Free online producer training with Orla Cronin

The fifth annual congress of the Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research (NNMHR), CRITICAL will be running from 19-21 April 2023.

Like the previous NNMHR congress in 2021—attended by over 1,300 delegates from across the globe—the 2023 congress will be entirely online, with the explicit aim of encouraging international participation and remaining accessible and inclusive of those who might find attending in person difficult for health, financial, caring or geographical reasons. 

To ensure that the Congress runs as smoothly as possible for both presenters and participants, all sessions will be supported by an online producer. We are recruiting a team of 20 online producers for the Congress and will provide online producer training on March 8 (10-12:30).

Run by facilitator Orla Cronin and taking place via Zoom, this 2.5 hour session will focus on the role of a producer in delivering successful virtual events. By the end of the training, attendees will have: 

• Developed a repertoire of basic troubleshooting tips and practices, including optimising screen sharing, renaming, and working with participants to solve audio problems. 
• Practiced and discussed breakout rooms from a participant and producer point of view, and finessed the way in which you set them up and manage them. 
• Practiced dealing with (role-played) security challenges. 
• Experienced several engagement activities using ‘excursions’ to different software and using in-Zoom tools. 

Please note, this training is free and will provide an invaluable set of tools for participants from all fields and career stages. In exchange (and as a good way of practising these new skills in a supported team), we ask that participants act as producers for a minimum of two panels during CRITICAL.

We have set aside some funds to support producers who aren't waged to compensate them for their time on CRITICAL, further information about which can be found on the sign-up form.