Audio Visual Company, Blue Shadow Group achieves GreenBizCheck Bronze Certification

Blue Shadow Group is pleased to announce that it has reached GreenBizCheck (www.greenbizcheck.com) bronze certification.

GreenBizCheck’s practical and effective program helped Blue Shadow Group quickly implement environmentally responsible business practices that have helped save resources, attract customers, motivate staff and help protect the environment.

“We are providing businesses with a practical and low cost means of taking action to help reduce their increasing impact on climate change”, said GreenBizCheck Managing Director Nicholas Bernhardt. “Our assessment and action-oriented report is so thorough we offer a 100% money back guarantee that clients will easily save the cost of certification in the first year,.” he said.

“Blue Shadow Group Audio Visual and Events enjoyed working with GreenBizCheck to efficiently reduce energy, water and waste costs in our business. Aside from the cost savings we were keen to set a high green standard in the events and conferencing market and independently show Blue Shadow Group is committed to sustainable business practices.” Blue Shadow Group’s Audio Visual and Events Manager Kerry Fowler said.

Blue Shadow Group commences GreenBizCheck Certification
Blue Shadow Group is pleased to announce that it has commenced GreenBizCheck Environmental Certification (www.greenbizcheck.com)
This practical and effective certification program assists companies quickly implement environmentally responsible business practices which will save money, attract customers, motivate staff and help protect the environment.
GreenBizCheck provides companies with a comprehensive assessment and report of practical tasks which reduce energy use and resource wastage in the workplace.
“We are providing businesses with a practical and low cost means of taking action to help reduce their increasing impact on climate change” , said GreenBizCheck Managing Director Nicholas Bernhardt. “Our assessment and action-oriented report is so thorough we offer a 100% money back guarantee that clients will easily save the cost of certification in the first year,.” he said.
“Blue Shadow Group is looking forward to working with GreenBizCheck to efficiently reduce energy, water and waste costs in our business. Aside from the cost savings we are keen to set a high green standard in our market and independently show Blue Shadow Group is committed to sustainable business practices.” Blue Shadow Group’s Kerry Fowler said.

For further information please contact:
Kerry Fowler, Blue Shadow Group, sales@blueshadowgroup.com

Brisbane & Gold Coast Audio Visual

Here are some tips for those of you speaking at a conference where you will be using microphones, powerpoint presentations and other AV equipment. Following these tips will ensure your presentation is well heard and well seen.

Microphones

Depending on what has been ordered by your conference organiser there are many types of microphones available.

We’ll outline the types and benefits of the most common.

Lapel or Lavalier Microphones are the most popular mics for presenters that like to use the stage and walk around a bit. These mics clip onto the lapel or tie and a body pack needs to be clipped to a belt. Lapel mics can’t be pushed as high in volume than other mics as their position below the presenters chin makes them vulnerable to feedback (squeals and hums). Because of this they do not suit presenters with quiet voices and the presenter is unable walk to close to the PA speakers.

A couple of tips when using lapel microphones:

• Ensure you are wearing clothing appropriate for the mic. Remember the body pack needs to be clipped to a belt or waist band of trousers. Wear a closed collared dress shirt or blouse, wide necklines mean that the mic is clipped to far from the mouth and make it difficult to properly EQ the mic.
• When speaking with a lapel mic always project your voice. Speak so that they front row of people would be able to hear you without a mic, this allows for a much better tone from the mic. A lot of people hear their voice and immediately quieten, this results in a battle for the mic operator to keep the volume up.

Headset Microphones are used instead of lapel mics a lot. They use the same body pack as a lapel but they have a thin wire that goes over the ears and a small mic is positioned close to the mouth (think about Madonna or Britney Spears mics except more discrete).

Because of the position of the mic they have a much better sound than lapel mics.

Handheld Microphones are often referred to as “roaming mics” although that term could apply to the above mics as well as they are all wireless.

Handheld microphones produce the best possible volume and tone as the speaker holds it to their mouth and speaks directly into it. These mics are especially good for quiet presenters and for Q&A sessions.

Lecturn Microphones are fitted to a lecturn and point up towards the presenter. They allow the presenter to operate their presentation or read from notes on the lecturn.

Because the lecturn is usually shared by many presenters make sure you position the microphone towards your mouth to get the best possible volume and tone. The microphones are flexible and are easily bent into position.

Conference Presenting AV Tips Part 1
Brisbane & Gold Coast Audio Visual

Here are some tips for those of you speaking at a conference where you will be using microphones and powerpoint presentations. Following these tips will ensure your presentation is well heard and well seen.

Powerpoint Presentations
Powerpoint is an amazing tool for presenting your visuals, graphs and core points.
Firstly, when designing your powerpoint make sure you use always use contrasting colours with your text against the background. Because your presentation will most likely be through a projector they need contrasting colours to show up well.
Black and white is perfect but not always attractive, black text on yellow or pastel backgrounds work well. Yellow text against a green background might look good on your computer screen but your screen is able to achieve a much higher contrast than a projector. This is due to the fact that projectors rely on a dark room to show black and dark colours, if people are taking notes in the audience then the room needs to have some lights on, it’s a catch 22.
Use large fonts and don’t try to pack too much information onto one slide, remember you have unlimited slides so it’s better to have information span over two or three slides than try to cram it into one unreadable slide due to smaller fonts.

When adding media to your presentation (audio and video) make sure the file that you’re linking to is in the same folder as your presentation and if you’re bringing the presentation on a USB memory stick don’t forget the media file!
Quite often we have presenters turn up with a presentation that is linked to a video or audio that is located on their work server. Of course because we are operating from a hotel or convention centre we have no access to their server and the powerpoint can’t play the media for their presentation.
This also applies to internet links. If you have linked to a you tube video or website ensure that there is internet access on the presenting laptop or computer where you are speaking.

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