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Get these commercial entities to sponsor the meeting, like the people
at AJUG do. Get them to contribute bling, drinks, snacks, or even
money to cover ALE expenses, if any, and possibly to go to computer
related charities. I don't know exactly what AJUG does, but I know
they have sponsors.<br>
<br>
Ron<br>
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On 2/23/2012 12:35 PM, Cameron Kilgore wrote:
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<p>At some events, we give an opportunity to do lighting talks at the
end of the event.</p>
<p>We're planning on doing an all lighting talks event for the
Atlanta HTML5 User Group, but we want to give a wide berth for people
to prepare the speeches. I put weeks of preparation into all of mine.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 23, 2012 12:27 PM, "Michael H.
Warfield" <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:mhw@wittsend.com"
target="_blank">mhw@wittsend.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">
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Thu, 2012-02-23 at 11:45 -0500, leam hall wrote:<br>
> Or spread it out so they don't feel the competition and you can
more<br>
> easily schedule things.<br>
<br>
Yeah, at several of my conference, these are referred to as lightening<br>
talks. Of course, at conferences, a large number are stacked into a<br>
designated period of time and spreading them out is not practical. They<br>
are also not scheduled in advance, people sign up for talks they want to<br>
give on a flip chart board at the conference and when all the 10 minute<br>
slots are gone, they're gone.<br>
<br>
For a regular user's group like us, the idea of spreading them out has<br>
some merit. Offer a 10 minute slot a head of the main speaker to people<br>
who want to come and do a fast talk on something short.<br>
<br>
Not sure how well blocking out a whole meeting to lightening talks would<br>
work.<br>
<br>
Mike<br>
<br>
> On 2/23/12, Jim Kinney <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com" target="_blank">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
> > I had a brain storm (ok, a brief spring shower that left the
gray matter<br>
> > under the trees still bone dry :).<br>
> ><br>
> > We should have a small group of local Linux-based products
vendors give<br>
> > back to back pitch and QA session of 10 minutes each at a
meeting once a<br>
> > year.<br>
> ><br>
> > This provides exposure on both sides and recruitment
opportunities as well.<br>
> ><br>
> > --<br>
> > --<br>
> > James P. Kinney III<br>
> ><br>
> > As long as the general population is passive, apathetic,
diverted to<br>
> > consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful
can do as they<br>
> > please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the
outcome.<br>
> > - *2011 Noam Chomsky<br>
> ><br>
> > <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/</a><br>
> > *<br>
> ><br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Mind on a Mission <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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