April 13th: Presenting D at the Beijing Linux User Group

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Lionello Lunesu wrote:
> On 10-3-2010 8:35, Walter Bright wrote:
>> Lionello Lunesu wrote:
>>> I'll be presenting the D Programming Language at the next monthly BLUG
>>> meeting. It'll mostly be for people who haven't heard of D yet. There'll
>>> be a fair chunk of D1 in there, but I'm hoping to touch some of D2's new
>>> features as well.
>> Awesome!
>>
>>
>>> (I'm fairly new to 'presenting stuff' in general, so all tips are highly
>>> welcomed.)
>> I've noticed that things seem to go better if the presenter tries to
>> engage the audience by asking them questions thereby inviting more of a
>> group discussion, as opposed to just reading the slides to them.
> 
> Good tip, thanks.
> 
> I'm wondering: should I do the 'scrolling HTML', in true D style? The
> lazy part of me says yes :))

I suggest not. When you'll be more experienced you'll be able to make-do 
even with the white board, but for now focus on preparing good slides 
and rehearsing them.

Walter's advice is good. Plus: make sure through rehearsing that your 
material fits within the allotted time.


Andrei