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Guides and checklist for Montreal Elixir Meet-up
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Recommendations for Presentation preparation #9

Closed nicholasjhenry closed 6 years ago

nicholasjhenry commented 7 years ago
xymbol commented 7 years ago

Also hit by this one. But, I'm sure we'll know better once we know more about the attendance. IMO making presentations too strict, and thus more expensive to prepare, usually goes against the number of proposals, the opportunity to improvise and, adapting to questions, etc.

xymbol commented 7 years ago

Re presentation length, code-centered presentations, are harder to anticipate, unless video is recorded for each step which probably makes them unaffordable as meetup content. Well-known podcaster Avdi Grimm once estimated this:

I’d estimate the whole process takes roughly 2-4 hours for one ~5 minute episode.

One can go with 1-3 slides per minute, depending on the concepts being covered, pace, level of detail, if open to questions, etc. If a faster-paced, minimalist approach is taken, one per 20 seconds is doable, like the format used in PechaKucha events.

nicholasjhenry commented 7 years ago

IMO making presentations too strict, and thus more expensive to prepare, usually goes against the number of proposals, the opportunity to improvise and, adapting to questions, etc.

One way adjusting this is to provide a range (e.g. 20-30 mins including questions). Conferences have limited time-slots, a schedule and not sure why meet-ups would be any different. It's also about setting expectations for your audience (i.e how much time am I investing in this?) and respecting their time. I think leaving questions to the end also helps on controlling the time. Having shorter options such as 5 and 15 mins gives presenters something that takes less presentation and should be easier to predicate time.

Certainly interested in what other members think. Please comment!