Event Resources

You can use any set up you please – standing, sitting, etc. Stationary is preferred to walking.

What’s important is that the audio is clear, video quality is high, and you stand out clearly from your background.

Note: your video should be 20-40 minutes long.

Your video title: Use your full name to avoid confusion!

Your Video Format: MP4

The most watched talks are usually built around a great story, and free of sales pitches. Ideas are worth sharing. Include a story! They’re really important; they make ideas and important concepts stick.

Recommended Format

• Open with a greeting, introduce yourself, highlight your big idea.
• Dive into the short story
• Connect it with your main idea: explain the status quo and why it’s a problem. Explore the ‘promised land’ with as much detail and clarity as possible.
• Close with a simple, practical, next step, a call to take action.

Avoid putting a light source (like a window) behind you.

Ensure that your wall or background is neat and clear of distractions.

Don’t record against a blank wall – it gives the impression that you may be boring.

Record when things are quiet.

Use a timer.

Most important: practice your talk several times before you give it! This will give you the confidence to avoid looking at your notes the whole time.