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One of the highlights of the Code4Lib annual meeting is the “lightning talk” rounds. A lightning talk is round: a fast-paced 5 minute talk on a topic of the presenter’s choosing. They During the meeting they are usually scheduled on an ad-hoc, first-come-first-served basis on the day of the event. They The lightning talks are an opportunity to provide a platform for someone who is just getting started with public speaking, who wants to ask a question or invite people to help with a project, or for someone to boast about something he or she did or tell a short cautionary story. These things are all interesting and worth talking about, but there might not be enough to say about them to fill up a full session timeslot.

“Virtual Lightning Talks” replicates this conference activity online in a virtual meeting environment. Each one-hour block consists of 10 up to eight six-minute sessions (one minute for the presenter to take control of the virtual meeting environment and test audio followed by a five minute presentation). Presenters show their work by sharing their entire desktop; the presentation can consist of slides, web browser, command-line shell, or any other application that can be shown on the desktop.

The talks will also be are recorded for later viewing.

== Virtual Lightning Talks #3 -- June 14, Fall 2013 ==

Friday, June 14, ''Postponed until Fall 2013 at 1:30pm Eastern U.S. time ([http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?p1=805&iso=20130614T1330&msg=Code4Lib%20Virtual%20Lightning%20Talks&ah=1&sort=2 see this time in your local timezone])exact date to be published later. '' Presenters can come in 30 minutes early to test the environment. (Note: the Google Hangout event is set to start at 1:00pm; the 30 minute difference between the Hangout start time and the actual start time is to give presenters a chance to come in and test the Hangout environment.)