SM TECH FRIDAYS

A Free Exploration of Technologies for Stage Managers

UPCOMING

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A few weeks off for SETC & USITT, then

Fri. March 12: Booktix - register here

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SM TECH FRIDAYS - REPLAYS

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1. Friday, April 4:

Virtual Callboard

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3. Friday, April 17:

CallQ

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for follow up answers to thoughts

raised in the chat,

check out this doc

from CallQ

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2. Friday, April 11:

Propared

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4. Friday, April 24:

Stage Write

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5. Friday, May 1:

Cue-to-Cue

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7. Friday, May 15:

Filemaker

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9. Friday, May 29:

Upstage

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11. Friday, June 12:

Final Draft 

w/ SM Learn

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13. Friday, June 26:

Filemaker #2

Run Sheets

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16. Friday, July 17:

Theatre In The Covid Era

Stage Manager Panel

contact for password 

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18. Friday, July 31:

Google Sites w/ SM Learn

contact for password 

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20. Friday, August 14:

Airtable

contact for password 

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22. Friday, August 28:

Showbuilder

contact for password 

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24. Friday, Sept. 11:

OBS

contact for password 

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26. Friday, Sept. 25:

Streamyard

contact for password 

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28. Friday, Oct. 16:

Election Work

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30. Friday, Oct. 30:

Your Voice Matters

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32. Friday, Dec. 11:

Walkable Plans

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34. Friday, Jan. 15:

Yamdu

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36. Friday, Feb. 12:

Stage Doc

contact for password 

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6. Friday, May 8:

Clear-Com Agent IC

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8. Friday, May 22:

Point Source Audio

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10. Friday, June 5:

Cast98

contact for password 

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12. Friday, June 19:

Line-It

contact for password 

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15. Friday, July 10:

ETC Cue System

contact for password 

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17. Friday, July 24:

Digital Calling Desk

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19. Friday, August 7:

Spider-Man Technologies

contact for password 

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21. Friday, August 21:

Theatron

contact for password 

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23. Friday, Sept. 4:

ZOOM

contact for password 

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25. Friday, Sept. 18:

QLab

contact for password 

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27. Friday, Oct. 9:

Scriptation

contact for password 

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29. Friday, Oct. 23:

Activism

contact for password 

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31. Friday, Nov. 13:

Cuelist

contact for password 

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33. Friday, Jan. 8:

ShowTool SM

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35. Friday, Jan. 29:

vMix

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37. Friday, Feb. 19:

Stream Deck

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Google Sites Links Mentioned

• https://gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/document_studio/429444628321

• https://www.extendoffice.com/documents/excel/3778-excel-lock-cell-after-data-entry-input.html

• https://www.labnol.org/internet/convert-google-forms-pdf/32088/

• https://sites.google.com/view/production-portal-demo/home?authuser=0

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CallQ Webinar Responses to Chat

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• Touch screen will be labelled too

• In watch mode you don’t see the cues firing, but it’s a good idea!

• Yes, you can pre-order the Mac version

• Amber – get in touch re partnering….

• We will keep Trainer on both Windows and Mac platforms. Studio will be developed on the Mac first and Windows version will follow.

• Andrew - yes, book online ‘Stage Management – The Essential Handbook.’ Latest edition available on Kindle too https://www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/stage-management

• We will be giving drama schools and Uni’s discount packages for the full licence after July.

• Sabrina – well Hi! Hope life is good with you!

• If you can’t get a film of your own productions for CallQ Studio just use CallQ Trainer that comes with 3 shows – more shows to follow once we all get back up and out there!! 😊

• The show report notes all mistakes in the cueing sequences.

• Overlay will suit most keyboards, but you can move the stickers!

• We will look at the option of being able to turn off the standing by responses if required

• We will look at the option of being able to cue the show all the way through without correction with the show report picking up on miscues.

• The software allows option to print and save the show report

• We will offer discount on Studio if Trainer has already been purchased.

• In Studio the user sets the thresholds

• In Studio you label the cuelights as you wish according to your show operation

• Yes, you can edit the number of the cues in Studio.

• Yes, you can add in point cues to sequences in Studio

• Trainer and Studio allows up to 11 ops/cuelights

• Yes, you could view the prompt copy from another monitor as a 2 up PDF file

• I indeed have a very tidy desktop, but you should see the folders behind it – 35 years of stage management and lecturing paperwork, and before computers lived with stage management, 20 real folders with actual paperwork and prompt copies I can’t bear to throw away!!

I do hope I’ve covered all the questions in the chat, but if not just email me – and thanks for spending your time with us – we had great fun – you were a great bunch of stage managers to share this with.

So good to get the support and interest of professional colleagues.

All the best for the next few months and stay well. - Gail Pallin, CallQ