One of the highlights of the Code4Lib annual meeting is the “lightning talk” 
rounds. A lightning talk is a fast-paced 5 minute talk on a topic of the 
presenter’s choosing. They are usually scheduled on an ad-hoc, 
first-come-first-served basis on the day of the event. They are an opportunity 
to provide a platform for someone who is just getting started with public 
speaking, who wants to ask a question or invite people to help with a project, 
or for someone to boast about something he or she 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 a full session timeslot.

“Virtual Lightning Talks” replicates this conference activity online in a 
virtual meeting environment. Each one-hour block consists of 10 six-minute 
sessions (one minute for the presenter to take control of the virtual meeting 
environment and test audio followed by a five minute presentation). Presenters 
show their work by sharing their entire desktop; the presentation can consist 
of slides, web browser, command-line shell, or any other application that can 
be shown on the desktop.

The first round will be on April 4th at 1:30pm Eastern U.S. Daylight Time.  You 
can read more information and sign up to be a presenter or attendee at:

  http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Virtual_Lightning_Talks


Peter
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Ass't Director, Technology Services Development   http://dltj.org/about/
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