RE: It's over!/compost

It also has to do with equipment... 

Here we purchased a projector with max out
luminations, so we can give a presentation in a fully
lit room and everyone can clearly see it, as if they
are in a dark room.

Of course most folks don't buy ones that are this
expensive...and trust me, the cost was out of this
world..IMHO

Donna

--- "Fort Wayne, IN" <4042N15@nationalhearing.com>
wrote:

> I'm hoping not to have to any more talks.  A note
> here... Audiences love
> visuals and over the years it seems a lot of
> speakers have created some
> great slide presentations.  However, it seems that
> slides show best in the
> dark and it's often hard to balance that with having
> some light in the room.
> This weekend I watched a video presentation, 3 slide
> presentations and two
> powerpoint presentations.  The powerpoint with some
> light on is much
> clearer, easier to view, colors stronger, than the
> slides.  Since you don't
> always have control over the type of lighting you'll
> be presenting in, I
> would think it a good idea for those presenters who
> frequently give the same
> pres in different venues, to convert their slides to
> Powerpoint, Corel
> Presentations, or some oth similar program.
> 
> Kitty
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
> [o*@hort.net]On
> Behalf Of james singer
> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 6:38 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] It's over!/compost
> 
> 
> Sounds like it was a smash hit. You'll probably be
> tapped for a repeat
> next year, so save the master copy of your booklet.
> 
> Having materials for attendees to touch and heft is
> always a winner. At
> the tropical fruit lecture that Ms Fatma and I went
> to a couple of
> weeks ago, the highlight was clearly the tropical
> fruit that one of the
> locals brought. At the end of the show, they carved
> them up so everyone
> got a taste as well as a look-see.
> 
> 
> On Saturday, March 5, 2005, at 06:27 PM, Fort Wayne,
> IN wrote:
> 
> > Dear Friends,
> > I just wanted to write and thank all of you for
> your support,
> > information,
> > and treasures some sent, to help me with my
> presentation at the Home &
> > Garden Show.  It went well.  I had an audience of
> 77; the MG who
> > assisted me
> > stretched out my 60 booklet handouts by only
> giving one to couples.
> > The
> > powerpoint presentation I had on a borrowed laptop
> connected to a
> > provided
> > projector and it all flowed seamlessly - except
> for the time I dropped
> > the
> > microphone.  I was happy I had samples of
> materials and bulbs to show
> > as
> > most of the other speakers simply relied on slides
> and I think some of
> > the
> > attendees enjoyed the opportunity to actually see
> and touch the
> > materials.
> > Thank goodness it is over, though.  On to real
> gardening.
> >
> > The last presentation yesterday was on composting
> so I thought I'd see
> > if
> > the speaker had anything new to say.  Well, it was
> nothing like what I
> > expected.  He is the president of Hoosier ReLeaf
> and he showed videos
> > of his
> > 38 acre composting site.  They compost absolutely
> everything - drywall,
> > sawdust, manure, all building materials, leaves,
> etc.  He began this in
> > conjuction with a local construction company when
> Indiana was pushing
> > to
> > reduce yardwaste going to landfills.  Then the
> state decided it didn't
> > care,
> > so of course, the construction company didn't care
> either and dumped
> > the
> > project.  This man, owner of a nursery, was able
> to scrape up enough
> > money
> > to buy just one of the machines.  And now he does
> it himself.  It is
> > soooooooooo amazing!  I haven't seen the website
> yet, but you might
> > like to
> > look at it:
> > www.hoosierreleaf.org
> > He explained how, if McDonalds changed just their
> straws, he could
> > compost
> > all their waste.  If Pizza Hut changed just their
> pop lids, he could
> > compost
> > everything.  But he can't get in to talk to the
> right people.  He
> > sells his
> > compost for about $70 a ton.  He says they do the
> same thing in CA, but
> > there they get $400 per ton.  When he worked with
> the county, he was
> > able to
> > do 26 times as much as he can on his own, but he
> still keeps 14 rows of
> > compost going all the time.  Unfortunately, he
> said the state is
> > making some
> > new zoning restrictions and they pay force him
> down to only one row,
> > which
> > would put him out of business.
> >
> > How can Indiana be so incredibly stupid? 
> Separating yardwaste isn't
> > difficult and the benefits are from here to the
> moon.  Instead,
> > everything
> > goes to the dump.
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> >
>
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