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Another one to print out and pin up on my bulletin board :-)

Watching yourself on video--the only thing more painful than hearing yourself on audio :-) Here are some tips to get through it!

Here's my first share with the T is for Training group. I love that Olivia confronts the idea that we *shouldn't* use powerpoint, or that we *must*, well, that we *must* do anything. I'm a big advocate for being effective--any way you can. And how one is effective changes with each presentation, with each audience, and is also tied to our own inherent unique strengths as presenters.

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Excerpt: There are five main components to pulling together a good presentation: 1. Choose a goal; 2. Find a storyline that will help the group reach that goal; 3. Develop a series of activities or a method of presentation that allows you to develop your storyline. Don't let your media determine your storyline! 4. Remember that your role is to facilitate the group reaching its shared goal. This is your primary responsibility! 5. Remember that it's not about you. All that matters is the experience of the other people in the room.

"2) In the united States, there is some disagreement about what constitutes "fair use" of copyrighted materials. Comes up most frequently when people are considering use of cartoons or video clips (or playing a movie). Some copyright owners (e.g., Hollywood studios) take the position that even if you are in a nonprofit, educational environment you can't use anything without permission. Other folks (lawyers representing libraries, for example) take a different view. The best advice is to get permission. The costs vary from reasonable (e.g., Scott Adams) to unreasonable (anything from a TV network or major studio). If you choose to live dangerously, the risk varies with the size of the audience, the size of the sponsoring organiation, whether it is a nonprofit or for-profit organization, and whether the presentation (or some reference to it) will be on line. Because of this risk, many organizations are requiring presenters to remove all possibly copyrighted images from presentations, or prove that permission was given."

I shy away from using cartoons, copyrighted pictures and video clips (although I will include a video clip now and then--especially if it's an unpaid gig.) How do others approach the copyright issues of using clips and cartoons?