[OSDC Israel] Making sure speakers are good

[Steph Fox]

Feedback forms.  Usually. (After each presentation, on the way out.)  Some 
places bribe attendees with a raffle for filled-in forms.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gabor Szabo" <szabgab at gmail.com>
To: "Open Source Developers' Conference - Israel - Discussion list" 
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Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 9:19 AM
Subject: [OSDC Israel] Making sure speakers are good


> Some of the participants in the previous conference complained
> that there were certain speakers who did not prepare their talk well.
> Speakers who could not put their material through well enough.
>
> Some of these people suggested to do a 10-15 minute audition to the
> future speakers before accepting their proposals.
>
> I wonder what to do with this.
>
> I have only been to YAPCs - that is the place where I took the selection 
> process
> from. AFAIK on OSCON - where they charge a couple of 1000s of USD just to 
> get
> in - has a similar process. In neither case do they audition or any
> other screening.
> (Besides going over the proposal and maybe asking friends if they have
> already heard
> the future speaker and what do they think.)
> People who attended other types of conferences, what happens there?
> (e.g. on Python conferences?)
>
>
> I wonder what to do.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Gabor
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