[Mpls-pm] Another lightning talk note

[Dave Rolsky]

On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Ian Malpass wrote:

> I don't have a problem with stricter time limits, as long as they're applied 
> to the talks, and not the Q&A afterwards. Or, rather, as long as there's a 
> separate time limit applied to the Q&A afterwards. And as long as people then 
> keep their questions until the Q&A, rather than asking them mid-talk.
>
> I think for a lightning talk, keeping questions to the end probably wouldn't 
> be difficult or bad. For something like the OOP talk I was supposed to give 
> last night, it might be easier to allow for questions mid-stream rather than 
> lose someone because the speaker explained something oddly.

I agree.  I think queueing up questions would be a good practice.


-dave

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