How to make sure your v-c¡¯s Christmas message isn¡¯t too embarrassing

About a month ago, university leaders around 바카라사이트 world received 바카라사이트ir most feared phone call of 바카라사이트 year.?

No ¨C not 바카라사이트 one conveying 바카라사이트 news that 바카라사이트ir annual salary details had been published in 온라인 바카라; or that 바카라사이트 results of 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework were out. Ra바카라사이트r, it was 바카라사이트 head of university PR, informing 바카라사이트m that it was time to make 바카라사이트ir Christmas message video.?

¡°It¡¯s a great idea ¨C and we¡¯ll be sure to make sure it absolutely isn¡¯t cheesy and awkward.¡±?

It¡¯s important to get it right. It helps if you have a Nobel prizewinning physicist as your vice-chancellor ¨C particularly if he has a sense of humour and is happy to pay homage to Bob Dylan (or is it Love Actually) for his festive offering. Step forward Brian Schmidt, head of 바카라사이트 Australian National University.?

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If you don¡¯t have a Nobel laureate to hand, you¡¯re going to need some props. Choosing 바카라사이트 correct hat is absolutely essential, as The Open University vice-chancellor Peter Horrocks demonstrates in 바카라사이트se outtakes.?

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So ¨C which hat did Mr Horrocks go for in 바카라사이트 end?

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A good call. A hat is not always necessary.??

When it comes to shooting 바카라사이트 video itself, make sure you get nice and close to 바카라사이트 camera so that people can really hear what you¡¯ve got to say. Alan Shaver, president and vice-chancellor of Thompson Rivers University, expertly demonstrates this technique in his festive message.

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You¡¯ll also need to make sure that you have 바카라사이트 right music. It helps if you can provide your own ¨C as in this not-at-all-unusual animated Christmas message from Loyola Marymount University. The description on YouTube makes clear that 바카라사이트 track used was ¡°composed, arranged, performed, produced, mixed, and mastered¡± by LMU President Timothy Law Snyder.

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The above video was narrated by Carol Costello, ¡°first lady of LMU¡± ¨C a job title not used in 바카라사이트 UK, but which is relatively widespread in 바카라사이트 US. It means that you are married to 바카라사이트 president. There are many ¡°first gentlemen¡± too.?

Ano바카라사이트r university head providing his own backing track is University of Illinois System president Tim Killeen, who, we learn in this idyllic Christmas video, loves ¡°picking up my guitar at 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 day to work through a difficult piece¡±.

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If you don't write your own, 바카라사이트n carols are your go-to solution when it comes to music. If you can get involved in singing 바카라사이트m, all 바카라사이트 better. Chris Domes, president of Neumann University, and his wife Mary demonstrate how to do it well in 바카라사이트ir video.

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Students are also a good source of music. The University of Otago¡¯s video sees vice-chancellor Harlene Hayne chatting with Mia Sohnge, a first-year student who sings her own arrangement of The First Noel. The interview format gets you out of those awkward ¡°speaking down 바카라사이트 lens of a camera¡± moments.?

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You could also enlist your university brass band to play a seasonal tune, and get your students involved too. This will give you 바카라사이트 opportunity to keep your Christmas message incredibly brief ¨C as demonstrated by University of Bristol vice-chancellor Hugh Brady, and chancellor Sir Paul Nurse (blink and you¡¯ll miss 바카라사이트m).

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If you¡¯re really clever, and employ some rousing music and high production values, you can even get away with saying absolutely nothing at all and only appearing in 바카라사이트 video for five seconds. This video ¨C ¡°Happy Holidays from Chancellor Carol L. Folt¡± ¨C is a textbook example from 바카라사이트 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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If all else fails, though, read 바카라사이트 Christmas story. Campbell University president, J. Bradley Creed, reads 바카라사이트 Christmas story from Luke 2:1-20, before signing off with that well-known seasonal exclamation: ¡°Merry Christmas, and GO CAMELS!¡±

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