GFN Fives Calls For Submissions
Got something to say about nicotine? The Global Forum on Nicotine wants to hear from YOU.
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by Dave Cross
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Deadline is coming up on 16th May
The Global Forum on Nicotine (1) organisers have always understood the importance of the consumer voice both at their event and in wider discussions around the future of nicotine use. The GFN Fives (2) are a new way to play an active part in the conference and they’re open to everyone.
Preparing a GFN Five, which is a multimedia presentation of up to five minutes, is not complicated. The conference team are welcoming a mix of formats - meaning you could simply record a direct-to-camera piece on your phone or use the ‘record audio’ feature in PowerPoint to talk over slides. There are ideas on format and content (3) ot the GFN21 website.
Possible formats for the ‘Fives’ are:
- PowerPoint video presentations, with audio and/or video accompaniment
- Descriptive videos, demonstration new science and/or technology
- Short interviews or commentaries on specific issues
- Animation to illustrate an issue
The broad categories for the ‘fives’
- Science and innovation
- Policy, legislative and regulatory issues
- Consumer advocacy, regional updates and general information
The GFN Fives should incorporate the following qualities:
- preparedness - presenter has closely scripted their video, and has timed it
- a clear narrative - a beginning, middle and end for the script
- the use of an initial hook to grab the viewer's attention
- no jargon, plain English
- clarity of explanation - no assumptions made about the viewer's knowledge level prior to viewing
- engaging and personable delivery, and a conversational tone
Selected submissions will be posted on the conference website before the event and remain online afterwards. As well as Planet of the Vapes being a media partner for the whole GFN21 conference (4), news editor Dave Cross will be taking part in the “Themes emerging from the 'GFN Fives'” session on 17 June 2021, from 4 till 4:45pm (5).
If you’ve got something to say about nicotine then submit a GFN Five by the 16th May - and join the conversation online in June.
GFN21 is both a free online conference, open to all, streamed live online using the new GFN•TV platform and an in-person event at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Liverpool, at low cost (£60 including VAT, for two days). Registration for attendance in person (6) and online is open now, and accommodation can be booked at the Crowne Plaza using a specially negotiated rate (7) - but only until 6 May 2021.
References:
- Global Forum on Nicotine - https://gfn.events/
- The GFN Fives - https://gfn.events/gfn-fives
- GFN Fives examples - https://gfn.events/gfn-fives-examples
- POTV Teams Up With GFN21 - https://www.planetofthevapes.co.uk/news/vaping-news/2021-04-15_potv-teams-up-with-gfn21.html
- Programme - https://gfn.events/programme
- GFN21 Registration - https://gfn.events/register-now
- Accommodation - https://book.passkey.com/event/50174621/owner/9277473/home
Dave Cross
Journalist at POTVDave is a freelance writer; with articles on music, motorbikes, football, pop-science, vaping and tobacco harm reduction in Sounds, Melody Maker, UBG, AWoL, Bike, When Saturday Comes, Vape News Magazine, and syndicated across the Johnston Press group. He was published in an anthology of “Greatest Football Writing”, but still believes this was a mistake. Dave contributes sketches to comedy shows and used to co-host a radio sketch show. He’s worked with numerous start-ups to develop content for their websites.
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