Dr Patrick Dixon Global Change Ltd
Tel: 00 44 (0) 7768 511 390 - mobile / 24 hour messaging

Dr Patrick Dixon is available for global bookings and multimedia videoconference presentations (see below) contracted through Leigh Bureau, the longest established speakers bureau in the United States. For early discussions regarding your vision for the event, audience, content or style, e-mail Dr Dixon or phone him direct on 00 44 (0) 7768 511 390.  Each presentation is unique, customised to meet your own precise requirements. See client comments on presentations and watch videos, list of companies attending and client list. See also information about how Dr Dixon works with clients to create highly successful events.

Technical setup for keynote lectures

Technical teams should email Dr Dixon to confirm arrangements below.

Dr Dixon will bring two fast IBM - compatible portable PCs containing the multi-gigabyte presentations and videos.  He will also bring a radio mouse and two receivers allowing both PCs to advance simultaneously along the same presentation.  The second PC is for backup and both are placed on the podium or a suitable table. Dr Dixon may bring pyrotechnics to create small on-stage flashes but ONLY if specially requested by conference organisers.

You need to provide:

Podium large enough for two portable PCs or a suitable table.

Largest possible high quality screen.

Powerful 1024x768 projector (true output - no compression).

Backup projector (what happens when bulb goes or a circuit board blows up?).  Backup projector can be lower spec. Even the most powerful and reliable types of projectors can fail during major events, much to the embarrassment of organisers with no backup. Dr Dixon has participated in two conferences in the last two years where the main projector failed and had to be replaced rapidly.

Switch box on the podium allowing instant selection of PC1 or PC2 output to projector during presentation.

Sound cables and mini-jacks for one PC only.

Radio microphone - preferably attached to tie.

Suitable stage area lighting (this is important - see discussion below).

On-line access is NOT NEEDED unless specially requested.

A couple of monitors at the front of stage showing output are very USEFUL in larger venues but NOT essential.

Comments:

High impact, dynamic fast-moving multimedia presentations enable delegates to "see, hear, feel and touch the future" using the very latest technology.   Think theatre or cinema, an experience, rather than a standard podium with lecturer glued to it. This requires careful staging for maximum effect.  The end result will be an enjoyable event that will stimulate fresh thinking in CEOs, Chairmen and senior executives for a long time. The following are recommended for a standard small to medium sized auditorium.  Partial implementation may be less successful.  The medium is the message.

Larger setups are unique, designed for each venue. Up to three hours setup time may be needed to test PCs, switches, sound, arrange lights, rig external communications and possible small-scale pyrotechnics.   Global Change Ltd can provide a complete technical solution if required.

Data projector needs to be powerful enough to produce very bright image without blacking out auditorium.  That means the brightest possible projector for best results.  Consider how dependent you are on the data projector bulb, not just for this presentation.  Remember that these presentations are on the future and it looks terrible to have a techno-failure. That's why most conferences now line up a second projector as backup, even if the second one has a far lower technical spec. Back projection is preferable for larger audiences or long throw lens so projector is at back of hall out of sight.

Most projectors are bulky and noisy.  Therefore the worst location is on a desk in front of a small to medium audience.  It is preferable in such cases to house the projector out of site underneath the presenter's table, angled slighty up towards the screen.  The image distortion is usually worth the reduction in noise and untidiness.

Spotlights: Attention to stage lighting is very important, so that the speaker can move and engage audience interactively when appropriate without disappearing into semi-darkness.  A key test is how dark the screen is when the projector is off.  Ideally it should be black while the speaker is brightly lit and the audience is dimly lit.  Hiring very directional long lens focussed spots (at least two, preferably four), mounted either side of the auditorium will make a vast difference, fixed, not roving, angled away from the screen, washing the floor with light, with faders.  Otherwise the multiple video sequences can look terrible, even with a bright projector.

Two top specification portable PCs and other technology are provided by presenter on arrival, usually positioned well forward so screens  remain visible most of the time as presenter walks around.  Lecturn needs to be wide enough ideally for both PCs side by side.

Technical requirements for "virtual" presentations

Virtual presentations using videoconferencing TV studio: Multimedia presentations for 10 - 2,000 people using state-of-the-art TV / multimedia technology, four cameras, digital camera positions, automatic camera tracking, videostreaming, virtual reality and other simulations, mixed live (fades / wipes / picture in picture) in a highly interactive, dynamic, customised event.  The medium is the message when talking about the future, and what better way to do so than virtually?   True eye-to-eye contact is achieved with camera-in-screen, positioned in a five foot by four foot video wall right in front of the presenter.  Thus the presenter is able to see and interact "normally" with the audience / discussion panel.   Use of three pairs of ISDN lines ensures minimal latency and smooth high resolution video with broadcast quality sound.  However presentations to smaller groups will work with just one pair of lines. Contact Leigh Bureau today to set up a demonstration with Dr Patrick Dixon.  For demonstration and introduction see Web TV on videoconferencing.

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