[Inpycon] Some thoughts on talks and what not to do in a tech talk

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On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 14:35, Pranav Prakash <pranny at gmail.com> wrote:
> * People mostly ask question comparing the things you just told and the
> things they do, so be sure you are prepared for such things

Asking questions is fine but in some talks the speaker was frequently
interrupted by the audience members with queries. In a 30-min talk,
being constantly interrupted meant the speaker didnt finish their demo
or could not cover the slides, etc.. This results in other audience
members losing out on what the speaker would have explained or
demo'ed. Not nice.

Usually, most speakers allot the last five (or more) minutes for the
Q&A session so the speaker should not be interrupted during his/her
talk. Next year, all speakers should be asked to allot the last few
minutes for Q&A session and also mention this at the beginning of
their talk (maybe in the slides they prepared for the talk). Despite
this, occasional gaffes may occur inadvertently, in which case, the
hall marshalls should politely ask the audience member to wait for the
question and answer session.

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