[ale] meeting idea

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Thu, 2012-02-23 at 11:45 -0500, leam hall wrote:
> Or spread it out so they don't feel the competition and you can more
> easily schedule things.

Yeah, at several of my conference, these are referred to as lightening
talks.  Of course, at conferences, a large number are stacked into a
designated period of time and spreading them out is not practical.  They
are also not scheduled in advance, people sign up for talks they want to
give on a flip chart board at the conference and when all the 10 minute
slots are gone, they're gone.

For a regular user's group like us, the idea of spreading them out has
some merit.  Offer a 10 minute slot a head of the main speaker to people
who want to come and do a fast talk on something short.

Not sure how well blocking out a whole meeting to lightening talks would
work.

Mike

> On 2/23/12, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I had a brain storm (ok, a brief spring shower that left the gray matter
> > under the trees still bone dry :).
> >
> > We should have a small group of local Linux-based products vendors give
> > back to back pitch and QA session of 10 minutes each at a meeting once a
> > year.
> >
> > This provides exposure on both sides and recruitment opportunities as well.
> >
> > --
> > --
> > James P. Kinney III
> >
> > As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to
> > consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they
> > please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.
> > - *2011 Noam Chomsky
> >
> > http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/
> > *
> >
> 
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