On May 31 1999, at 09:55, Alain EMPAIN was caught saying:
>
> Some sample demonstrations, easy to follow, are more important than
> a full suite of high-level presentations, hard to follow even at the
> technical vocabulary level.
>
> My experience of congresses and seminars reminds me that the better
> presentations must follow a well defined scheme with clear goals, provide
> some respirations to help the 'learner' to settle down and reassemble the
> information.
> Moreover, the learner must leave with an agreable sentiment of self
> satisfaction : having been able to follow and to have discovered
> new perspectives.
> Then and only then, he/she is hooked and becomes a demanding person, in
> place of a reluctant one.
>
> Storm lectures presenting as many aspects as possible in the shortest
> time are amongst the worst ones.
Yes, I had to sit through some of those at Linux Expo.
I think we need to differentiate betweem the 2[more?] different
types of demos that may be taking place.
1) A lecture style, like you mention, where a LUG goes into a
school/business/wherever and talks about Linux. This should be
concise and to the point. Go in, talk about what Linux is,
what it provides, why it may be a good alternative, and than
point them to more information. Show a couple of demos or screenshots
along the way.
2) An expo type setup where you want to catch people's attention as
they pass by. In this case you want at least one or two things that
are either visually or aureally catchy [pref. visual so that people
don't start getting annoyed with you]. Once someone comes up to
the "booth", there should be a clear idea of what it is that
he/she is seeing and one of the LUG members maning the "booth"
should be ready to answer questions for the user. The key is getting
people to stop, look, and get more information. Part of that
is location, as a table right at the entrance to whaterver the
building is would be ideal.
- Deepak
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