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diff --git a/2023/organizers-notebook/index.org b/2023/organizers-notebook/index.org index 51e484a0..3a417419 100644 --- a/2023/organizers-notebook/index.org +++ b/2023/organizers-notebook/index.org @@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ These times are in EST (GMT-5). :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: check-infra :END: -*** WAITING Get access to media.emacsconf.org so that we can set up the upload service +*** WAITING Get access to media.emacsconf.org so that we can set up the upload service and the backstage area SCHEDULED: <2023-10-03 Tue> :PROPERTIES: :CREATED: [023-09-26 Tue 10:3] @@ -610,14 +610,55 @@ It kept dropping last year and sachac didn't have the mental bandwidth to figure :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: prepare-assets :END: -*** TODO Generate intro slides +*** TODO Generate intro slides and overlays :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: generate-intro :END: + +We generate intro slides to display in between talks so that people +can find out information about the previous talk and learn about the +next talk. It includes talk titles, speaker names, URLs, and Q&A +methods. The image will also be used for an introduction video if we +can record one before the conference. + +We also generate overlays that show talk information during the talk +itself. + +SVGs don't support line-wrapping, so it helps to do a quick pass to +make sure all the talks are displayed properly. + *** TODO Write 1-2 sentence intros for all the talks :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: write-intros :END: + +We do a brief introduction before each talk so that people know the +topic of the next talk, the pronunciation of the speaker's name, the +pronouns to use when referring to them, and the type of Q&A that will +follow. + +The template we used last year was: "In this talk, SPEAKER shares +TITLE OR SUMMARY. Afterwards, PRONOUN will handle questions over Q&A +METHOD." + +This year, we asked speakers to contribute a short introduction. These +are in conf.org in the private repository. Many of the introductions +are a little longer than the template, but we might be able to handle +that. Some need to be rewritten into third-person (using the speaker's +name/pronouns instead of I). Some might be a bit of a tongue-twister +and can be rewritten to be easier to say. + +We can store the introduction in the =INTRO_NOTE= property in +conf.org. + +Actually recording the introductions can wait until closer to the +conference because talk titles and Q&A methods can change. We can +verify speaker name pronunciations at that time. + +Decisions to make: + +- Do we want to use honorifics like Dr.? + *** BLOCKED Record intro videos with 1-2 sentence intros for all the talks :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: record-intros |