I guess I started this chain. Sorry. :) For me there is a shear joy in knowing something. It's a simple joy that I take great pleasure in sharing (I taught adults who had not completed HS a very high level of DOS / WP / Alpha4 and Quattro Pro for two years ... I doubt if there was a single feature in WordPerfect 5.0 that they did not know at least 2-3 ways of getting to or a result they didn't know 2-3 ways of achieving.) I have found, though, that if I want to teach something, I need to know more about it than the person I am teaching. Thus ... the joy of knowing more than someone else. I know that I am riding the "bleeding edge" with Linux. I am doing it in the hope that I will be able to make the trip a little gentler for others who follow. I am NO guru (yet) ... but for me there is joy in learning followed by joy in teaching. I am in agreement with those who say we should present a simple message (in the 60 seconds we are likely to get with most folks) but present it compellingly. Perhaps a really great demo might be to load WIN 95 on a 386 and run it next to a 386 with Linux :) Then we should be prepared to answer a few simple questions and hand the person some sort of information to read. A simple listing of hardware requirements and a cost comparison chart should allow us to make just one or two key points. This brochure should be certain to include ways to contact us. Specifically, it should have any applicable URLS, meeting schedules / phone numbers we are aware of for our individual groups. Also ... we want to go easy on the ballons & giveaways ... Linux stands on its own merits ... we don't have to bribe folks to try it. Bill Deepak Saxena wrote: > > On May 31 1999, at 09:55, Alain EMPAIN was caught saying: > > > > Some sample demonstrations, easy to follow, are more important than > > a full suite of high-level presentations, hard to follow even at the > > technical vocabulary level. > > > > My experience of congresses and seminars reminds me that the better > > presentations must follow a well defined scheme with clear goals, provide > > some respirations to help the 'learner' to settle down and reassemble the > > information. > > Moreover, the learner must leave with an agreable sentiment of self > > satisfaction : having been able to follow and to have discovered > > new perspectives. > > Then and only then, he/she is hooked and becomes a demanding person, in > > place of a reluctant one. > > > > Storm lectures presenting as many aspects as possible in the shortest > > time are amongst the worst ones. > > Yes, I had to sit through some of those at Linux Expo. > > I think we need to differentiate betweem the 2[more?] different > types of demos that may be taking place. > > 1) A lecture style, like you mention, where a LUG goes into a > school/business/wherever and talks about Linux. This should be > concise and to the point. Go in, talk about what Linux is, > what it provides, why it may be a good alternative, and than > point them to more information. Show a couple of demos or screenshots > along the way. > > 2) An expo type setup where you want to catch people's attention as > they pass by. In this case you want at least one or two things that > are either visually or aureally catchy [pref. visual so that people > don't start getting annoyed with you]. Once someone comes up to > the "booth", there should be a clear idea of what it is that > he/she is seeing and one of the LUG members maning the "booth" > should be ready to answer questions for the user. The key is getting > people to stop, look, and get more information. Part of that > is location, as a table right at the entrance to whaterver the > building is would be ideal. > > - Deepak > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- www.plexity.net -- ICQ: 17774863 > Home: (480)446-0903 Work: (480)554-9339 > > One Day - One World - One Operating System - An Army of Geeks > LinuxDemo Day '99 - http://www.linuxdemo.org > :wq > --- > This message was automatically sent by the Linux Demo Days mailing list > To remove yourself from this list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the "unsubcribe" in your message body.
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