Description: Inspired by the success of PresentationCamp SF, PresentationCamp LA will focus on helping you become a better thinker, storyboarder, visualizer and presenter. Drawing from the world-class talent in the Los Angeles media industry, we're aiming to bring in a mix of people who will teach, inspire, and share our communication skills with one another. What can you learn about communication from a professional storyboard artist, or an accomplished cinematographer? Join us and find out!
When: Summer 2009 (date TBD)
Where: Los Angeles, California (location TBD)
Schedule:
Day 0
- Welcome Mixer in Hollywood the night before
Day 1
- Morning
- Lunch
- Afternoon
- Dinner
Proposed sessions:
- How to Create a 15-Minute Presentation in 1 Hour (with graphics!) - Cliff Atkinson, author of Beyond Bullet Points
- The Future of Presentations... - Nat Robinson, SlideRocket
- "Kill the People": Using Comedy and Truth to Slay "Death by PowerPoint" - Colleen Wainwright, the communicatrix
- Storyboarding 101 - Cynthia Petrovic, storyboard artist at Warner Bros. animation
Topics I would like to hear about:
- Screenwriting secrets of a Hollywood screenwriter
- Presenting the world like a cinematographer
- Telling your story like a motion graphics artist
- Visual thinking
- Mindmapping your story
- Presenting a story in comic form
- Presentation/performance techniques from screen & stage actors
- Presentation/pefromance techniques from comedy improv actors
- (add your ideas...)
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Planners:
Volunteers:
Sponsors:
- SlideRocket (yay! our first sponsor)
- SlideShare?
- MindJet?
- TechSmith?
- PowerPoint Live?
- Microsoft Press?
- add yourself...
- (other ideas?)
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Participants: (aka Campers)
- add yourself... (please let us know how to reach you once we set up a registration page)
- Leah Peterson - depending on the date, I would love to come.
Task List
(please cross out when it's done)
Timing
Logistics (volunteer for the areas where you can help...)
- Create a budget
- Find a location for the mixer in Hollywood
- Find a location for the event
Sponsors
Tech (volunteer for the areas where you can help...)
- Wifi
- Projector
- White Boards
- Photo Video Audio Streaming or Stickam or Skype
Non-tech (volunteer for the areas where you can help...)
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Coffee/Tea
- Tables and chairs
Tags for twitter, flickr, delicious, ma.gnolia, technorati etc.:
- Twitter Hash Tag: #pcampLA
Who's blogging: