peey
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6 years ago We also need to clarify the time commitment which goes into preparing a session, and have steps to help preparation of a session along the way.
We should mandate dry runs and sharing slides / flow of the session well before session so admins can give feedback.
We should also promote speakers of the events targeted at first years to make hacktivity documents.
Mentioning all of this clearly on the website will help speakers know what they're getting into and how much time will be required of them to successfully take a session
Often times when people have to take a session, they don't understand that the time commitment goes beyond the actual 2 hours of the session, preparing a good session is a much more time intensive job.
n*2 man-hours of the n participants are much more than the 15 hours a speaker will have to put in to make sure their presentation is the best it can be.
We could add a page to our website and some button which says "Want to take a session?".
The guide should be brief (5 minute read at most) giving an overview for essentials of a good session, with links for further inquiry. This structure is important because not all issues affect all speakers.
We should also make every speaker responsible for making a feedback form (or we could make it, but it's best the speaker does it because it'll be feedback for them)