Comments on: DDD5 Day 2 – The Main Event

By: Hamish

Hamish — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:20:02 +0000

@Colin, you make valid points there. I couldn’t remember the title of your Grok Talk only that it had something to do with presentations. Shame you didn’t get to give it, but I suspect that you weren’t the only one who was a victim of the time constraints?

By: John A Thomson

John A Thomson — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:03:31 +0000

Some amusement for ya:
http://www.grumblingtummy.com/archives/2007/07/02/tip-for-young-presenters/

By: Tip for Young Presenters « Grumbling Tummy

Tip for Young Presenters « Grumbling Tummy — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:02:01 +0000

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By: Colin Angus Mackay

Colin Angus Mackay — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:50:43 +0000

Thanks for your feedback on my talk. However, I feel I must correct you on a couple of points.

I should first point out that being a member of Toastmasters International does not necessarily guarantee instant world class speaking ability. People join their local Toastmasters clubs from all ranges of ability. The purpose is to improve speaking ability. I’m still on that journey and I recon I always will be – I enjoy sharing information but I am not a natural speaker along with the vast majority of developers. In 2006 I won my club’s most improved speaker of the year award so you can imagine where I was at the start of 2005.

My second point is that my Grok talk “Take the panic out of the presentation”, which didn’t happen due to time, was not on presenting but on removing the fear of presenting. The idea was to encourage more people from the community to get up and talk about technology in order for everyone to share information.

By: John A Thomson

John A Thomson — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:32:35 +0000

I purposely missed both Colin and Gary’s sessions as we’ll be repeating them at some point in Scotland, either through BCS or Scottish Developers meetings. The first outing for a presentation can always be a dangerous proposition. They are much more likely to be top notch by the time I get to see them.

Still it sounds like you and the rest of the guys and girl enjoyed themselves. I’ll be expecting to see you talking at DDD6 or 7!

By: Developer Day - an Attendees Perspective

Developer Day - an Attendees Perspective — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:17:05 +0000

[...] those of you following along at home, Hamish has the latest installment of our trip to DDD5 up on his blog, including the fact that during my presentation I managed to bore off the [...]

By: Developer Day #5

Developer Day #5 — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:06:54 +0000

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