Testing, Testing

 

The first published edit of this post was just the video without any explanation, which I then shared on Facebook with the caption "Don't watch this video, it's awful".

So, don't watch this video. It's awful.

What I'm hoping to do is to livestream Cardiff Toastmasters' live meeting at the climax of the speedrun on 5th October - at which I'm giving "Reflect on Your Path" - so that I can invite everyone I've met along the way to share in its culmination.

I stress that is going to be a live meeting, not a hybrid, and that my plan is to livestream it on Zoom, not to turn it into a hybrid meeting. So Zoom attendees won't be able to take part.

Anyway, what we were trying here was to see whether we could get a decent stream or recording of a speech. And the answer to that appears to be "no".

Some lessons I think we've learned though are: 

• Probably don't use my clapped-out old laptop.
• Have some alternative available to the pub's rather shaky wi-fi.
• Make a backup recording on another device because the stream can fail altogether.
• Use a separate microphone.
• Do something about the lighting. Closing the curtains would surely have helped - although I think it's fair to say we're unlikely to have bright evening sunshine in October like we did in August.
• Find a much better presenter. I've always said that if I was rich enough I would hire Peter Serafinowicz to give all my Toastmasters speeches for me.