Google Ops Presentation and Meeting Formats

Fri Jan 27 13:39:22 PST 2006

On 1/27/06, Deirdre Saoirse Moen <deirdre at deirdre.net> wrote:
> On Jan 27, 2006, at 3:08 PM, Rick Moen wrote:
>
> > Quoting Bill Ward (bill at wards.net):
> >
> >> I agree with those who wish for a little less audience participation
> >> in the presentations.  It can be very disruptive to the speaker's
> >> schedule.  Holding questions to the end may be a good way to solve
> >> the
> >> problem.
> >
> > That's my personal preference, too.  Some speakers actually don't like
> > that, though, so my favourite approach as meeting coordinator follows:
> >
> > Before the meeting, ask speaker to pick a policy, any of:
> >
> > 1. Hold questions/comments to the end.
> > 2. Raise hand, wait to be recognised by speaker (optionally with help
> >    from meeting coordinator).
> > 3. Blurt it right out, man.
>
> How they're doing it in the seminar today:
>
> Breaking the talk into sections, then asking if anyone has questions
> during specific sections.

That's a good approach for longer presentations.

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