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Re: Video during Chairman's Interview

Place your attention entirely on my voice and try to ignore the others. It's important to focus your attention on one source of information while blocking all the other things that are competing for your attention.

Place your attention all the different voices simultaneously, in the past only listening to one voice might have been sufficient, but today you must focus your attention on all the different voices.

Place your attention on one of the other voices duing this section. Stop listening to my voice now and move on before it's too late. If you are still listening to my voice now that means you have poor control over your attention.

I've been a strong advocate of not using video/photo slide shows/technology in the Chairmans interview. The judges are there to not see a video or such, they are there to interact and discuss with the students. Plopping a lappy infront of them with a running video along with the students talking and providing important and individual contact with the judges is a poor decision. Who do you pay attention to more during a powerpoint with tons of animations and video? There's a reason why when a movie theater needs to get your attention (like giving money to a cause) they turn OFF the projector.

They have read what you have done. They want the human interaction. Do teams do it? Yes. I don't.

NOW, what I have used were giant physical slides to show the judges and point out things. I think the analogue component along with a compelling script/outline will beat a video any day.

All flash and no substance is bad, so is flash and substance.
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