meetings

Oct. 19th, 2010 09:18 am
deird1: Dawn raising an eyebrow, with text "srsly?" (Dawn srsly)
[personal profile] deird1
I think I've figured out why so many work presentations bore the entire room to tears.


I'm giving a presentation this evening - on vegetation management. I could summarise the whole thing in 30 seconds, and end with "Also, check your handouts for more info."

I've been given 10 minutes.


Currently, I am desperately trying to lengthen my presentation any way I know how. To get it to the required 10 minutes, I'm probably going to have to:
1) have a rambling and pointless introduction
2) discuss, in great detail, where the handout is from
3) give them lots of information they don't need to know
4) repeat myself a great deal



Yes, I am deliberately trying to bore the room to tears.

Date: 2010-10-18 11:07 pm (UTC)
snowpuppies: (Default)
From: [personal profile] snowpuppies
Last weekend, I had to give an hour and 45-minute presentation to a bunch of families. OMG. I only needed about half a hour!

Date: 2010-10-18 11:10 pm (UTC)
velvetwhip: (Flamingo)
From: [personal profile] velvetwhip
Maybe setting it to music would help? You could sing cute songs about vegetation, maybe choreograph a dance routine.


Gabrielle

Date: 2010-10-18 11:14 pm (UTC)
angearia: (Default)
From: [personal profile] angearia
Veggie Tales!

Date: 2010-10-18 11:14 pm (UTC)
angearia: (Default)
From: [personal profile] angearia
What about flash visuals and a dramatic scene to present the issue? :p

Date: 2010-10-18 11:50 pm (UTC)
angearia: (Default)
From: [personal profile] angearia
Yes, and you could be the tree...

Date: 2010-10-18 11:20 pm (UTC)
nimthiriel: (Default)
From: [personal profile] nimthiriel
So do they actually expect you to fill the 10mins, or is that the maximum time they're allowing you? Would the consequences of doing the 30second speech with a brief look at the handouts (total of 5min?) be really bad?

Date: 2010-10-18 11:21 pm (UTC)
nimthiriel: (Default)
From: [personal profile] nimthiriel
But, in all seriousness, a lot of the "meetings" we had in the maths faculty last year were very much a case of "Read the handout and then feel free to go home. If you have any questions, just come see me when you're done reading."

I liked those meetings :-p

Hmmm

Date: 2010-10-18 11:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 1c2k3p4p5c.livejournal.com
You could wear safety goggles and carry in a hammer (or a daisy)! ;)

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