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Tips for speakers

NUUG Oslo meetings: Information for speakers

The goal of the NUUG Oslo meetings is to create a environment where users, developers and administrators of Unix-like operating systems meet and get to know each other, and learn new and interesting aspects of Unix, open source and free software.

  • Location: Høgskolen i Oslo, Pilestredet 35. Time: Tuesdays 18:30, once a month on the second thursday of the month

The meetings are informal, and there are normally 10-40 listeners.

The presentation is expected to last about 60 minutes, including time for questioning. The speaker should meet at least 15 minutes up front to allow time to test and fix problems with the projector.

The language to be used is norwegian or english. The lecturer choose the language to use.

We use the lecture rooms at the Faculty of Engineering, and there are overhead projector and video projector.

We need information on the presentation approximately 14 days before the presentation, to allow us to announce it properly. We need the title of the presentation, a short summary (~1-2 paragraphs) of the presentation, and one paragraph describing the speaker.

If possible, we would like the presentation slides in Postscript or PDF format after the presentation to make it available on our web site.

The presentation will be video recorded for publishing on the web and on DVD.

Please contact the [mailto:aktive@nuug.no organizers] or [mailto:styret@nuug.no the NUUG board] if you want to do a presentation, or if you have any question regarding the meetings.

Some relevant links:

Huskeliste for foredragsholdere (av Mark Burgess)

  1. Husk at du lager et foredrag til et publikum. Et publikum setter pris på foredragsholdere som er konsise, forberedt og som holder tiden.
  2. Kom så lang tid i forveien at du er klar til å begynne med foredraget på rett tid -- med alle tester og forberedelser ferdig på forhånd! Det er dårlig å måtte vente på løsning av tekniske problemer, eller uforberedte forelesere.
  3. Et foredrag bør vare ca. 45 minutter. Bruker du overheads eller slide fremviser, regn med 10-12 slides (det tar 3-4 minutter per slide). Tar det lengre tid - dveler du for mye. Hold ting i gang.
  4. Den viktigste delen av et foredrag er åpningen. Planlegg åpningen spesielt for å fenge interessen. Det er ingenting verre enn en sløv start.
  5. Unngå å snakke for mye om detaljer -- folk flest vil ha en oversikt. Hvis du må demonstrere noe -- pass på at alt virker problemfritt i forveien.
  6. Et godt foredrag er en blanding av underholdning og informasjon. Mange prøver å presentere for mye informasjon. Gi heller gode referanser.
  7. Hvis du bruker bærbar PC for å vise presentasjon, påse å ikke bruke for høy oppløsning -- da vil ikke projektøren klare å vise bildet på storskjerm. Du bør ikke overskride ca. 1024x800 i et naturlig frekvensområde.

Relevante lenker

Tips for speakers from the video team

(copied from the [http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/Videoteam/Tips_for_speakers Debian video team tips page])

  • Test your slides at 800x600 or better yet 640x480 (!!!)
  • Also use this resolution for live demos.
  • read http://people.skolelinux.no/herman/vid/dc/slide_legibility.html

  • As a rule of thumb, use a fontsize like 32pt for normal text. For slides prepared at 800x600, 24pt will do quite nicely, if the contrast is good and the fonts are quite fat. However, presenters will likely have 1024x768 or bigger screens on their laptop, so 32pt will be closer to the sweet spot.
  • [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5NEB4l5gpw Things to avoid when speaking in public]

aktiviteter/presentasjoner/TipsForSpeakers (last edited 2022-01-25 20:00:57 by ThomasGramstad)