Most of our presentations were on pre-recorded video. We
did this because of uncertainty of being able to have a good internet
connection and of the significant time zone difference, especially with
those in Malawi. Phyllis Wezeman did the introductions and instructions live.
While the conference was live on Zoom, it was actually hosted on a computer
located at Presbyterian Community Church of the Rockies, in Estes Park,
Colorado. This was where the videos were played from and the overall program
coordinated.. For the second
time we were able to have a significant presence of people physically in
Malawi.
Since one of the benefits when we were able to gather together face-to-face
was the meeting of new people and the chance to visit with old friends, we
did not want to totally lose this feature. At the beginning of the
conference, we opened up the Zoom room in a Social Time when people could
visit on-line. This worked very well and was welcomed by all. It
still can not replace the live interaction we hope to resume in the future.
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