I was super honored to provide teleprompting services for the Senate of California, when the first woman, and first out member of the LGBTQ community took the oath of President Pro Tem. As she said in her speech… “It’s the…
I worked on an interesting teleprompter rig this week. It’s a massive ballroom, with a stage in the center of the room, like a boxing ring. Theater in the round style… To make it work for the client, we placed…
Teleprompters and laptops in the rain. Expensive electronics and water. What could be better? Still, when I’m asked to come up with a solution, I’m happy for the challenge. Here’s some best practices for teleprompting in the rain or other…
Yup, emojis have crept into teleprompting! This was a special circumstance, because the dialogue between two actors was rapid fire. Their names would actually take up too much space on the screen when I was scrolling quickly. Normally…
I say “I love my job” … a lot: Yesterday was an example of this, not just because I got to do teleprompting for Hillary Clinton again, which was awesome, but also because of the awesome crew and the awesome…
Teleprompting for Sir Richard Branson followed by an attempted robbery just an hour later. Over all though, last night was great! I got called last minute to do “teleprompting for a few speakers” at a fundraising gala. It wasn’t until…
I was asked to provide a solution for scrolling names for a live awards show, where the words had to be able to be sped up or slowed down to match the live presenter. They called me in after trying…
Speechwriters need to be aware of double meanings. I just finished four days teleprompting with an awesome crew, working backstage with some of the most amazing speakers… including CEOs, publishers of major magazines, heads of major ad agencies, actors, international…
I got requested to operate my downstage monitor lyric teleprompter for some cover band… …a super group, they said, made up of ex- or current members of once famous rock bands… “OK, very cool. I’m in!” They gave me the…
Microsoft Word has been spellchecking me for decades with TelePrompTer whenever I type in teleprompter. Why? Kleenex, Xerox, and Google have become generic words for facial tissue, copying, and searching, respectively. Well, so has TelePrompTer… No one capitalizes it that…
