[Inpycon] [PyCon India 2015] CFP status

[Anuvrat Parashar]

On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Anand Chitipothu <anandology at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Kracekumar Ramaraju <me at kracekumar.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Past speaking experience shouldn't be only criteria, last year we had
>> instances where proposer didn't submit the content till last week.
>>
> Are you saying that past speaking experience is considered, but that is
> not  the only criteria?
>>
>> It should be based on the content, place holder for examples are
>> acceptable. The broader point is to have the content appealable to reviewer
>> and proposer can keep on refining the content.
>>
> I think you can ask for an outline, but asking for whole content before
> accepting the proposal is probably too much. That'll give incentive for
> people repeating a talk given elsewhere than people trying to propose a
> completely new idea.
>
>> It is pure meritocracy and level playground.
>>
> How do you know if the person is a good speaker, has public speaking
> skills? Someone can write a beautiful proposal, but fail miserably on
> stage. Thats why it is important to look at past videos if available.
>

Very true. Writing and Speaking are two very different skill sets.
IMO, theatrics should take precedence over subject matter.

Would we rather have a great programmer but extremely boring speaker on the
stage who puts everyone to sleep?
OR
An average programmer possessing the rare ability to effectively and
interactively communicate with the audience?

This year, lets not have even one person who gets up on the stage and "*reads
off their slides*" as 6-th grader, bluntly ignoring their years of service
to the community.

Peace
-- 
Anuvrat Parashar <http://anuvrat.in>
http://anuvrat.in
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