Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >>>>>>"Smylers" == Smylers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Smylers> Generally allow 5 times as long to write material as to present it; > Smylers> that is, allow a week to write a 1-day course. Possibly longer if > Smylers> you're new to writing training materials.
> The only thing I would caution on is that "5x" is a bit low. I typically > allocate 8x on a new course (a workday per hour), and only about things I'm > familiar with. Even more time if I have to figure out what's important, and > what I can leave out. this number depends on lots of factors - personally, I find it takes me a solid work-week (40 hours) to produce a 1 hour presentation of new material (that is, new presentation material on technology I'm very intimate with). but lots of that has to do with the kind of style I like to present in, how smoothly I want things to flow, etc. culling together existing materials into something new takes less time. but still, the more time you put into something the more polished it will be (and the more your attendees will appreciate it). my point is that I don't think you can over estimate the amount of time it will take to come up with a quality presentation the first (or first dozen times) you do it. but once you get into a groove you may find that your own timeline can vary quite a bit between that of your peers. good luck. --Geoff
