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Barcamp Presentations
May 6th, 2009 by mk

Here’s only the fraction of presentations of BarCamp 2009. We received only those by mail, so next time, we’ll be more inventive in getting them. :)

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Presentations
Mar 2nd, 2009 by reporter_arm

Presentations should be held in an open and sociable spirit, BarCamp features a unique mix of creativity and technology that will become an accelerator for ideas, projects and people. Feel free to bring only a flash card — with a presentation on it — as you can use audio in each of the four lecture-halls.

The Presentations should be based on “BarCamp” style, including:

  • Don’t announce topics in advance– all day Saturday until 19:10 pm and a white piece of paper at your disposal
  • Be brief– the presentations may last up to 30 minutes (20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion) or 5 minutes for blitz-presentations
  • Be useful and practical– try to give your listeners something they can derive benefit from, talk about something that you are good at
  • Less theory, more practice– give examples, real cases, problems arising and their solutions
  • Talk about success stories– how you started, what blockhead or genius you were, what mistakes you made, what helped you, your how-to guide, etc.. The more open you are, the more you’ll get in return
  • Be inspiring– use your presentations to tell a story with enthusiasm and passion, or with humor, make them stick in memory, not become a mummy.

The presentations should NEVER, EVER be made in the following style:

  • When you try to sell something
  • When a presenter is ill-prepared
  • Plastic, with nothing new and interesting
  • Water, with many unnecessary words

BarCamp Yerevan will be an international event, so preferred languages for your talks are Russian and English.

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