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Hey Joe, On 8/6/13 7:41 PM, Joe Abley wrote:
An example of (2) can be found in <http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/87/slides/slides-87-dnsop-8.pdf> where I presented a one-slide problem statement that consisted entirely filled with an xkcd cartoon. Once the room is suitably filled with hilarity, it's much easier to enrage people with your stupid idea. I don't think that having slides available in advance helps significantly with (1) in an ietf context (where we are continuing a conversation from a list, and not generally introducing new material). (2) is not really pertinent for a remote audience (if they've bothered to attend at all, you can surely assume they are paying attention.) What? People remotely can't read email? Heck we can do more than that. We can cook a meal. Try that while an IETF is going on. Many people use slideware as a teleprompter so that they can remember what to say at the mic. I've done that before. I'm not proud of it. But if those lines contain questions, it gets you to the point where there is discussion, which is just fine, as you point out here: The best outcome at a working group meeting is that, as a presenter, you spend most of your time listening rather than talking. If the mic line is empty, you probably should not have been on the agenda. 100% agree. Eliot |