meetings

[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.

Comments

[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!

[velvetwhip]

Maybe setting it to music would help? You could sing cute songs about vegetation, maybe choreograph a dance routine.


Gabrielle

[angearia]

Veggie Tales!

[angearia]

What about flash visuals and a dramatic scene to present the issue? :p

[deird1]

Maybe I should do the whole thing through interpretive dance...

[angearia]

Yes, and you could be the tree...

[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?

[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

[1c2k3p4p5c.livejournal.com]

You could wear safety goggles and carry in a hammer (or a daisy)! ;)