Announcing LectureMaker Video Studio

LectureMaker has already made a name for itself blending art,  online video, business communication, and technology, using its multi-camera hi-def portable broadcast service for streaming and on demand video capture of business events. Now LectureMaker has opened a new video studio located in Sunnyvale CA for its members.

“Sunnyvale has never had a place for its business community to learn, develop, produce, and publish lectures with so many features akin to the film and movie making industry“, said Ron Fredericks - LectureMaker’s business videographer and founder.

LectureMaker is the Bay Area’s video enhanced communications “dojo” for people involved in engineering, science, marketing, sales, business, and executive management. Its a place to create, edit, publish, and promote, your next vision to a global audience through video.

• Experiment with new online presentation techniques,
• Lower your travel costs while contributing to the the emerging green economy,
• Create, edit, publish, and promote, your next vision to a global audience through video.

Contact LectureMaker

Contact LectureMaker to learn how to use LectureMaker’s studio to create your next business or educational video  - Introductory classes and in-studio demos will be announced soon.

Would you like LectureMaker to create a video for your company or product? Request a quote for your next video project.

Top LectureMaker™ Studio Videos

Blue Cube Toastmasters Club Open House – improve your public speaking skills Produced by Ron Fredericks, Toastmasters Area Governor	Build Your Own 640 GB Memory Stick – a LectureMaker video studio demonstration by Ron Fredericks, Public Speaker	KnowledgePreschool Parent Testimonials Produced by Ron Fredericks, Filmmaker

Top LectureMaker™ Event Videos

Driving to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco by Ron Fredericks, LectureMaker	Android Introduction by Marko Gargenta, marakana Presented by Peter Lam, Mobile SIG Co-chair, Software Developers Forum
The Science of Predictive Analytics Hosted by the Bay Area R User Group	Marketing Is Broken, Influencers Can Fix It by Nick Hayes, Influencer50

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Bill Copeland writes:

BP is trying to salvage the leaking Deepwater Horizon oil well, not plug it.  I believe it’s possible to stop the leak very quickly, if we, not BP, choose to kill the well.

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Over and over we have heard from BP that the long-term objective is to drill relief wells to reduce the pressure.  This is so they can go back in and start harvesting the fruits of their $600 million investment.

On April 20th the blowout occurred at 5,000 feet and the emergency relief valve, rated at 450 tons of pressure, failed.

Remember ‘Top Hat’?  In late May, a complex system of equipment was assembled on the floor of the Gulf with pipes from a surface ship to pump heavy mud down on the leaking wellhead. Pumping from the surface requires some of the most powerful pumps in the world.  They didn’t have enough mud.  Top Hat failed.  So has every other effort.

Most everyone in media, industry, government, and the scientific community has bought the BP point of view.  But there’s a much easier solution: kill the well. Drop something on the wellhead that weighs more than the 450-tons.  A large empty oil tanker ship might do.

References

Bill Broadcasting Photo

news.blogs.cnn.com

www.theoildrum.com

www.cosmicswan.com

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Knowledge Preschool was recently nominated as the best preschool in Northern California by a TV media group. The parent testimonials presented here help explain just what makes Knowledge Preschool such a special learning environment.

The Video

Knowledge Preschool Parent Testimonials

Note: all testimonials were filmed at LectureMaker’s video studio using a greenscreen

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Knowledge Preschool Overview Knowledge Preschool is a home-based preschool, conveniently located in Santa Clara, very close to Rivermark and Great America Parkway. The Director, Ms. Rosemarie, has been teaching for over 12 years. Through her leadership, Knowledge Preschool Students may: Advance in reading, writing, language skills, mathematics, science, and social studies, Learn to value a wide variety of fictional and non-fictional books, Develop creativity, curiosity, and self-esteem, Use music and rhythm, dramatic play, and creative art as vehicles of self expression, Strengthen and refine small and large motor skills, Acquire social skills, Gain Self Control, Grow in their own cultural identity and appreciate other cultures, and Celebrate special days.

References Knowedge Preschool in Santa Clara, CA

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Ron Fredericks writes: LectureMaker’s Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony is over now. But I would like to share this testomonial delivered by Dr. Pieter Kark during the event.

This video uses LectureMaker’s green screen, a simple photograph background, teleprompter, and some basic studio techniques during the recording.

The Video Demonstration

Dr. Pieter Kark presents: An overview of his experience using LectureMaker’s video studio for the first time.

Email this video Link to this video Embed this video Video Player support page References Dr. Pieter Kark The Avatar Course The Avatar Compassion Project Blue Cube Toastmasters Club (hosted at LectureMaker’s office) LectureMaker’s Video Studio

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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: Companies such as IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP have demonstrated the fantastic value derived from their influencer ecosystems. Nick Hayes in a lecture at the San Francisco Commonwealth Club shows attendees just how they too can identify and leverage significant value from the diverse individuals who influence decision-makers in their ecosystems.

Thanks to Barbara French and Nick Hayes of Influencer50, I was able to capture and post Nick’s lecture as a video (below). I would also like to thank the San Francisco Commonwealth Club’s team for making video setup and tear-down so easy.

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Influencer Marketing: Who Really Influences Your Customers?

I took the snapshot, shown below, during the Commonwealth Club event itself. It’s an extreme wide-angle shot taken with lots of extra megapixels. Nick Hayes and Kevin O’Malley are addressing the audience during the final round of Q & A . Barbara French managed to completely fill the event to standing-room-only capacity. LectureMaker’s portable video broadcast station can also be seen in action near the bottom of the photo as well. You can zoom in and navigate around this photo by clicking and dragging with your mouse. [Note: the photo repaints itself into sharp focus in a few seconds after each change in perspective.]

San Francisco Commonwealth Club – Event
Wednesday May 20′th starting at 5:30pm
Commonwealth Club’s welcome page

Nick Hayes – Event Speaker
A marketing pioneer, international business strategist, author and speaker. His expertise and vision in influencer strategies has landed Hayes as an advisor to the Fortune 500. He is founder and president of Influencer50, an influencer identification and engagement management company based in San Francisco. He is the author of Influencer Marketing: Who Really Influences Your Customers?

Not sure how to get to this meeting? Then maybe you will find this little movie helpful:
Driving to the Commonwealth Club

Barbara French – Event Organizer
An expert on influencer relations, including identifying top influencers and engaging with them by building mutually beneficial relationships, creating influencer programs and transitioning from internally driven to influencer-led marketing. Barbara is the president & managing editor at Tekrati Inc and senior consultant at Influencer50.

Kevin O’Malley – Event Host
With an international background in cross-cultural communications and linguistics, Kevin O’Malley applies unique training and coaching skills and partnership building to the world of corporate speaking and events. Kevin is one of the principles at
TechTalk / Studio

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Ron Fredericks writes: LectureMaker set up a special video rig to film a ride from Silicon Valley to San Francisco. The camera was mounted into a car with a small tripod secured with gaffer tape. The lens was outfitted with a circular polarizer to eliminate glare from the in-car navigation unit. The photo below includes a Zoomify web navigator plug-in and a wordpress plug-in to make blog posting easy called YD Zoomify.

Using the video camera setup described above, I recorded my trip up to the San Francisco Commonwealth Club. Watch the video to see visual landmarks along the way. Listen to the video to learn what others feel is the best parking strategies when driving to the Commonwealth Club. Finally, watch the video to see how to get to the Gold Room inside the Commonwealth Club building itself.

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Ron Fredericks writes: Screencasting is an easy way to document your activities on a computer. Its a digital recording of computer screen output, opten containing audio narration.

During a recent poll, I found very few  people were aware of  screencasting . Watch my online lecture on the subject to learn how to:

• Express your ideas as a screencast on the web,
• Embed them within documentation instead of screenshots mixed with tedious explanations, or
• Use them as visual aids to enhance your next public lecture, as I have done here.

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