Vitamin D presentations on VitaminDWiki

Created March 2012

Some of the vitamin D presentations are available in video on:

Presentations anticipated for VitaminDWiki include:

Presentations already available

Suggested way to browse the presentations

  1. Click on a presentation set (for example: Dubahi March 2012)

  2. Select an interesting title/presenter

  3. Click for more about the presentation: abstract, portrait, sometimes highlighted slides, comments by others

  4. Click on the PDF – to confirm your interest

  5. Optionally click and download the AUDIO

    • Listen while scrolling/clicking to the next slide
    •    You can take notes on the PDF if use free Adobe or free Foxit Readers
    • VLC free media player allows you to speedup ([)/slowdown (]) the audio
    •      Note:be sure to skip all of the add-ons during installation

How to browse the audio presentations

  1. Click on a presentation set (for example: Texas workshop)

  2. Select an interesting title/abstract

    • Click to see details
    • See possible comments by others
    • Click on the PDF – see if you are still interested in it
  3. Click and download the MP3 (audio)
    • Listen while scrolling/clicking to the next slide
    • You might leave a comment about the presentation for others
    •    You can take notes on the PDF if you use Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader which is smaller and faster
    • VLC free media player allows you to speedup ([)/slowdown (]) the audio
    •      Note:Skip all of the add-ons during installation

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Very low cost to record

  • Video recording and editing appears to cost about $1600/day

  • Many hand-held digital audio recorders capable of recording >20 hours cost < $100

    • Available at Radio Shack, Best Buy, Amazon has over 200 different models
    • Must be sure that the digital recorder has a USB output
    • It might be possible to use a smart phone, iPad, etc. for audio recording
    • Photos of the presenter and any posters (in professional meetings) would be very useful

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How to record

  • Try to record without getting reverberation

  • Set it near the sound source: presenter or near a speaker

  • You can leave it recording continuously during all presentations - easy to edit the audio later

  • Make a test recording ahead of time and play it back to check sound levels, sound quality, reverberation, etc.

Benefits to a conference for recording:

  1. Office-mates, bosses, friends, family, . . . can see/hear what a particular person presented

  2. A way to learn about vitamin D without the time/expensive of travel - experiencing 1, 3, 5, or perhaps all of the presentations

  3. A way to advertise the current event, so as to get more future participation

  4. Something concrete to show bosses so as to get travel money for future presentations.

Why presenter would like it to be on the web

  1. Office-mates, bosses, friends, family, . . . a way to see/hear what he/she presented

  2. Something concrete to support funding future projects or presentations

  3. Initiate communication with other people with similar interests (who could not attend the workshop)

  4. Workshop attendees send links of important/interesting presentations to others

The increase in vitamin D information vs time is starting to look like a hockey stick

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