[EuroPython] Talk lengths

[John Pinner]

On 11/04/2008, M.-A. Lemburg <mal at egenix.com> wrote:
> On 2008-04-01 23:12, Dinu Gherman wrote:
>  > M.-A. Lemburg:
>  >
>  >> The comments on talk length are interesting... 30 minutes were
>  >> considered too short. I found 30 minutes a bit short as well
>  >> last time I did a talk in Vilnius. If you want to have discussions
>  >> and more time switching between talks, then 45 minutes are a lot
>  >> better, IMHO: 30 minutes talk, 10 minutes discussion, 5 minutes break
>  >> and switching.
>  >>
>  >> What do others think ?
>  >
>  >
>  > I assume, the average speaker likes to give longer talks and the
>  > average listener likes to consume shorter talks - a least for
>  > average talks.
>  >
>  > If you need prove that exceptional talks can be less than 20 min-
>  > utes have a look at ted.com, maybe starting here:
>  >
>  >    http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/92  (Hans Rosling)
>  >    http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/140 (Hans Rosling)
>  >    http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229 (Jill Bolte Taylor)
>  >    http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/237 (Clifford Stoll)
>  >
>  > Thanks to Laura for pointing me to Hans Rosling's videos.
>
>
> Thanks, I like those TED talks as well, but their scope is different.
>
>  If you stick to the 30/60 schedule, please at least tell the speakers
>  (and the track managers) to leave 5 minutes at the end for switching.

Yes, we really must start enforcing this.

And there should be no problem scheduling a mix of 30, 45 and 60 minutes talks.

John
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