Re: Student session at the Desktop Summit

[Denis Washington <denisw online de>]

Am 26.05.2011 17:04, schrieb Vincent Untz:
> Le jeudi 26 mai 2011, à 16:46 +0200, Johannes Schmid a écrit :
> > This is a bit off-topic but I wanted to respond here:
> > Please try to make a talk at GUADEC. Usually the GSoC projects are
> > presented in form of lightning talks which is maximum ten minutes. This
> > is a really good excercise as nobody is there judging on you.
> >
> > Lots of people talk there for the first time in front of a bigger
> > audience and not many people a born as great (english) speakers but be
> > sure that the GNOME community will take this into account and is
> > interested in what you present much more than whether your presentation
> > is stunning.
> >
> > Other than that, most people (hi Andre, hi Vincent) usually create their
> > slides about 5 minutes before their talk so be sure your presentation
> > won't get negative attention ;)
>
> Johannes is 100% right (well, except that I don't create slides 5
> minutes before my talks -- it's usually 10-15 minutes before).
>
> And on top of what was already mentioned, the other benefit of having a
> lightning talk is that people can really put a face on your name, and
> can then more easily come to you to discuss about the project you've
> been working on.

Thanks for your supportive responses. I will certainly think about it. :)

Denis