[WindyCity-pm] July 31, 2007: Lightning Talks and Perl::Critic

Pete Krawczyk mongers at bsod.net
Tue Jul 3 12:39:11 PDT 2007


                  Windy City Perl Mongers Meeting Announcement
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       Topic: Lightning Talks and Perl::Critic
   Presenter: You!, Josh McAdams
   Date/Time: Tuesday, July 31, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
    Location: Performics, 12th Floor, 180 N. LaSalle, Chicago, IL
        RSVP: By 12:00 PM CDT the day of at pkrawczyk at doubleclick dot com
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Please note that this meeting is one week later than normally scheduled! RSVPs 
are also required for this meeting.

This meeting will start with Lightning Talks, and if there is time
remaining, Josh McAdams will present a tutorial on writing policies for 
Perl::Critic.

If you are interested in doing a lightning talk, please pre-register for a five 
minute slot by sending an email to the RSVP address above.  You can also sign 
up for a presentation slot at the meeting, if any are left.  We will announce 
any pre-registered talks before the meeting.


Lightning Talks are 5-minute talks, given on any subject you can think of. 
Here's somewhere to look for ideas:

     http://perl.plover.com/lt/lightning-talks.html

We are also looking for lightning talks about what you learned at a recent 
conference, such as YAPC or OSCON; interesting projects or problems you've 
recently worked on; new technology you've recently discovered; or questions 
you'd like to present in front of a group of your peers.

Lightning talks rely on YOU getting up there and doing your five minutes
in the spotlight.  It's a GREAT way for people who have never spoken
before to get out there and get their feet wet.  From MJD's page:

     Maybe you've never given a talk before, and you'd like to start small.
     For a Lightning Talk, you don't need to make slides, and if you do
     decide to make slides, you only need to make three.

     Maybe you're nervous and you're afraid you'll mess up. It's a lot
     easier to plan and deliver a five minute talk than it is to deliver
     a long talk. And if you do mess up, at least the painful part will
     be over quickly.

     Maybe you don't have much to say. Maybe you just want to ask a
     question, or invite people to help you with your project, or boast
     about something you did, or tell a short cautionary story. These
     things are all interesting and worth talking about, but there might
     not be enough to say about them to fill up thirty minutes.

Lightning talks also don't require slides, charts or graphs.  If you do want to 
use them, however, please be mindful of the five minute limit - you'll probably 
only get to cover three slides or so.


-Pete K
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Pete Krawczyk
      Chicago Perl Mongers
      mongers at bsod dot net


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