[ubuntu-uk] UK Marketing: Promo Videos

[alan c]

Ian Pascoe wrote:
> Following on from recent posts about Viral videos and screencasts, is there
> such a thing as a promo video / DVD, that could be left runing on something
> as part of a stand?
> 
> Just thought that something like that is a trap for people to watch without
> necessarily actually having to speak with someone.  Knowing how conservative
> we Brits are, it's just another way to get the punters talking .... and
> apart from which it'd be damn useful to give to those waverers..
> 
> Additionally, along the same lines, anyone aware of a getting started with
> Ubuntu type of thingy that can be given away at the same time as a live CD -
> something like all the screencasts in one place that can be played on a
> normal DVD etc.  I know there's the Official Handbook, as I've got one!

I have often displayed, prepared with various options, including 
amarok with visualisations, or a video, or some simple how to's about 
updates etc. However, the most interest is often when I happen to be 
messing around in the file managers explaining to someone and  doing 
something or another. I think people are interested in a real (live) 
situation, and the context of a real person with a word or two is 
easier to grasp (and more fun) than watching a demo file, probably 
aimed at a different context. This is similar to what I find for 
myself when I am wandering past exhibitions. I will often eavesdrop 
into a demo or conversation, rather than stand and look at a demo 
playing - which is often aimed at somebody else's situation.

hth
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alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391