Akhil Shahani asked:




Technology is growing in leaps and bounds to automate everything we do through must-have gizmos. You will need them too, if you have to keep pace with the world around you. From smart phones to slim laptops, these gadgets rank high on performance and style! You can’t imagine being a smart entrepreneur without atleast one of these by your side.

Laptop: High on everyone’s list of must-have gizmos, laptops are becoming more sophisticated and cost effective. A smart model should have Bluetooth technology and connectivity to resources in your physical office. Intel® offers a range of mobile processors having several benefits including wireless internet access.

LCD Video: With this absolutely must-have gizmo, you could have all your data at the tips of your fingers and communicate with clients miles apart. The LCD screen with inbuilt speakers is very useful for conducting video conferences and storing business data such as charts and figures.

Smartphone: Also called sphone, the smart phone looks just like a cell phone; only, it can do much more. It combines the functionality of a mobile phone with that of a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). You can also install more applications on it. A GPS equipped smart phone can help you locate your way around unfamiliar roads.

Personal Digital Assistant (PDA): Want a to die for personal organizer? A Bluetooth enabled PDA just might be the stuff your electronic fantasies are made of! Apart from functioning as a personal organizer and mobile phone, a PDA enables you to send and receive emails.

Docking Station: A docking station can convert your laptop into a full fledged desktop in no time. And no, that’s not as bizarre as it sounds. Complete with a CD ROM drive and inbuilt speakers, this is must-have gizmo for those who’d like to travel really light, and load extra capabilities occasionally.

U3 Flashdrive: Perhaps you will know them better as pen drives. These new age data drives are faster, hold more and are much lighter than their predecessors. Ranging from a few megabytes to several gigabytes in capacity, these must-have gizmos comes in all shapes and sizes. To access the data you store on the drive, you will either need to connect it directly to the USB port in your PC or use a USB hub.

VoIP Phone: A Voice over IP (VoIP) phone has features like voice mail, caller ID, calls forwarding and allows phone calls over the internet. A normal phone is connected to a broadband connection through an analog telephone adapter. They are normally of two types: the telephone adapter based VoIP can make calls to a regular phone while the software adapter based one, also called “the soft phone”, can make calls to anywhere in the world through your computer. A Bluetooth earpiece can come in handy if you need to take calls when you are traveling. you can find what you need to make calls to and from your computer.

Wireless USB: USB stands for the Universal Service Bus, a hardware interface used to attach peripheral devices. It can be used to plug in devices to the computer without having to turn it off. This must-have gizmo is indispensable if you intend on using Flashdrive and other smart gadgets.

Portable USB Printer: ‘Portable’ says it all! Get one to take care of all your printing needs no matter where you are. Most can print 4” by 6” copies and can come in very handy if you need to nail business deals in record time.

Apple iPods: A must-have gizmo that needs no introduction. An iPod can store your business data as well your favorite songs. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy!

Multipurpose Printer: As a compact device that can perform scanning, copying and printing, a multipurpose printer can save the space and money you would have otherwise spent on making separate arrangements for each device.

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GAOInstruments asked:




Toronto, Canada – GAO Instruments (www.GAOInstruments.com) has released its cost-effective super signal level meter (GAODS11518), a versatile and easy-to-use tool ideal for professionals in the CATV industry. This compact meter is designed to measure and display signal amplitude at a specific frequency or any carrier as defined.

GAO’s super signal level meter supports C/N measurement, voltmeter functions, spectrum analysis, auto test and data logging. This optimized meter efficiently, effectively and accurately tests analog channels, digital channels (QAM) and FM channels. In addition, the peak-hold leve measurement feature in the LEVEL and SPECTRUM mode allows this meter to detect the occasional disturbance.

For more information about GAODS1151B Super Signal Level Meter, please visit www.GAOInstruments.com or contact Sales@GAOInstruments.com.

About GAO Instruments

GAO Instruments is a leading provider of telecom instruments testers, optical and needs of electronic professionals internationally. For more information please visit http://www.GAOInstruments.com.

For any media queries:

Director of Marketing,

416-292-0038 ext 228

marketing@GAOInstruments.com

GAO Instruments is a member of GAO Group, which also includes

GAO RFID Inc. – http://www.GAORFID.com

GAO Tek Inc. – http://www.GAOTek.com

GAO Research Inc. – http://www.GAOResearch.com

GAO RFID Asset Tracking – http://www.GAORFIDAssetTracking.com

GAO Embedded – http://www.GAOEmbedded.com

GAO Comm – http://www.GAOComm.com

GAO Fiber Optics – http://www.GAOFiberOptics.com

Toronto, Canada – GAO Instruments (www.GAOInstruments.com) has released its cost-effective super signal level meter (GAODS11518), a versatile and easy-to-use tool ideal for professionals in the CATV industry. This compact meter is designed to measure and display signal amplitude at a specific frequency or any carrier as defined.

GAO’s super signal level meter supports C/N measurement, voltmeter functions, spectrum analysis, auto test and data logging. This optimized meter efficiently, effectively and accurately tests analog channels, digital channels (QAM) and FM channels. In addition, the peak-hold leve measurement feature in the LEVEL and SPECTRUM mode allows this meter to detect the occasional disturbance.

For more information about GAODS1151B Super Signal Level Meter, please visit www.GAOInstruments.com or contact Sales@GAOInstruments.com.

About GAO Instruments

GAO Instruments is a leading provider of telecom instruments testers, optical and needs of electronic professionals internationally. For more information please visit http://www.GAOInstruments.com.

For any media queries:

Director of Marketing,

416-292-0038 ext 228

marketing@GAOInstruments.com

GAO Instruments is a member of GAO Group, which also includes

GAO RFID Inc. – http://www.GAORFID.com

GAO Tek Inc. – http://www.GAOTek.com

GAO Research Inc. – http://www.GAOResearch.com

GAO RFID Asset Tracking – http://www.GAORFIDAssetTracking.com

GAO Embedded – http://www.GAOEmbedded.com

GAO Comm – http://www.GAOComm.com

GAO Fiber Optics – http://www.GAOFiberOptics.com



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MORRISVILLE, NC–(Marketwire – November 11, 2009) – Tekelec (NASDAQ: TKLC), the network signaling, mobile messaging and performance management company, today announced that it has deployed its mobile number portability solution for Manx Telecom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of O2, a Telefónica company. Manx Telecom, based in the Isle of Man, selected Tekelec for its rapid delivery and history of mobile number portability success.

Tekelec deployed the first integrated number portability solution in 1997 with Bell Atlantic (now Verizon), and today has 94 number portability customers in 32 countries, including nearly a dozen in Europe. Tekelec also has the largest market share for real-time connection number portability solutions — 35 percent — according to the Number Portability Research Note published by industry research and consultancy firm Analysys Mason.

Tekelec’s mobile number portability solution is supported by its EAGLE® 5 signaling platform, which can also support signal transfer point (STP) functions, home location register (HLR) routing, signaling gateway, short message service (SMS) routing and other signaling-related functions.

“The versatility of the EAGLE 5 gives us the technology and flexibility we need to provide mobile number portability while watching the bottom line,” said Roy Maddrell, mobile network manager of Manx Telecom. “Tekelec’s approach also gives us the options to scale and add new capabilities as our customers’ needs evolve.”

Tekelec provides a unified platform that integrates advanced database management and signaling functions. This simplified approach provides superior throughput and avoids link congestion and bottlenecks in the network. The company’s solution supports number portability for voice, SMS, multimedia messaging service (MMS) and pre-paid calls, and covers GSM, CDMA, fixed networks, and cable, as well as intra-carrier number retention.

“We make number portability reliable, seamless and transparent to subscribers making a call or sending an SMS,” said Ron de Lange, executive vice president at Tekelec. “We are excited to expand our footprint across Europe.”

For more information on number portability, Tekelec has Analysys Mason’s Number Portability Research Note and its own Operator Guidelines for Number Portability whitepaper available for free download.

About Tekelec

Tekelec, a global leader in core multimedia session control, mobile messaging and network intelligence, ensures scalable, secure and highly available communications. The company’s market-leading signaling solutions enable the interworking of different network applications, technologies and protocols, providing a smooth transition to next-generation networks. Tekelec has more than 20 offices around the world serving customers in more than 100 countries, with corporate headquarters located near Research Triangle Park in Morrisville, N.C., U.S.A. For more information, please visit www.tekelec.com.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements made in this press release are forward looking, reflect the Company’s current intent, belief or expectations and involve certain risks and uncertainties. The Company’s actual future performance may differ materially from such expectations as a result of important risk factors, which include, in addition to those identified in the Company’s 2008 Form 10-K, 2009 First, Second and Third Quarter Form 10-Qs and its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the effect of the current or escalating economic crisis including the impact of credit availability and currency fluctuations on overall capital spending by our customers, the current or further detrimental changes in general economic, social, or political conditions in the countries in which we operate, the timeliness and functional competitiveness of our product releases, the timing of our recognition of revenues and changes to the accounting rules related thereto, our ability to maintain OEM, partner, and vendor support and supply relationships, the extent to which any customer outsourcing to our competitors and supplier consolidation increase the influence of competitors on our customers’ purchases, business interruptions at the Company, its suppliers or customers resulting from the recent or subsequent flu pandemics, our ability to compete with other manufacturers that have lower cost bases than ours and/or are partially supported by foreign governments or employ other unfair trade practices, our ability to integrate acquisitions, our ability to protect intellectual property rights or the risk of infringing and litigating with others regarding their intellectual property rights, and changes in the market price of the Company’s common stock. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.



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GAOInstruments asked:




Toronto, Canada– GAO Instruments’ (www.GAOInstruments.com) new CATV Signal Level Meter (GAO2002) is designed for CATV system maintenance and features a small size, light weight, long operating time and a well-built, rugged design.

This signal level meter combines most practical functions and features easy operation. Our experiments indicate that the meter works continuously, even after it being dropped from a height of five meters. GAO’s Signal Level Meter tests Level, V/A, Tilt and Trunk Level on two channels simultaneously.

For more information about this Signal Level Meter, please visit www.GAOInstruments.com or contact Sales@GAOInstruments.com.

About GAO Instruments

GAO Instruments is a leading provider of telecom instruments testers, optical and electronic measurement instruments, and other electronic products that serve the needs of electronic professionals internationally.

For more information please visit http://www.GAOInstruments.com

For any media queries:

Director of Marketing,

416-292-0038 ext 228

marketing@GAOInstruments.com

GAO Instruments is a member of GAO Group, which also includes

1. GAO RFID Inc. – http://www.GAORFID.com

2. GAO Tek Inc. – http://www.GAOTek.com

3. GAO Research Inc. – http://www.GAOResearch.com

4. GAO RFID Asset Tracking – http://www.GAORFIDAssetTracking.com

5. GAO Embedded – http://www.GAOEmbedded.com

6. GAO Comm – http://www.GAOComm.com

7. GAO Fiber Optics – http://www.GAOFiberOptics.com

Toronto, Canada– GAO Instruments’ (www.GAOInstruments.com) new CATV Signal Level Meter (GAO2002) is designed for CATV system maintenance and features a small size, light weight, long operating time and a well-built, rugged design.

This signal level meter combines most practical functions and features easy operation. Our experiments indicate that the meter works continuously, even after it being dropped from a height of five meters. GAO’s Signal Level Meter tests Level, V/A, Tilt and Trunk Level on two channels simultaneously.

For more information about this Signal Level Meter, please visit www.GAOInstruments.com or contact Sales@GAOInstruments.com.

About GAO Instruments

GAO Instruments is a leading provider of telecom instruments testers, optical and electronic measurement instruments, and other electronic products that serve the needs of electronic professionals internationally.

For more information please visit http://www.GAOInstruments.com

For any media queries:

Director of Marketing,

416-292-0038 ext 228

marketing@GAOInstruments.com

GAO Instruments is a member of GAO Group, which also includes

1. GAO RFID Inc. – http://www.GAORFID.com

2. GAO Tek Inc. – http://www.GAOTek.com

3. GAO Research Inc. – http://www.GAOResearch.com

4. GAO RFID Asset Tracking – http://www.GAORFIDAssetTracking.com

5. GAO Embedded – http://www.GAOEmbedded.com

6. GAO Comm – http://www.GAOComm.com

7. GAO Fiber Optics – http://www.GAOFiberOptics.com

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Mark Allen asked:




1) Phone or PC?

Over the years, many different things have been implemented in order to produce VoIP desk phones able to accomplish tasks that your grandfather’s (actually even your older siblings’) phone cannot do. Let’s begin with the soft keys (the buttons you program depending on what you wish to achieve). When you combine large, brightly colored LCD functions that appear in words and pictures with easy-to-follow graphic instructions – you get a phone that mirrors the comfort and familiarity of the better personal computers on the market or other convenient consumer devices. No longer will you have to sift through the pages of a manual.

Also, don’t forget to add one more development – the integration between applications relying on enterprise servers and VoIP phones that are becoming more and more useful and easy-to-use. This means that when you have the appropriate IP PBX and network structure, you will gain the same capabilities as if you were sitting at your desk; scanning and replying to email from the head honcho; reviewing a video message, or receiving access to corporate databases. All of this is displayed on a large, crisp screen. It is key to recognize that the quality of the user interface and the application integration are very important. If they seem harder to use than your cell phone, you may not want to bother.

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2) The Power of the Gigabit…

Voice conversations can work on 8 Kbs and when you encounter an Ethernet connection that possesses a gigabit – you probably think this is way too much. However, all of this has to do with the ever-changing interest in desktop VoIP phones. Why? VoIP phones and computers are both data devices and when you connect them to a corporate LAN – two data ports are used. Yet, if you hook up your computer to your phone, and then connect your phone to your LAN – the number of ports your office network requires is cut by half the amount.

Up until recent times, the majority of phones had been created to connect at the 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps speeds associated with most office LANs. Nowadays, GigE enterprise networks, computers, and applications that find benefit in such speeds are becoming the norm. This means that when you buy a GigE-capable phone, the payoff continues to increase into the future of the IP telephony system used within your company.

3) Isn’t HD Just For TV?

The Polycom term known as HD Voice sheds light on the broader movement taking over desk phones. Companies that manufacture such phones are making strides in improving the sound quality of conversations. They believe that if your work becomes more efficient, then you won’t have to work extra hard just to be heard. One glaring effort is seen in the use of wideband codecs, which are associated with voice audio samples 16,000 times a second, as opposed to 8,000 times with telephones of the early 1900s. A new crop of possibilities regarding enhanced clarity is emerging. All of this can make it easier for the interactive voice response system to realize when you are experiencing trouble with your order instead of…let’s say – doubling your order.

4) Using Space to Your Advantage

Do you know the difference between the quality of a call and speakerphone quality? Today, there have been many attempts to create desk phones that work just as well as a specialized conference room speakerphone. Overall, this can allow you to conduct business within the boardroom while the SEC is attending to your hard drive. To accomplish this, a bit of cleaver design in the physical sense is needed. One approach is to place a great deal of space between the microphone and the speaker. This cuts down on interference. The base of the desktop phone will become larger than a laptop computer as a result. Another trick is to leave a large empty space behind your speaker – allowing the sound to vibrate in the same manner as high-end audio systems.

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5) No Moving Parts to Worry About

Steve Jobs may have made efforts in making touch controls cool, but Siemens is pushing the envelope with their new line of OpenStage phones that places improved control without the use of moving buttons or levers. For instance, a user can increase the volume by easily slide their finger from the left to the right of a slot. Inside, a blue glow within the slot expands to reveal your volume increase. The soft keys and navigation wheel similar to an iPod are touch-sensitive as well.

Conventional push buttons are a feature with the keypad, which helps people dial without fully concentrating on what they are looking at. Actually, does the phone you have your eye on possess a nib on the “5″ key so you are able to shift about the keypad just by feeling it out? These are the kind of things that manufacturers take seriously (and so should you) if you are dialing a lot of numbers that aren’t entered into your online directory.

The Magnitude of Cool…

When it comes to IP phones, there are plenty of other concepts to look out for, especially with all of the many different forms of wireless connectivity. All in all – don’t forget to question one thing – does the phone look cool enough for you? What is meant by that is that you don’t want to spend all your days using equipment that looks like the handiwork of Bill Gates, do you? We thought not.



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Steve Johnson asked:




There is no doubt that CEOs and important members of company boards are used to the finest in everything. So, it may be intimidating to think about what to get them when trying to shop for a Christmas or holiday gift.

If you need some better fancy gift ideas for an executive CEO, then take a moment to consider these suggestions. They include fine handcrafted desk accessories, wine gifts and more. These fancy CEO giftss are made for the executive and perfect for the holidays.

El Casco Gold and Silver desk accessories are truly fancy CEO executive gifts, like the Gold Cigar Cutter.  They are hand crafted and imported from Spain. Each one comes with an authenticity certificate. They feature real chrome or gold plating, which is hand layered over a hand polished exterior. They are authentic, top quality desk accessories. El Casco makes memo holders, gold pen stands, chrome business card holders and many more fancy accessories the CEO will appreciate.

Some inexpensive ideas include the El Casco black business card holders for around $70 and the cell phone caddy.

El Casco has been making the finest executive gifts for many decades. Since they started making pencil sharpeners in the 1920’s they have become a world leader in fine office accessories. Today they still sell the exact same pencil sharpener they made in the 1930’s. it’s layered in chrome and real 23kt Gold. See this fancy El Casco pencil sharpener as a gift for your CEO.

Executives also enjoy wine and bar tools. Wine gift baskets, wine opener sets and martini sets are a classy and fun gift for a executive CEO. These executive gifts are also affordable. They show you respect and have inheritted their good taste. A great idea for the holidays or retirements.

See more great executive gifts and office gift ideas here.



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agoodic asked:




Everyone’s getting all touchy-feely these days, if concept phones like the Onyx from Synaptics and Nokia’s very own Aeon ever make it into the mass consumer market. The Aeon will feature a full touchscreen surface that does away with the standard keypad, giving you an extremely sleek and sexy look that is guaranteed to turn heads each time you answer a call. One thing’s for sure though – unless Nokia knows how to perfect a material that does not attract fingerprints like ants to sugar, you’ll probably spend half your time wiping the Aeon.

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I do not know whether you still remember this, Nokia has introduced the concept of a machine – aeon, which means eternal. today, we have lamented its beautiful, it brought us a sigh of shock and amazing, but until today, we have not been able to see the mass production of it. Finally, we have n c

Nokia Aeon cell phone Specification

color:black dual sim cards dual standby,FM radio lanuage:chinese/english Music: play mp3 at background Camera: 13.0 lacpixel; support to shoot video with sound, the time depends on the storage flash memorry:6143K/with a 1GB TF card/supporting 4GB TF card supporting bluetooth data transfore:USB wire/bluetooth Games: 2 common games image format:jpf/gif 500 groups,celler group,caller ringtone 100 messages,MMS Alarm clock: 5 groups, can set from Mon to SUN at random talking time:260-360 MIN standby time:200-300 H More information: MP3/MP4/Handsfree/SMS group sending/Voice recorder/WAP/Handwritten input/Bluetooth/GPRS download/MMS/Memory extended/E-book/dual sim dual standby dual bluetooth/calendar/to do list/alarm clock/calculator/remit converter/stopwatch/world time size:108*50*11(mm)  weight:85G screen:26 thousand color TFT screen,240*320px,2.2″ screen

Nokia Aeon mobile phone Accessories:

2 battery 1 earphone 1 charger 1 usb cable 1GB TF card

 



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agoodic asked:




 

New Mini G99i Pucca phone

Features:

Language: English, French, Arabic, Russian, German, Italy, Spanish , Turkish, Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Display 1.3 inch TFT-LCD, 260′000 colors, 128 x 160 px resolution

Camera 1.3 megapixel; support to shoot MP4 with sound, the time depends on storage

Music play mp3 at background, equalizer, support speed, pause,bluetooth stereo output

Radio FM stereo, can play outside directly without earphone

Video 3GP, MP4, support to play in full screen, speed/pause

Ringtone 64 chord; Ringtone format: mp3, mp4, midi

Data transfer WAP, GPRS, USB cable, U disc, Bluetooth (file transmission, voice, stereo)

Internet WAP, GPRS

Available colors: black, pink

 

Specifications:

Network: Tri-band 900/ 1800/ 1900 MHz (Work for Europe, NOT work for USA, Canada and South America.)

Phonebook 500 groups of contacts, support incoming call with big head sticker, grouping ringtone

Messaging 200 SMS, MMS, SMS group sending

Power switch support auto start, close, can set user-defined photo of start/ close

Alarm 5 groups; can set from Monday to Sunday at random, support MP3 as alarm ring

Games 2 games

Talk time 150 – 250 minutes

Standby time 150 – 190 hours

Dimensions 55 * 55 * 55 mm

Weight 81 g

 

Accessories included:

2 x Standard Batteries

1 x Stereo Bluetooth Headset

1 x Battery Charger

1 x Data Cable

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sumit asked:




In the never-ending quest to make money online every website owner wants to get traffic to their website fast.

The main problem they face finding traffic that converts into buyers without breaking their bank.

In their haste to get the traffic they need many website operators start throwing money at the problem buying ads and exhaust their advertising budget without any meaningful profit unless you count the person they paid for the advertising

The following three rules should help any business big or small make money with their online advertising.

Set An Online Advertising Budget

Most businesse especially smaller ones with only a few people or even one person dont operate with an advertising budget.

The advertising money gets spent when everything else gets paid, or worsethey spend money on advertising without a plan so theyre basically gambling with their money.

By setting an advertising budget you can factor it into your overall business picture and it gives you a yardstick to measure results.

If you budget 500 a month to advertise and look for ways to spend that money wisely then your business will grow more predictably than if you advertise sporadically and then wonder why you dont operate with a predictable income stream.

Follow The Numbers

Unlike offline advertising on billboards magazines or in direct mail you can track virtually all aspects of an online ad, including how many people saw the ad how many people clicked the ad how many sales and how much revenue the ad generated.

Since you can track everythingyou can test various phases of the advertising process.

Regardless of whether you operate a real estate agent website sell an eBook or hawk your plumbing services online you can and should measure each phase of the advertising process.

If clicks on your ads fall below expectations, then work on your ad until it generates a healthy click-through rate turning viewers into website visitors.

If you dont convert very many of the website visitors you get into buyers then your site needs work to do a better job of selling people.

By following the numbers you can see where you need to focus in the online sales process.

The number one rule of online advertising use a unique tracking link for each and every one of your ads, preferably one that tracks not only unique visitors, but also sales.

This might add an extra 5 or 10 minutes of work to placing each ad, but it will allow you to see which ads make a profit so you can run them again and which ads dont so you can change or cancel them.

Go Beyond PayPerClick

Google AdWords and Overture the Webs top pay-per-click advertising sources have made people lazy.

Many website owners never go beyond buying advertising from these two. Howevera whole world of advertising exists buying ads on websites targeted to specific niche audiences.

For more, check out www.adbrite.com a leading broker of online text link and banner advertising



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Tom Bonner asked:




Your next business event is coming up and everything seems to be coming together nicely. You’ve got the catering, the sound system and the guest speaker all lined up. What about your photographer?

Corporate events should always be recorded in photographs. Its a time when you bring members of your staff together, often away from the usual workplace. It might be a celebration luncheon, a pep-talk, a training session, a welcome to new members of the leadership team — whatever. You will find numerous uses for photos from such events, especially if it is successful.

I’ve shot countless corporate and small business events over the years, and I’ve experienced great and not-so-great event planners. If you’re charged with planning your company’s next affair, consider these points when working with a photographer.

1: Don’t plan on briefing the photographer just before the event

Your photographer needs plenty of information to achieve the best results. Often, an event planner will contract me to shoot a corporate event or meeting and suggest we meet “a few minutes before hand to go over everything.” It sounds good in theory, as it saves time for both the planner and the photographer to eliminate an advance meeting. In practice, I’ve found that no matter how well planned, the hours leading up to the start of the event are extremely hectic. The planner always envisions plenty of time to go over things before the occasion starts. Then the caterer gets lost. Or the sound system goes on the frizz. The harried planner waves me off saying something like — “Sorry, cant meet now. just shoot whatever you think looks interesting…”

Trust me. always schedule an advance meeting before hand to go over specifics. Both you and the photographer will be glad you did.

2: Explain to the photographer what kind of photos you need

How do you intend to use photos from this occasion? Print? The web? How soon do you need them returned? Do you need digital (delivered on CD or DVD) or prints? Will the photographer provide you with an online gallery you can download from? These factors will impact the way the photographer shoots the event and what equipment he uses. Get all of this laid out in writing before the event. Don’t skimp on this step.

3: Don’t surprise your photographer

Event planners love to surprise their guests. Nothing wrong with that, but the cameraman should not be kept in the dark. Recently I was shooting a corporate event where the planner arranged to have a small, concealed cannon spew forth hundreds of streamers into the air. Acting quickly, I was able to catch some of the streamers in flight. Had I known what was going to happen before hand, I could have placed myself in position to capture a much stronger image.

4: Provide a safe place to stash camera gear

Expensive camera gear is a prime target for thieves. You want your photographer to be concentrating on getting great images, not worrying about someone walking off with his gear. If possible, have a safe, secure place where extra camera gear can be stored.

5: Arrange parking and unloading areas

Depending on the event, your cameraman might bring along a load of equipment. He or she will need to get all that gear to the event venue. If possible, provide the photo crew with close, accessible parking. If that can’t be managed, then make sure they can unload at a convenient spot and then move their vehicle elsewhere.

6: Always brief security before hand

In the post-9/11 world, security is often very tight at major corporate events. This is as it should be, but you don’t want your event photographer to be caught up in a security snafu. Provide some sort of written credentials and make sure security knows you have hired a photographer for the occasion. If you fail to do this, security might detain or otherwise prevent the photographer from doing his job. You will most likely be emersed in other aspects of the event and won’t be available to straighten everything out until afterwards. So much for photos from the event!

7: Find out if the photographer will be bringing an assistant

Assistants can be a great help to a photographer — running errands, holding up lights, taking notes, running interference or shooting additional images. If your photographer is bringing an assistant you will want to know before hand, so you can provide credentials, brief security and make whatever other arrangements necessary.

8: Inform the photographer about the dress code

There was a time when corporate or business events had a simple dress code: suit and tie for men, business suits for women. The only deviation from this would be a true black tie affair. Today, corporate events are all over the map. Some may still be formal or at least dressy. On the other hand, causal dress has invaded the workplace at many companies, especially for out of the office meetings and the like. You want your photographer’s clothing to match what everyone else is wearing. Some of the best event photos are candids, shot when the subject was unaware they were “on camera.” If your photographer is dressed to blend in with everyone else, they will have a much better chance of catching good candids. If their attire sets them apart, they will be easier to spot…and avoid.

Every event is different, and there may be other aspects you and your photographer need to address. By taking care of the above issues, however, you will have a much better chance of obtaining excellent photographs from the event.?



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