A round of applause for Emma Jane Hogbin...

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Sat Jun 26 18:52:45 UTC 2004


Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 02:14:40PM -0400, James Knott wrote:
> 
>>Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
>>
>>>There was precisely ONE slide about dealing with hecklers and it actually 
>>>referred to my experiences at *NewTLUG* meetings. The first NewTLUG 
> 
> <snip> 
> 
>>As someone who attends the TLUG meetings on an occasional basis, I also 
>>find those hecklers to be a source of irritation.  It's a wonder they 
> 
> 
> Sorry to be so repetitive, but it's important to me that people know I am 
> not referring to TLUG.

There are all too often such people at other presentations too.  TLUG 
just seems to be the worst I've experienced.  I've never been to a 
NewTLUG meeting.

> 
> At NewTLUG meetings the presentations seem to be more about helping the presenter
> with their (probably first ever) public presentation. Presentation skills
> are incredibly important not only for LUGs, but also in the workplace. When 
> the audience tries to "help" the presenter with the topic they are actually 
> trashing the presenter's self-confidence--making it nearly impossible for 
> the presenter to finish saying what they'd prepared.
> 
> TLUG /seems/ to be more about throwing curve balls and asking obscure
> questions. NewTLUG seems to be about "helping" to the point of taking
> control of a presentation. My talk was about how to prepare a presentation
> so that the latter doesn't happen (and what to do if the audience does try 
> to either "help" or "heckle" the presentation).


I think some people have to be reminded frequently, that they're *NOT* 
part of the presentation.

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