Every audience member responds to a presentation based on their mood, preconceptions, and the style of the presenter. All programmers have emotional responses because all programmers are human beings. For any given topic, a boring presentation is less effective for a large group of programmers than an interesting presentation.
On Wednesday, July 4, 2012 3:11:40 PM UTC-7, Jon Kiparsky wrote: > > Clearly if someone has emotional responses, they're not suited to > programming, and not going to understand the presentation - and probably > don't have an attention span or any sort of retention. > Duh. > -jpk > > > (please insert a smiley face if you require one) > > On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Joe Sondow wrote: > >> I'm curious what your thesis is. Why do you assert that an animal picture >> automatically ruins the message of a slide, before you've even seen the >> presentation or slide deck? >> >> In my experience a well-chosen image that evokes a relevant emotional >> response increases the attention span and memory retention of audience >> members. >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 12:50:38 AM UTC-7, Martijn Verburg wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> So I'm looking to do an Ignite talk on "the greatest threat to tech >>> conferences today" at Oscon. Basically it's going to be a very >>> tongue in cheek presentation where I present 20 slides, each slide >>> containing: >>> >>> 1. The Speaker + a link to their talk >>> 2. The important point they were making >>> 3. The picture of the (probably cute & fluffy) animal >>> 4. How the animal ruined the message >>> >>> e.g. Something like "So here's X, talking about Y (note the link!), an >>> awesome <technology> for <this reason>, >>> important knowledge right?! Well this particular <animal> came and >>> ruined that, <mini rant>" >>> >>> So if you've ever given a presentation with a cute and fluffy animal >>> then I'd like to grab the 4 points from you + a copy of the >>> picture. Full accreditation etc of course! >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers, >>> Martijn >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/E-eLXywbpc4J. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
