And the overwhelming answer was NO!

At the Hartland Chamber of Commerce Lunch and Learn, that was my question! Do you want to be on video live? In this group of forty, two hands went up. Why did I ask the question?

It is because of Facebook’s goal. They want you to be “glued” to Facebook and spend more time there. I can see it in my habits lately. I enjoy videos made by Saturday Night Live and others that I find entertaining. And I watch videos to learn. The word broadcaster makes us all uncomfortable. We are everyday people. Who would be interested in what I have to say?  I totally get it. I am camera shy. Add a video, and it goes through the roof. So how can we get over that

The word broadcaster makes us all a little uncomfortable. We have doubts. Who would be interested in what I have to say?  I totally get it. I am camera shy. So how can we get over this reluctance. Practice. In preparing for this talk, I decided I needed to give it a try myself. Taped myself with a camera on a tripod. Then did the selfie version of video (especially distracting because you see yourself up close).  But I started getting used to looking at the camera. And even started getting used to what I looked like speaking and what I sounded like.

Pottery Artist and Facebook Live

From an article in Time Magazine, “Why Live Video is Invading Your Facebook Feed”  read the following quote from a pottery artist connecting to those he already knows and then building more connections…

“It was really great to have these people from all different points in my life coming in and seeing what I do,” says Adam Field, a Montana-based pottery artist who did his first Facebook live stream Wednesday as he carved a new porcelain piece. Field is an avid Periscope streamer, but says he attracted many more viewers on Facebook — and they were people he recognized. “There’s something really nice about knowing your audience,” he says.

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