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Re: Is there a perfect kind of conference?

mexico pharmacy — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:18:12 -0000

Re: Is there a perfect kind of conference?

Brian Dunbar — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 23:01:11 -0000

Coffee and WIFI. You can dispense with one or the other but having either is a nice touch.

I agree that PPT is over rated. Last presentation I gave I had a set of PPT slides ready but .. they were talking points for the talk. Which is a _good_ thing because the overhead was missing so I made do without.

The talk degenerated (or evolved) into a nice bull session. We would have been there for hours (fen will talk anything to death) but the room was booked after our session.

Re: Is there a perfect kind of conference?

/pd — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:25:53 -0000

Stu : The trackback is not working on Evans site too..

Matt : PPT was the the main meta "attention"engine of the late 90's na early 20's. But now particpants don't need lipservirce rather a discourse. IMHO, the market is the discourse. without it there is nothing.. I once Asked Tom Peters what he thougth of slides vs non slides and he sez, he prefers throwing only a couple of words on a slide that lead the way for thought provocation which then permits him to infuse conversations and create a two way path. His first Expereince of this type was in one of his fame conferences of Brazil where his 1 hr slot become a 3 hr slot, because the people where asking questions. albiet to the annoyance of the organizers.. but he is tom peters and at 40K a pop, he can do what he wants..

But the point is simple. The world is getter smarter --ppts just dont cut it anymore !!

Re: Is there a perfect kind of conference?

Stuart MacDonald — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:14:19 -0000

Can't get the trackback to "take" so here's my bit: http://stuart.blogware.com/...

- Stuart