On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 09:43:09 -0600, Kenneth E Tomiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... >Do speakers over-estimate how popular their session will be? NO! >... Sure, some do. And others sometimes greatly underestimate a suddenly very timely session based on poor past attendance. Both happen all the time. >Handout hogs still roam from room to room grabbing handouts, making >it hard to have enough for the people who actually stay and listen. >Why? Either they are too lazy to download a pdf (or thee won't be >one). ... >... ... I have watched people sit up front where there >is a greater certainty of getting a handout, receive one, and dash out to >another room. >... It happens. It also happens that people cannot tell they are in the wrong session until they see the handout. Session descriptions don't always tell it all. >... BTW, there is a hint that SHARE expects there will be fewer handouts. The Session Evaluation form used to have a question asking about the value of the handouts. It now asks about the value of the downloadable session notes or something like that. The question made no sense until I saw what it had replaced. Even though SHARE no longer provides a copy service, it did provide a central place where handouts could be shipped, stored, and retrieved on site. As long as they continue doing that the handout situation will be pretty much as it has been; for most speakers, that is all that SHARE has needed to provide. Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
