Lost my public speaking virginity!
Yesterday evening (Tuesday February 27th) I gave my first live presentation! The Kansas City Coldfusion User's group (www.kcdevcore.org) invited me to come and speak about Model-Glue since I've been using it on my day job for the past six months or so and have learned it and OO coming from a strictly procedural background. I wasn't nervous until Jim Pickering (the UG manager) and I drove up to the building where they meet. The nervousness finally subsided about five minutes after I got into the presentation and then I felt like it flowed pretty smoothly.
My approach to this presentation was a little different than what most probably expected. I opted NOT to do a demo app at all since there's already a plethora of sample apps and tutorials out there already that are really great. Instead, I decided to take the time to share all of the things needed in order to know how to "think about" OO and model-glue...all of the things that I spent the most time researching and trying to comprehend so that I COULD take advantage of Model-Glue's simplicity.
So, for what it's worth, here is a link to my first presentation!
https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a200985228/p45002941/
Actual PPT and accompanying Word doc for my presentation (caution: the PPT is nearly 5mb, so only click it if you really want it): MMG.PPT MGPreso.DOC
Disclaimer: Everything I shared in this presentation is as I understand it to be, and was not painstakingly researched to validate it's accuracy. Whether it's accurate or not, complete or not, the understandings I share in the presentation work for me in my real-world scenarios and should be considered as "this guy's view" and not as gospel fact.
My approach to this presentation was a little different than what most probably expected. I opted NOT to do a demo app at all since there's already a plethora of sample apps and tutorials out there already that are really great. Instead, I decided to take the time to share all of the things needed in order to know how to "think about" OO and model-glue...all of the things that I spent the most time researching and trying to comprehend so that I COULD take advantage of Model-Glue's simplicity.
So, for what it's worth, here is a link to my first presentation!
https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a200985228/p45002941/
Actual PPT and accompanying Word doc for my presentation (caution: the PPT is nearly 5mb, so only click it if you really want it): MMG.PPT MGPreso.DOC
Disclaimer: Everything I shared in this presentation is as I understand it to be, and was not painstakingly researched to validate it's accuracy. Whether it's accurate or not, complete or not, the understandings I share in the presentation work for me in my real-world scenarios and should be considered as "this guy's view" and not as gospel fact.
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Re: Lost my public speaking virginity!
Loved it!
I wonder if you get some kind of usage stats from Adobe as to how many people dl your Connect meeting.
I wonder if you get some kind of usage stats from Adobe as to how many people dl your Connect meeting.
Posted by Phillip Senn on March 1, 2007 at 4:18 PM
Re: Lost my public speaking virginity!
Hey Phillip, I'm glad you enjoyed it! I worked really hard on it and hoped it might be useful to some.
As far as the stats, I'll ask the user group manager about that.
As far as the stats, I'll ask the user group manager about that.
Posted by dougboude on March 1, 2007 at 4:23 PM