Gen Con request to webcast lecturers

[BiggusGeekus]

I loved the webcasting you guys did last year. It may seem silly to say, but you really have no idea how much I enjoyed sitting in on the lectures and whatnot even in a virtual sense. However, I had a hard time hearing a lot of stuff and it wasn't because of the microphones.

If asked a question: Please repeat the question you were just asked into the microphone. This will help the people in the back row and your devoted internet fans.

What was said last year
Guy in Audience: Are you on schedule for your latest product?
Lecturer/Presenter: Yes! Things are going great! We're very excited.

This is what I hear
Guy in Audience:
Lecturer/Presenter: Yes! Things are going great! We're very excited.

What I would prefer to hear
Guy in Audience: Are you on schedule for your latest product?
Lecturer/Presenter: OK, he asked if we're on schedule. Yes! Things are going great! We're very excited.

It can sound a little dorky when you first do it. And people who haven't been to a lot of large presentations probably won't "get it". But it assures that everyone in the audience can hear (to say nothing of us internet people) and it has the side benefit of that you don't have to have someone running around the audience with a microphone so the person can broadcast their question themselves.

Just my two cents.

Have fun at the con, guys! I really wish I was going.

 

[francisca]

I second this request. As a former teacher, who often lectured to 150+ students in a room big enough for 350+, restating the question before the answer is good form.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Let me put in a call for this as well. Very good idea, and certainly helpful to everyone, not just those online. Last year I attended several lectures, where it was impossible to hear the questions, and the answers didn't make much sense.