2013 Lightning Talks Signup
Sign up for Lightning Talks!!
Lightning talks are scheduled on all three days of the conference. A lightning talk is a fast-paced 5 minute talk on a topic of your choosing. Sign-ups for lightning talks will open immediately following the first keynote.
Mark Jason Dominus has a nice page about lightning talks, which includes this summary of why you might want to do one:
Maybe you've never given a talk before, and you'd like to start small. For a Lightning Talk, you don't need to make slides, and if you do decide to make slides, you only need to make three.
Maybe you're nervous and you're afraid you'll mess up. It's a lot easier to plan and deliver a five minute talk than it is to deliver a long talk. And if you do mess up, at least the painful part will be over quickly.
Maybe you don't have much to say. Maybe you just want to ask a question, or invite people to help you with your project, or boast about something you 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 thirty minutes.
You might also like Mark Fowler's's Advice for Giving a Lightning Talk.
Have something to add but didn't get a chance to do it in Chicago? Consider signing up to present at the Virtual Lightning Talks on April 3rd, 2013.
LIGHTNING TALK SIGNUPS OPEN AT 10 AM EST ON FEBRUARY 12
Those who already have presentation slots, please hold off and give those without slots lightning talk chances, to spread around the opportunity to talk to the conference.
Tuesday, 4:20-5:20pm [12 slots]
Enter Name -- Title of Talk
- Cynthia Ng / RULA Bookfinder
- Bill Dueber -- Datamart report generator at UMich
Wenesday, 4:20-5:20pm [12 slots]
Enter Name -- Title of Talk
- Rachel Frick -- LODLAM Summit 2013 and Challenge
Thursday, 10:15-11:00am [9 slots]
Enter Name -- Title of Talk
