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 <tte(_at_)cs(_dot_)fau(_dot_)de> 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.
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Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF(_at_)sandelman(_dot_)ca>, Sandelman Software Works
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