Comments on: How to get your conference proposal accepted http://www.trachtenberg.com/blog/2005/10/07/how-to-speak-at-technical-conferences/ Thoughts on PHP, eBay, and too many technical topics for my family's liking. Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:05:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Adam Trachtenberg http://www.trachtenberg.com/blog/2005/10/07/how-to-speak-at-technical-conferences/comment-page-1/#comment-769 Adam Trachtenberg Sat, 08 Oct 2005 17:25:12 +0000 http://www.trachtenberg.com/blog/2005/10/07/how-to-speak-at-technical-conferences/#comment-769 Please keep in mind this is just my opinion and how I think about tutorials. Other people / companies may have different attitudes. My attitude is that if there's a stinky session you will leave in the middle or treat it as a minor less. However, if there's a stinky tutorial, you will be really angry. And, since it's much harder to come up with 180 minutes of material than 45, it's all that more important to have a proven tutotial speaker. I gave one tutorial once. I was able to generate slides from a book I wrote. It still took a long time to put together well and when I finished delivering it, I was totally drained of all energy. In comparison, I can give a 45 minute session with pretty much no preparation. Please keep in mind this is just my opinion and how I think about tutorials. Other people / companies may have different attitudes.

My attitude is that if there’s a stinky session you will leave in the middle or treat it as a minor less. However, if there’s a stinky tutorial, you will be really angry.

And, since it’s much harder to come up with 180 minutes of material than 45, it’s all that more important to have a proven tutotial speaker.

I gave one tutorial once. I was able to generate slides from a book I wrote. It still took a long time to put together well and when I finished delivering it, I was totally drained of all energy.

In comparison, I can give a 45 minute session with pretty much no preparation.

]]> By: Robyn http://www.trachtenberg.com/blog/2005/10/07/how-to-speak-at-technical-conferences/comment-page-1/#comment-768 Robyn Sat, 08 Oct 2005 17:17:26 +0000 http://www.trachtenberg.com/blog/2005/10/07/how-to-speak-at-technical-conferences/#comment-768 I see your point on the tutorials, never thought about it like that (never submitted one, but good to know for the future). I see your point on the tutorials, never thought about it like that (never submitted one, but good to know for the future).

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