Re: [RLUG] Presentation Method at RLUG Meetings

[Dennis Bagley]

I'm sorry I wasn't able to make the meeting last week on several levels: I have enjoyed many conversations with Rick, the subject material sounded good and my general curiosity of what happened. I have given a few presentations of my own as well as moderating a few more over the years. What I have found is that an audience can indeed take over a presentation if "allowed" to do so. It is up to the presenter and/or the moderator to occaisionally re-assert direction to help prevent that scenario. In almost all cases a few words of "Let's get back to to the main topic" or Â"Could we hold off on those other subjects until after the presentation." usually suffice. Nerf balls and exploration of body cavities are not normally needed (or wanted :-P ) Sometimes it works out that the primary presentation is short but informative enough that it makes sense to go straight through it then allow a more "free flow" of questions. Getting a presentation started in a timely fashion though should be a duty of the moderator. Again - I wasn't there (this time.) Dennis C. Richard Matson wrote: On Friday 13 August 2004 11:33 pm, Sam Phillips wrote: I've always liked giving the presenter control of the floor. In addition if things are getting out of hand and the presenter gets lost then we should have a signal that they can give signalling the meeting running guy that things are going bad. I agree. the presenter should do whatever they feel confortable with. Rick didn't get to start his presentation until after seven. Maybe it would be better to have the guest speaker start right after the intros and have the general discussion afterwards.

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