Hey all, FYI - gave the talk tonight and gave the Posse a Honey Badger shout out - I think folks got the message :-). Thanks for the send ins folks!
Cheers, Martijn On 5 July 2012 10:36, Ricky Clarkson <[email protected]> wrote: > Cute animals dying in a broken up spaceship would have got the message > through. > > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 10:52 AM, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> The challenger could have been saved if there had been cute animals in the >> powerpoint? >> I'm pretty sure I'm not buying that. >> >> >> >> ----- Reply message ----- >> From: "Josh Berry" <[email protected]> >> Date: Thu, Jul 5, 2012 9:22 am >> Subject: [The Java Posse] Re: Animals in talks >> To: <[email protected]> >> >> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Jon Kiparsky <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > this, they're often right. Unless the picture is relevant, leave it out. >> > In >> > fact, you can generally improve a presentation by orders of magnitude by >> > getting rid of the powerpoint and just saying what you have to say. >> > Eliminating distraction helps both you and the audience focus on your >> > talk. >> > Same thing with jokes - I can assure you, no matter who you are, that >> > comedy >> > is a lot harder than you think it is, and you're not as good at it as >> > you >> > think you are. If you have something to say, say it. If it's worth >> > saying, >> > that's all you need. >> >> I don't know. I find the tension between "just say it" and "comedy is >> harder than you think" interesting. Not to mention the falsity of >> your statement. Consider, the engineers "simply said" that the >> Challenger was likely to have problems. >> >> I have no argument against Tufte when he says that Powerpoint is >> horrible. My gripe is this idea that public speaking doesn't have an >> art to it. If you want to be able to convincingly tell people things, >> you will have to practice. There is an art to the practice. This is >> no different than public discourse on the internet, and it doesn't >> take much searching (specifically my posts) to find that not everyone >> is effective at it. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Java Posse" group. >> 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Java Posse" group. >> 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. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. 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.
