Re: IAOC requesting input on (potential) meeting cities

["Joel M. Halpern" <[e-mail]>]

Whether in the IETF or elsewhere, there is one aspect you do not mention 
that I find useful asa presenter, and one aspect that I find useful in 
well-done presentations as a participant.

1) As a Presenter, if I have managed to do my presentation right, it 
helps me get the important points covered in the right order.  yes, I 
usually remember them.  But not always.  And it helps in getting back on 
track after useful discussions of particular points.

2) As a participant, I find it very helpful if the slide tells me what 
the presenter considers the critical points for me to think about. 
(There are also the not uncommon cases where a diagram helps me 
understand the point the speaker is trying to make.)

Yours,
Joel

On 4/26/17 10:04 AM, Michael Richardson wrote:
>
> Toerless Eckert <[e-mail]> wrote:
>     > For example, there is a lot of death by powerpoint in meetings that
>     > pushes off high bandwidth discussions ("oh, we're out of time"). AFAIK,
>     > most active work on drafts during IETF meeting week happens outside of
>
> I am among those who pushes back on death by powerpoint, so I agree with you
> strongly.  Presentations are very easily supported through completely remote
> attendance.  Concurrent jabber back-channel discussion among the participants
> can often bring out points that are sometimes lost in the foreground presentation.
>
> {Maybe we should dispense with the meeting rooms, just wire the hotel rooms
> for GbE, and all be on-site, but "remote".  Then the critical criteria for
> which city to meet in is reduced to where the best beer can be had.  (And so
> Prague wins?)}
>
> But, on somewhat more serious note [note lack of :-) above], I have been told
> the following features about the deathly powerpoints:
>   1) provides a record of thoughts for later on.
>   2) permits non-english speakers to understand what is being said by
>      other non-english speakers!!!
>   3) can be pushed through google-translate.
>   4) can be read ahead of time by chairs and participants so that they
>      can ask intelligent questions, and/or can allocate appropriate amounts
>      of time.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Michael Richardson <[e-mail]>, Sandelman Software Works
>  -= IPv6 IoT consulting =-
>
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