“The fact is that B2B professionals are looking to consume content in a much easier way, but at the same time expect it to be in a rich media format, engaging and hard-hitting.” More

Yet the pool of talent with suitable equipment available to capture, produce, and publish your next high quality video is very limited.  There is some good news for the Bay Area’s Silicon Valley. Access to a broadcast studio, ready to capture, produce, and manage the online programming  associated with live HD video as well as video on demand, has just arrived in the Bay Area thanks to LectureMakerLLC –  a new company with a recent grand opening celebration.

Ron Fredericks, co-founder of LectureMaker LLC, will present high definition (HD) video techniques you can use from home, followed by the newsworthy introduction to working with LectureMaker’s broadcast studio to create your own “TV style” programming or educational shows. Some free video studio time will be given away during this event to registered attendees.

LectureMaker will also take applications from the audience to sponsor one individual’s use of LectureMaker’s Online Broadcast Video Studio for an entire year – this winning candidate can use LectureMaker’s Sunnyvale studio to perfect their on camera lecture presentation skills as well as publish reqular HD videos over the year as part of their own programming. A chance to become a global expert in the field of their choice. All video production costs inside LectureMake’s studio  will be covered by LectureMaker. Some restrictions apply.

Register Here: http://divf.wufoo.com/forms/increase-your-influence-with-online-broadcasting/

Title Improve Your Presentations and Increase Your Influence with Online Broadcasting by Ron Fredericks, ACB Toastmaster, Blue Cube Toastmasters Club Sponsor, and Co-Founder of LectureMaker LLC Topics What is possible with a video broadcast studio? Do it yourself video capture and YouTube publishing Why don’t news broadcasters and movie actors do their own video? Video broadcast studio for lecture development and improvement Video resume vs. Video demonstrations Regular video broadcasts can build your reputation as an talent in the marketplace Internet video hosting for high quality playback and viewer evaluation Event marketing and revenue streams with video LectureMaker’s open studio discount package and other special opportunities for tonight’s attendees Registration Register Here: http://divf.wufoo.com/forms/increase-your-influence-with-online-broadcasting/ Date: Sunday April 11, 2010 Agenda: Registration and lunch from 1 pm to 2 pm Presentation by Ron Fredericks from 2 pm to 3 pm Advanced Toastmasters club meeting from 3 pm to 4 pm Location: Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Drive, Santa Clara, United States, 95054 Ron Fredericks Biography “I am Ron Fredericks, a loving family man, and creative new media technology leader focused on social networking and business innovation at LectureMaker LLC. I co-founded LectureMaker and sponsored the Blue Cube Toastmasters club because I believe public communication is the solution to better family life and the under-utilized catalyst to rebuilding our global economy.“ Ron Fredericks studied Biophysics at UC Berkeley for 12 years. He demonstrated his leadership skills by productizing his optics patent in quantitative biochemistry as a key element to launching a biophysics corporation. He gave back to his community by managing over 800 public speeches by software technologists and entrepreneurs as the editor of the Software Developer Forum (sdforum.org). He has traveled extensively as a software technology leader and technical editor for the Digital Equipment Corporation’s User Society (DECUS) – one of the first global open-source software ecosystems. He later went on to manage over 1000 global partnerships that produced new software tools, and their related marketing, sales, and support strategies, for the global device manufacturing industry. Ron has won sales and marketing awards for his management of interactive web sites that helped automate many of these partnerships for Intel and then again at Motorola. Ron Fredericks used the social engagements in his technology career to become a leader in business video Internet broadcasting. Ron found his passion for video as a communications medium from Pacific Data Images during their demonstration of their morphing visual effects on Michael Jackson’s “Black or White” music video in 1991. From that day forward he started building his own video communication techniques and vendor relationships. Today LectureMaker’s Sunnyvale video studio is the first business video studio in the Bay Area to offer lecture development support, and real-time lecture broadcasting to the Internet in true High-Definition (HD) format. Ron was first recognized by the electronics industry as a leader in online lecture broadcasting back in 2005. Gil Basaak of CMP Media writes … “LectureMaker … is an on- and off-line Web conferencing and demonstration service that accommodates attendees even after the actual meeting ends. The service combines streaming multimedia, an interactive blog, transcript recording, print engine, and, to help locate qualified sales leads, a record of visitors. Billed as a general-purpose sales and presentation tool, LectureMaker serves as a full-featured foundation for marketing embedded systems and components for use even by those who are unaccustomed to presenting in public.” Join Ron Fredericks as a member of LectureMaker’s “walk-in and do-it” studio to become a better public speaker and gain more recognition as an expert in your field of interest with regular online video publishing. Video Broadcast Studio ~ Lecture Development ~ Internet Video Hosting ~ Integrated Marketing and eCommerce

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Ron Fredericks writes: Would you like to become a better public speaker? Are you a marketer, engineer, sales person, scientist, student, or perhaps unemployed at the moment? Do you live or work near Sunnyvale California? If the answer is yes, then our Tuesday evening public speech training meetings may be a useful to you.

On most every Tuesday evening from 5:30 to 6:30pm the Blue Cube Toastmasters International club meets in LectureMaker’s conference room. The club is focused on self help for its members by following the Toastmasters communication and leadership training tracks. Guests are welcome.

Use this training to learn better communication and leadership skills that may significantly enhance your career, family, and social life.

More Information

Speak persuasively, with impact, or to inform others using LectureMaker’s video studio. But use this meeting as a low cost high impact training program that would help you fine tune your next video production. For more details go to the Blue Cube home page.

Note: Toastmasters International, and Blue Cube Toastmasters Club, are not affiliated with LectureMaker, LLC in any way. LectureMaker sponsors Blue Cube with the use of its conference room and with volunteer leadership. LectureMaker video studio is not part of Toastmasters International or Blue Cube, but the video studio is sometimes used by club members in their public speeches or to film certain local Toastmasters events.

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Sunnyvale’s Blue Cube Toastmasters Club Presents…

“Avoiding Identity Theft – registration closed”

Discussion

Ron Fredericks writes: Did you know that over 10 million people were affected by identity theft in 2006? Over $15 billion was stolen from individuals in just one year alone.  Blue Cube Toastmasters club is fighting back with its 3-member presentation team.  During the seminar you will learn more about identity theft and several practical steps you can take to avoid it.

Seminar on Avoiding Identity Theft

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About this Contest Planning Blog Post

Ron Fredericks writes: I was asked to be the event chair for this District 4,  Division C, Area 5 contest. This blog post will act as a living document so our clubs can work together as we plan the event for October 2, 2009. Look to this post for meeting minutes, plan, participants, and time line. 

Area C5 clubs participating in this event
email	Area C5 Governor Vish Pattanashetty
2943	Orbiters Toastmasters
4648	Talking Heads Toastmasters
6115	Blue Cube Toastmasters
587637	Toasters R Us
1029428	Securely Speaking

Evaluation Toastmaster Evaluation Contest Homorous Speech Toastmaster Humorous Speech Contest

Overview “We are holding the C5 Area Humorous and Evaluation Contest at Synopsis in building 2. The address is 455 N Mary Ave, Sunnyvale, CA. The Date of the contest is Friday October 2nd. It will start at 7.00pm. Please fill the form below to register for the Area contest. Please come at 6.30pm to enjoy the refreshments. The fee is $7 if you register by Sept 29 and $9 at the door.” — C5 Area Governor, Vishwanand Pattanashetty   Registration form   Contest flyer   Contestant Forms Each contestant should bring a copy of these two forms to the registration table. Contestant Bio Certificate of Eligibility   Functionary Forms Each of the contest functionaries can use one or more of these scripts Conducting a Speech Contest Contest Script   Chief Judge Briefing Checklist  Tally Sheet  Timer’s Report   Evaluation Contest Rules Evaluation Contestant Briefing Evaluation Judges Ballot Evaluation Judges Guidelines Evaluation Tiebreaker Ballot and Guidelines   Humorous Contest Rules Humorous Contestant Briefing Humorous Judges Ballot Humorous Judges Guidelines Humorous Tiebreaker Ballot and Guidelines

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Welcome to Blue Cube

The Blue Cube Toastmasters Club members meet regularly in a business-like environment to develop and improve their public speech and leadership skills.

The club meets at LectureMaker LLC’s office every Tuesday from 5:30pm to 6:30pm
830 Stewart Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94085

Figure 1 – Ron Fredericks is hired as a technical marketer and public speaker, Moscone Center, thanks to skills learned as a Toastmaster.

Who can participate

• Guests are welcome
• Visiting Toastmasters from other clubs are welcome
• Toastmasters officers from area, district, and beyond are welcome
• Adults 18 years or older may apply for membership
• Blue Cube Club officers reserve the right to refuse individual participation at its sole discretion

Benefits to Jointing Blue Cube
The main benefits to joining any Toastmasters club revolves around public speech and leadership training.

One special benefit of LectureMaker’s sponsorship of the Blue Cube Toastmasters Club is that members can request their speeches and evaluations be videotaped and published. Some of those videos are posted here.

Contact Ron Fredericks to learn more about LectureMaker’s sponsorship of Blue Cube Toastmasters Club to:

• Request a password to access members’ only videos
• Learn how to become a club member
• Create blog posts for the club’s benefit
• Get more information on meeting agenda or membership

Best regards,

Ron Fredericks
Phone: 408-390-1895
Email: RonF@LectureMaker.com

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Ron Fredericks writes: I am the videographer for the C2 and C5 Toastmasters interational Speech contest International and Table Topics (impromptu) speech content for Sunnyvale, Mountain View, and Palo Alto.

Event Location Cubberley Center in Palo Alto

The Lecture Maker

Gopi Kallayil was the winner of our joint district contest

Toastmasters International official web site: Bay Area Club Events

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