1. NHS Direct Webcast NHS Direct streams a live webcast of it’s Annual General Meeting and subsequent Executive board meetings to enable individuals to view these meetings externally over the internet. Simon Crawford Technical Support Manager

2. Elements to consider when producing a webcast Webcast video and audio capture and compression How will the meeting’s audio and video be captured? How will the audio and video be compressed and converted in to a format that can be streamed to the web, and at what quality? Content Delivery How will the webcast be streamed to the internet? How will the public access the webcast? Embedding and hosting of the webcast How will the webcast be delivered to the viewers?

3. Delivering Webcasting to NHS Direct Phase 1 Board requirements (webcast AGM and Exec meeting). Sourcing the expertise at a reasonable rate. Working with a Video production company. The Event. Phase 2 Procuring the solution (considerations; Hardware, Hosting, Audio and Presentations). Transition from professional production services to In-house. Refining the webcast production. Phase 3 Business as usual running of a webcast: Setting up and testing the night before, live running of the webcast, and uploading of video on YouTube. Benefits to the organisation.

4. Questions? Useful links: NHS Direct webcast http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/en/About/WebstreamedMeetings http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/en/About/WebstreamedMeetings Previous webcasts on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/nhsdirectvideos http://www.youtube.com/user/nhsdirectvideos My email address Simon.Crawford@NHSDirect.nhs.uk