On 02.09.2015 06:17, Dan Stromberg wrote: > Hi folks. > > What are people's experiences with doing lightning talks at a meetup?
For conferences, the standard 5 minute format works great. For the Python Meeting Düsseldorf we originally started only having lightning talks of 5 minutes each (even with timer :-)). This was fun for while, but then we often found that a topic would benefit a lot from receiving more attention, so we've since moved to a mix of short and long talks (from 5-20 minutes, sometimes longer). BTW: The main argument for initially using the shorter lightning talks was to get more people participate in the meetings by giving a talk. Preparing a short lightning talk simply doesn't require as much work as a longer more in-depth one. > I guess the thing that concerns me the most is setting up a half dozen > laptops on a projector they've never been hooked up to before. The compatibility is not much of a problem anymore nowadays. Projectors and notebooks have gotten a lot better in this respect. These days, you have more problems finding the right adapters to connect to the projector (VGA, DVI, Mini DVI, DisplayLink, HDMI, Mini HDMI, etc.) :-) > Do people do a "designated laptop" for the talks, and ask presenters to > bring their slides on a USB flash drive? Only as fallback solution. > Also, what's a good duration? Maybe targeting 5-10 minutes? 5 minutes is standard for lightning talks and having a timer adds some extra fun, but then: see above. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Sep 02 2015) >>> Python Projects, Coaching and Consulting ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC Plone/Zope Database Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ 2015-08-27: Released eGenix mx Base 3.2.9 ... http://egenix.com/go83 ::::: Try our mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ _______________________________________________ Group-Organizers mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/group-organizers
