Gary,
these are good guidelines! I agree, everybody should follow those.
Seeing some "code" or "demo" is what gets me excited.
From what I understand from this thread, people want:
- English slides regardless of the language of the presentation
- Not necessarily just 45 minutes presentation (we're trying that out
in Feb btw)
- Simple yet insightful presentations
- See some code
It all makes a lot of sense to me.
Oh... MoR will be on the 18 in March so it's a bit too late for you I
guess. I won't be able to attend either as I'll be in Austin, TX for
SXSW.
> I offer a few recommendations for presenters, not really as rules we must
> obey but guidelines to improve the presentation.
> It has been 6 months now and we've had some really amazing presentations.
>
> Guidelines for better presentations.
>
> - set expectations; present yourself to your audience, tell them what the
> purpose of your presentation is and let them know if you happen to have
> assumptions about the audience(should they understand REST, be familiar with
> controllers, etc...).
> - KISS. It is better to present easy concepts with the option to explain
> more complex ones at question period (or at a following presentation).
> - people love seeing others coding in front of them; it's no surprise that
>
railscasts.com is so popular. Showing others how you code is a great way to
> let them pick up on valuable habits and shortcuts that you use.
> - come prepared! don't decide to present something thinking you can wing it.
> Doing a practice run is a great idea. (That being said remember that the
> screen resolution of the projector is not the same as your monitor so if you
> plan to code adjust yourself on your practice run)- post a follow up blog