What I learned my first time on live TV
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What I learned my first time on live TV
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#22. Plug, baby plug. Don’t assume that people will know what your website is or how to buy your product. In our case, they did not show the website address on screen so make sure to say it out loud.
And yet there is no link to the website, or the kickstarter project. Well there is a link. It was hard to find. It was in the first paragraph. I missed it. Goes to show that blue underlined links really do work the best.
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#32. Plug, baby plug. Don’t assume that people will know what your website is or how to buy your product. In our case, they did not show the website address on screen so make sure to say it out loud. And yet there is no link to the website, or the kickstarter project. Well there is a link. It was hard to find. It was in the first paragraph. I missed it. Goes to show that blue underlined links really do work the best.
Blue it is, thanks for the feedback. Like I said - still much to learn.
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#4> 5. Know which camera you are supposed to look into. There were a few of them and I wasn’t sure where to be looking.
Interesting. I have recently had talking-on-the-tv-news training, and they drummed into us that you should not ever look directly at the camera. Instead, you should look at the presenter, and address yourself to him/her. Above all, don't glance around the room, because it makes you look well dodgy.
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#5> 5. Know which camera you are supposed to look into. There were a few of them and I wasn’t sure where to be looking. Interesting. I have recently had talking-on-the-tv-news training, and they drummed into us that you should not ever look directly at the camera. Instead, you should look at the presenter, and address yourself to him/her. Above all, don't glance around the room, because it makes you look well dodgy.
I definitely settled on just speaking to her but it's hard because there are so many screens in front of you. Hopefully I wasn't dodgy.
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#6Something I learned after many cases of being asked to rush down to studio for a live appearance to talk about some security event: Have your 30 sec response ready to go. The talking head newscaster is going to completely screw up the question. Ignore the question and say something smart. Otherwise you are playing into their hands and will say something as stupid as he/she did.
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#7Something I learned after many cases of being asked to rush down to studio for a live appearance to talk about some security event: Have your 30 sec response ready to go. The talking head newscaster is going to completely screw up the question. Ignore the question and say something smart. Otherwise you are playing into their hands and will say something as stupid as he/she did.
Love this. Answer the question you want to answer.
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#8Wish I would have had these pointers before my first appearance! Very helpful tips! It definitely helps if you're talking about something you're passionate about too!
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#9> 5. Know which camera you are supposed to look into. There were a few of them and I wasn’t sure where to be looking. Interesting. I have recently had talking-on-the-tv-news training, and they drummed into us that you should not ever look directly at the camera. Instead, you should look at the presenter, and address yourself to him/her. Above all, don't glance around the room, because it makes you look well dodgy.
Haven't we all seen people being interviewed on TV looking straight into the camera? One should think everyone knows how awkward that looks.
-> Whenever there is a camera, try to ignore it and just talk to the person with the questions
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#10They have a team behind switching around for the best shot. Look at the interviewer.