Sentences with phrase «as an audience member for»

I have returned many times as an audience member for education policy and research talks and events, and have even been the invited speaker a couple times.

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Smith started Vice as a print magazine with Suroosh Alvi and Gavin McInnes in Montreal more than two decades ago; with Smith at the helm as CEO, it's now a multi-platform content mill with a reported audience of between 250 million and 300 million people a month, many of them members of Generation Y. Smith made his money by convincing an older generation that Vice knows millennials better than they could ever hope to, and that pitch has worked: Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox paid US$ 70 million for a 5 % stake of Vice in 2013, and Rogers Communications (which owns Canadian Business) inked a $ 100 million partnership.

Think of this as 20 + different pre-recorded Webinars created by thought leaders in a specific niche, which audience members then pay for access to.

Livestreaming can be a powerful tool for content marketing as long as it's planned, promoted and reused to reach as many audience members as possible.

But in a normally functioning political party, a president — who has to stand for reelection before a national audience — serves as a restraining force for congressional party members, who mostly have safe seats and can afford to indulge in ideological flights of fancy.

As for Clare Asquith, while warmly agreeing with her main thesis in Shadowplay, I can't go along with her in her theory of a hidden code or message to members of Shakespeare's audiences (including the queen herself).

(12) Special programs such as telethons are often a valuable way of highlighting the opportunity for audience members to contribute.

The approach stresses that in understanding communication effect one must consider not only the influence of the message being communicated but also the use being made of the message by members of the audience as they actively seek, select, and interpret communications necessary for the satisfactory management of their lives.

Using this research data, Dr. Marcic wrote two hit musicals: RESPECT, which has played 2600 performances in 32 cities to one million audience members / ticket buyers; and SISTAS, which was nominated as Best New Musical on Off - Broadway and has played Off - Broadway for two years.

Abrams E, Eliminating vertical transmission, Rights here, right now: Slide presentation at XVIII International AIDS Conference, July 18 - 23, 2010, Vienna, Austria ICAP Infant Feeding in the Context of HIV slide set ICAP Video, Saving two lives: Improving retention, adherence & psychsocial support within PMTCT services, Uploaded by ICAP Columbia on 3 Mar 2011 This video is a component of the «Improving Retention, Adherence and Psychosocial Support within PMTCT Services: A Toolkit for Health Workers,»; reinforces key PMTCT messages; can be shown to a wide range of audiences, including PMTCT clients, family members, and caregivers of HIV - exposed and HIV - infected children; including in clinic waiting rooms, as part of group education sessions, and in the community.

Two audience members have written the presentation up for our enjoyment, complete with screenshots and links to more resources: check out Britt Bravo's version on the NetSquared blog or his own site as well as Lorna Li's take (BTW, the most alliterative author pair - up I've ever seen).

NOW WE CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF DEMENTIA IN AMERICA Dale Benjamin Drakeford 8-31-12 When Clint Eastwood, a self - proclaimed «conservative» (who has lived more like a Joseph Smith liberal spurning nine children with four different women, sporting a clinch fisted personae in his private exenterates over public exhibitions) talks vulgar to an empty chair, Marco Rubio (a small government advocate who loss his roots somewhere between caffeine - free tea and a caffeine rich Cuban cigar) slips Freudian to advocate «large government» in a failed attempt to wax brilliant but came off bane (pun intended) to the capitalization of the nation, Paul Ryan can lie and demonize his role against the truth until his nose is a foot long and not one member of his audience will notice, and Mitt Romney can anecdote on his personal family, business and church goings on as oppose to his solutions for unemployment, banking corruption, housing displacement, militarism, planetary illness and international human rights unrest, we can clearly understand the extent of dementia in America.

One member of the audience told us his vote has now changed as a result of the debate: «I think Vince Cable came out on top... I was going to vote Labour, potentially Tory, but now I'm definitely going to vote Lib Dem so for me it worked.»

Massey hesitated for an instant, but then continued as other audience members shushed the heckler.

Touching on Albany's recent corruption crises, emphasizing a need to rally against entrenched labor interests, and pushing for greater resources for immigrant students and small businesses, Cuomo adopted a genial tone on the whole, addressing audience members as «my friends.»

As the meeting began, one audience member began to have a seizure, according to members of New York Communities for Change.

As Bert Decker teaches, it is good to remember a count of 5 seconds for eye contact with audience members.

But the notion of forward - looking career planning and intentional information gathering is foreign to many postdocs, who, as one audience member put it, will spend weeks designing an experiment and days tracking down a particular article, but no time at all mapping out a strategy for their own futures.

The audience's response to the workshop was one more indication of the enthusiasm of AAPM members for their journal, and the interest of medical physicists in general in the expansion of Medical Physics into new areas of imaging and oncology, and in the growth of the journal as the leading publication in medical physics worldwide.

Fourteen members of the company is an awfully large number of characters for their audience to keep clear, and many are given so little time on screen as to be indistinguishable.

Miles Teller is a tour de force in Whiplash and he is someone that we as audience members are rooting for right from the get go.

As with other Bruckheimer endeavors, a bunch of lame - ass 20 - something male actors fill up the supporting cast in an effort for the female audience members to argue over who's the cutest to keep their minds occupied from the ridiculous plot and poor character development.

Instead, the more «out - there» character work is given to Kate McKinnon in a role so daffy that she will likely be seen as stealing the movie for a sizeable percentage of the viewing audience, as well as for Leslie Jones, who isn't as hilarious in a more earthy character, but I do think she offers more to the comedy than Ernie Hudson had been afforded in his stint as the non-scientist member of the quartet, Winston, in the first two original movies.

The mission of the society is to further the growth of an informed film audience, to promote awareness of the Internet as a source of news and commentary, to provide a forum for the OFCS members to communicate and discuss ideas about journalism and cinema, and to encourage a high standard of journalism across the online media.

Audience members cast ballots for films by depositing their ticket stubs as they leave the theater, or by entering their ticket numbers online.

They provide a little recognition for members of the audience whose relation to pregnancy is as witness, assistant and proximate cause.

For the synopsis, there's very little that can be said given how important it is audience members can indulge in this production without having it spoiled for them beforehand — but let's just say that Rey (Daisy Ridley) is vying to convince Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) to teach her the ways of the Jedi, though as they progress, he becomes overwhelmed, and a little frightened, by her poweFor the synopsis, there's very little that can be said given how important it is audience members can indulge in this production without having it spoiled for them beforehand — but let's just say that Rey (Daisy Ridley) is vying to convince Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) to teach her the ways of the Jedi, though as they progress, he becomes overwhelmed, and a little frightened, by her powefor them beforehand — but let's just say that Rey (Daisy Ridley) is vying to convince Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) to teach her the ways of the Jedi, though as they progress, he becomes overwhelmed, and a little frightened, by her powers.

Whereas Fallen was packaged, and ultimately delivered, as a dead serious action / thriller, I don't think White House Down marketing did enough to prep its potential audience members for the over-the-top, often times ridiculous, self - aware genre piece they would encounter.

It's an agreeable flawed film, in other words: Officially reduced to a commentator for blind audience members («Damn, I ripped the fuel line,» Marty blurts out to a puddle forming beneath the De Lorean), Fox's comic spark is almost out in this go «round — and don't get me started on Elisabeth Shue (replacing Claudia Wells in the sequels as Marty's gal, she turns in generic work that only aggravates Jennifer's maddening disposability).

Mileage may vary for audience members, taking again into the account the story centers around a sea - creature from a far away lagoon swooning for a mute custodian and the shady government plot that inadvertently ties them together, but to del Toro's credit he has made an inspired tale of communication beyond words and love beyond boundaries that transcends what some might perceive as wholly unnatural relations.

The audience is treated to a repeated expository monologue about the Death Queen known as Himiko, whose meagerly implied history suggests a more interesting kernel of storytelling than anything regarding Croft and her muddled family history (relayed through convenient montages reserved for audience members who might have lost interest in what's being presented).

The crowd got a treat when longtime voice of Hulk, Fred Tatasciore stood up as an audience member, giving a clue for what would be shown next.

During the Q&A, an audience member told James Franco he deserved an awards campaign for his performance, while his brother pointed out that the director stayed in character as Wiseau throughout the shoot.

While that sounds like a great idea in theory, the results are not always the best as playing the role for the camera is very different than playing the role to reach an audience member at the back of the house.

As a result, while the portrayal is campy and, at times, melodramatic, most audience members will likely be rooting for Poe as the film stumbles into the closing acAs a result, while the portrayal is campy and, at times, melodramatic, most audience members will likely be rooting for Poe as the film stumbles into the closing acas the film stumbles into the closing act.

So, I suspect some audience members might be rooting for the ghoulish Ganush as she endeavors to exact a measure of revenge.

He does something similar here, except he does it with drone pilots, and while he does use this film as an opportunity to make a few jabs at the C.I.A. and the close - minded «my country «tis of thee» patriotism that informs the thinking of many soldiers, for the most part he allows the characters to bring up the advantages and disadvantages of drone warfare and allows you as an audience member to make up your own mind on this topic.

The whole point of a Vacation film is for us as audience members to feel as though we are a member of that family and that the events that happen can actually take place during a trip across country.

And it's that sense of realism that will make many audience members cringe as they watch the good - hearted Mike heading for trouble when Kyle's mother (Melanie Lynskey) shows up with a lawyer (Margo Martindale) and the transcripts from the court hearing.

As an audience member, you're waiting for that moment to arrive when the hero is able to use their powers and help humanity.

For instance, every audience members can here individual bullets zip past them as the gun fight scenes rage on.

Malick, for reasons I won't delve into here, has made films as of late that needle and annoy as many audience members as her delights and vivifies, and if you're in the latter camp, Song to Song is his best work since 2011's The Tree of Life.

I can't say for sure whether audience members of this film who didn't grow under these very specific circumstances will be able to fully appreciate the significance of things like admitting that, despite the overwhelming pressures of teenage coolness, you actually like the Dave Matthews Band song, Crash Into Me, but I can say that those who recognize versions of themselves on the screen in Lady Bird will be grateful to be represented by an auteur with such an astute and funny method of illustrating the meaning behind our reference points as they applied to us a long time ago.

Some of the recurring jokes, I didn't personally care for, such as Michael Cera (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Year One) playing against public image as a coke - snorting whoremonger in a performance that seems to be channeling Neal Patrick Harris from the Harold and Kumar movies, or Danny McBride and inability to control his impulses, but there were certainly some audience members in the theater viewing I attended that found these things especially hilarious; comedy truly is in the funny bone of the beholder.

As was made clear by more than one audience member running for the trashcans in the hall.

He always seems to know the perfect amount of time needed for each scene and where to place the camera so the scene is the most effective to both the actors as well as the audience members watching the film.

While most of his magical stories seem to be wholly impractical including the account of the fish that stole his wedding ring, which serves as the inspiration for the film's title, audience members will be fascinated when they discover there is more truth behind Ed's outrageous tales than his son believes.

The wonders of Hellboy II as experienced through our avatars Hellboy (Ron Perlman), Liz (Selma Blair), and Abe (Doug Jones, this time vocalizing the character as well)-- team members for a covert government agency that deals with supernatural intrusions — are the way the world is, and it's fascinatingly left for the normals in the audience to crane for a better look.

Marvel is unlikely to wait for long before unleashing the new incarnation of Spiderman onto the viewing public, especially as it embarks on the process of redefining its character base and targeting new audience members.

While minimal profanities are included, some intense moments of peril as well as several off - screen murders, committed by an entirely unrepentant character, will make this film too frightening for many younger audience members.