Vitamin D presentations on VitaminDWiki

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

• YouTube 35,000 videos
• Vimeo 700+ videos
• Grass Roots Health (Cancer)
• UK Vitamin D Association - 2011 only

Presentations anticipated for VitaminDWiki include:

• Houston June 2012
• Warsaw Oct 2012

Presentations already available

• Abu Dubahi March 2012
• Senior Vitamin D workshop 2011
  Recorded then transcribed, so that text is available in 55+ languages
• Videos and Books
• 100+ vitamin D videos in Canada

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

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

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