Back to the greens. #notgolf #greenscreen #virtualevent #bayer #pharmacist #congress #bpc2021 #workweekend #host #ecopia

The Now Normal of green screens and virtual events. That’s pretty much how we emcees and presenters roll these days as the virus continues to halt full scale shows and events. Thank you Boost for having Shaun and I host your first virtual event “𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝗼𝐰 𝐍𝗼𝐫𝗺𝐚𝐥“, Ecopia for the wonderful BTS job and all panelists as well as participants who joined in the one hour show. Congratulations to the winners of the show! It was lovely to see so much engagement and creative entries coming in for the contest running. It takes a solid team, endless rehearsals, good scriptwriters and a well-versed tech crew to get an event like this going. As a producer myself, I understand the effort and work that goes behind a project like this - including the choice of hosts for the show to ensure they are the right fit, have the right chemistry and of course ... charges within the budget allocated. The show was conducted in English but Shaun and I mixed it up a bit because we have a diverse audience watching. We were also paid to come in for online meets and rehearsals as this is part of the job scope. On a side note. A recent video went viral a couple of days ago and whilst some have different ways in communicating their differing opinions, comments and feedback about it- my personal stance is this - let this be a learning curve for everyone, including myself on how best to improve and produce a good show. Had this show been in Mandarin, a language I am not proficient in even though I studied the language back in University - I don’t think I’d be comfortable hosting the show but if I was getting paid to do the job? I’d probably take a very, VERY long time to perfect my pronunciation etc. Unfortunately for the presenter of that show, that is not her day job and I think we need to cut her some slack. Bless her for trying - some said it was on a voluntarily basis. I think my only beef about it was the content. 𝑯𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒑 works with a lot of unwed mothers and the stigma of being pregnant is the reason why most of these young girls turn to illegal or dangerous abortion solutions. So I don’t agree on certain messages sent across. Not cool.

It's a wrap! Not sure if i'm exhilarated from the event or the tub of pineapple tarts i finished mid-work. Either way, both were great! Shout out to the team at @ecopiagroup for always feeding me and pulling off yet another seamless show. #ecopia #johnsonandjohnson #virtualevent #greenscreen #behindthescenes #virtualhost #presenter