'Previously Presented' checkbox

[Greg Malcolm]

There's a checkbox in the speaker submissions form labeled "Previously Presented?". Does ticking this signify that I've given the talk some else before or that I've spoken at codemash before? I can think of reasons why either piece of information may be relevant.

Thanks!

- Greg

[Dianne Marsh]

It's to indicate if the TALK has been previously presented.

Thanks!
Dianne

[Steven Smith]

Is that necessarily a good or a bad thing?

Good: Talk is already done, rehearsed, and has received some feedback, etc.

Bad: Talk is less novel, may be less likely to draw attendees, some
attendees will already have seen it, etc.

?

Just curious how it's generally interpreted.

Steve

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[Dianne Marsh]

Ah, NOW you're getting into our secret sauce ...

It's neither good nor bad. It's information. We weigh it with everything else.

Dianne

[Rob Reynolds]

I took it to mean the wrong thing and didn't check the box on any of my submissions. :(

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[Danno Ferrin]

For 2013 would it be too much to also ask where it was presented?  A talk given at Codepalusa may not be as novel to the crowd as one given in a major national conference in Brisbane Australia or to a users group in Albuquerque.

Also, I notice there is no "presentation details" section where the submitter can provide more details to the selection committee.  This seems to be an awesome place to add the previously presented information such as where and when.  I do realize that it often turns into selection committee pleadings where the world is promised and a globe shaped stress ball is delivered.  Am I to presume that the absence is also deliberate?

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[D Keith Casey Jr]

Fellow conference organizer here, though no role with CodeMash and definitely
not speaking on their behalf..

When we score a session for php|tek in Chicago, generally originally is good
*or* a repeat with zero audience overlap.

If you gave it at a recent European conference, probably not an issue.
If you gave it at a Ruby conference in LA, probably not an issue.
If you gave it at your local user group meeting, excellent.

If you gave it two months earlier at another PHP conference.. not so good.

My 0.02,

kc

On 09/29/2011 11:20 PM, Dianne Marsh wrote:
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> It's neither good nor bad. It's information. We weigh it with everything else.

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[Timothy Fisher]

I also took it to mean the wrong thing.   I assumed it was asking if I had presented at CodeMash before.  

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Dianne Marsh <dmm...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Jim Holmes]

OK, I think we’ve got a good bit of feedback here – we’ll make sure to update that text to be clearer for next year.

 

Sorry for the confusion this year!

 

Jim