[OSDC Israel] Making sure speakers are good

[Steph Fox]

Ori: same here, but actually that's one thing nobody ever gave me when I was 
speaking.

I just got my first engagement in 3 years and am shaking in my boots 
again... I have until November, and the API I need to talk about isn't fixed 
yet.


> +1 for feedback forms!

Yes, and ++ make the comments available to the speaker if that speaker 
requests it (and not otherwise).

>
> BTW - Gabor, do you forward the content of the complaints to the speakers? 
> I
> know I'd like any feedback on my talks, especially criticism that's 
> usually
> constructive.
>
> Steph Fox wrote:
>> 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"
>> <osdc-discuss at osdc.org.il>
>> 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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