What's up, fam. It's your boy, Kirk Nugent,
the geek speaker preacher. And we're going to be chatting about the run sheet,
the run of show, the shoflo maybe? What about the cue sheet?
I don't know.
It has so many different titles and names and some of them have variations
in terms of what they're used for, but overall, and generally speaking,
the two terms that I have settled on, if you will, is run of show and run sheet,
essentially helping us to be organized in our live streams.
And I'm going to talk about some specific things that we can do with StreamYard
and our run sheet to really allow us to level up in our
livestream.
A run sheet is an item by item sequence of events that will happen within
a show, a run sheet, essentially for us as StreamYarders,
for us as live streamers using the StreamYard platform,
is going to help us to be organized. I mean,
really allow you to have a 10,000 foot view exactly of what's going to happen
within your show. The run sheet really allows you not only to be organized,
but also to give you options for when things happen.
And the last thing I want to share is your run sheet gives you some built in
reminders. The other thing, in terms of reminders,
it allows me to make sure that I hit the questions that I already
previously gave to my guests. Whenever I think of the run sheet,
whenever I think of pre-production and pre-planning for my live show,
the key term that always comes to mind is intentionality.
You want to take a high level of intentionality into the creation of your run
sheet. This is the make or break.
This is the part that is going to be set at above and beyond everything else.
And the reason why you want to be intentional is that everything should lead
into another. And then it becomes an easy flow.
And then you go back and you iterate, right? You go back and you check and say,
okay, this worked, this didn't work.
Let me tweak my run sheet and the end product. What you end up with,
is this curated thing that is the
result of weeks. If not months,
maybe even years of your live stream experience, all, you know,
distilled down into this one document.
And you can take that from one show to the next, to the next.
And it allows you to hit your bullet points, hit your mark.
Almost every single time. I create my run sheet in Microsoft Word.
It gives me a lot of flexibility to be able to shift things around and make it
look and feel the way that I want it to. I like to use MS Word, because again,
I'm not just using it for myself.
This is a document that I send out to my guests ahead of time.
And so you're seeing it on the screen. Now you see that I have my flyer,
my show flyer there. I'm just using this as an example. This is a show,
that was last August. So this is old, but I've got my flyer.
there usually in there. I have the StreamYard link. I'm giving people the time,
right? 5:00 PM show starts at 5:30, but at 5:00 PM,
I want to make sure that people are connected. I want to give them these notes,
dress casual, whatever makes you comfortable. You'll need a laptop, webcam,
Google browser, headphones. I require headphones,
and so I make sure that that's in my run sheet because I know I'm going to send
this to my guests. I walk them through some of the audio settings,
what they need to do when they connect, when they type their name,
that's the name, as it will appear in the system.
And it's the way it will appear on-screen when they're live in StreamYard.
I asked them to set up where they can get an,
either a natural light or if they've got studio lights. And then I, and again,
thank them for their willingness to share their expertise in the discussion.
But man, listen, 5:25 countdown clock. All those things are done.
5:27 host welcome, individual shot.
This is the run sheet.
This is the level of detail you want to have in your run sheet so that
everyone is on the same page. Everyone is on the same page.
Remember the definition that we shared before is a,
a run sheet is a item by item,
sequence of events that will happen within a show. And that's what this is.
So intro video plays at 5:30,
hosts gives the official welcome invites people to comment.
We do some shout-outs there. This is where we do the like, share,
subscribe thing. I introduce the panel and then we get into it.
And I want to be very intentional and specific about the
questions I'm going to be asking my panel.
So I include those here and you'll see, throughout the document,
there are time stamps. This is going to take seven minutes.
This is going to take three minutes. We're going to move into this section here.
This is, this part is more of a request that I sent my guests.
And then we have a show question, right?
A question that allows our viewers to really engage with us again,
run sheet really helps me to keep that in mind.
Sometimes the conversation is going so well,
you forget that you are, this is a show, right?
We want to make sure that we're getting this information out to everybody and
that it's a two-way street. And so the run sheet allows me to be that reminder.
And I'll show you what this looks like in StreamYard in just a second.
And again, another show question in the comments,
let us know if you ever considered being a public speaker panel discussion
again, host, we'll set these up again, just setting the framework,
setting the groundwork, the guests, and anyone who reads this.
My assistant producer,
they all have a feel an idea of what exactly is going to be happening and for
how long. And then we can communicate in terms of if we're going over,
leave some time for question and answer. And then I always put in the run sheet,
who's going to be on the next week.
And that is a reminder for me to be able to plug that next episodes,
that what to welcome and invite people who were there watching this week to come
back next week. Let's take a look at what this looks like in StreamYard.
And so in StreamYard, here we are. I'm going to zoom in here real quick.
I'm in the banners section, right? I'm in the banners section in StreamYard.
And so you'll see here share, subscribe, like, you know,
I'm Oliver, Marcel. And the reason why I put Oliver Marcel in there is because
he makes the beats for my show. And so this is,
this will never be shown on-screen. I want to make that clear.
This particular banner will never be shown on-screen,
but it is there because I keep the banner section open while I'm in the
show, because it allows me to get, uh, you know,
without having to take my eyes off of StreamYard.
I'm able to actually see my run sheet right there on the same screen.
So personally,
I like the fact that this is right here on the side next to the program window
where I can watch everything happening,
but I can also be reminded just by a quick glance that this is where we are in
the program. And you'll see this stuff here, intro video in one sentence,
what is public speaking,
share something that surprised you about public speaking, speaking mechanics.
And look, sometimes I do show these on-screen. Like the question,
sometimes I'll put the question on screen and allow the guests who are there to
answer that question and I'll leave it up there for a little bit.
Just so even as people are joining,
they may be able to kind of figure out where we are. Okay.
This is what's being answered right now. And so, really the video journey.
This one is not one that I'll probably put on-screen, show question.
This is one that I definitely put on screen, but you get the point.
I'm using the banner section of StreamYard to really
mimic what I have in my run sheet so that I can have this
information right in front of me and not be,
not have to take my eyes off of what's happening on-screen,
to be able to figure out my place. And I have everything here. I mean, how,
how has the pandemic, what is your number one piece of advice?
Here's the next show? You know, don't forget to take a moment to subscribe.
These are visual cues and reminders for me that really help me to
stay organized, to stay on task. Listen,
this is the last thing I want to leave you with.
One of the analogies I always use when I can talk to people about using a run
sheet is using it like a GPS,
using it like your MapQuest. I know that's old, uh,
using it like your directions to get to a desired destination.
You've got to figure out where it is you want to take people,
not only your guests on-screen, but your audience, wherever that destination is,
work backward to the beginning of your show and take
people on that journey so that when you get there, it was methodical.
It was intentional. It was on purpose.
And you curated the experience from one step to the next, to the next,
to the next. I'm going to say it one more time.
A run sheet is an item by item,
sequence of events that will happen in your live show.
And when you pair that with the banner section hack that I'm showing you with
StreamYard, this will take your live streams to the next level.
It's your boy, Kirk Nugent, the geek speaker preacher,
thanking you for taking some time out to hang out with us today.
Look at run sheets and its for us as live streamers and
specifically how we can incorporate it into our StreamYard live streams.
If you haven't already take a moment right now to like, share, and subscribe.
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and we'll see you guys in the next video.