[EuroPython] What I did for Easter

[Nicolas Chauvat]

On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 08:19:51PM +0200, Jacob Hallén wrote:
> I wrote an instructional text for speakers. The intention is that we should a) 
> have the track chairs send it to all the speakers and b) publish it on the 
> website for public consumption.
> Feedback appreciated.

+1. Let's post this on the website.


> [about putting slides on the website *before* the conference]

true. true. true.

People coming to the conference tend to be interested in many topics and
several tracks run in parallel. When you have conflicting agenda, it's much
better to be able to read the slides in advance and make a choice with more
information than the title only.

Moreover, when you attend a talk that you read about, you're in a much
better position to ask interesting questions or grok things faster. 
Overall, it's much better for the speaker and the others in the attendance.

> Preparations on site before your talk are a rather simple but VERY
> ...
>
> All these steps should be taken well before hand; preferably the day
> or evening before your talk. We will provide special test sessions,
> where you can get help in making sure that your setup works.

For the science track, I'm used to have all the presentations on my laptop
to reduce switching time and risks. Loosing ten minutes when switching
speakers because a laptop won't output properly to the beamer (but it
worked 30 minutes ago) is always a pain and it gets attendees to go
out for a walk and miss the talk.
 
-- 
Nicolas Chauvat

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