Comments on: How to get invited to present your ideas – and not suck http://www.markpollard.net/how-to-get-invited-to-present-your-ideas-and-not-suck/ By Mark Pollard Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:01:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: What makes a good public speaker? « Media – Suarez http://www.markpollard.net/how-to-get-invited-to-present-your-ideas-and-not-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-2508 What makes a good public speaker? « Media – Suarez Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:57:57 +0000 http://www.markpollard.net/?p=890#comment-2508 [...] is a great blog post by Mark Pollard: How to get invited to present your ideas and not suck (notice my long comment to this piece).  Highly relevant, especially if you are looking to speak [...] [...] is a great blog post by Mark Pollard: How to get invited to present your ideas and not suck (notice my long comment to this piece).  Highly relevant, especially if you are looking to speak [...]

]]> By: How to be a good speaker « Media – Suarez http://www.markpollard.net/how-to-get-invited-to-present-your-ideas-and-not-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-2507 How to be a good speaker « Media – Suarez Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:33:40 +0000 http://www.markpollard.net/?p=890#comment-2507 [...] is a great blog post by Mark Pollard: How to get invited to present your ideas and not suck (notice my long comment to this [...] [...] is a great blog post by Mark Pollard: How to get invited to present your ideas and not suck (notice my long comment to this [...]

]]> By: Mark Pollard http://www.markpollard.net/how-to-get-invited-to-present-your-ideas-and-not-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-2494 Mark Pollard Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:14:47 +0000 http://www.markpollard.net/?p=890#comment-2494 Thanks for adding these, Hannah. Dig BCI. Great stuff. Hope to attend some events in Brisbane in the not-so-distant future. Thanks for adding these, Hannah. Dig BCI. Great stuff. Hope to attend some events in Brisbane in the not-so-distant future.

]]> By: markpollard http://www.markpollard.net/how-to-get-invited-to-present-your-ideas-and-not-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-2393 markpollard Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:14:47 +0000 http://www.markpollard.net/?p=890#comment-2393 Thanks for adding these, Hannah. Dig BCI. Great stuff. Hope to attend some events in Brisbane in the not-so-distant future. Thanks for adding these, Hannah. Dig BCI. Great stuff. Hope to attend some events in Brisbane in the not-so-distant future.

]]> By: Hannah Suarez http://www.markpollard.net/how-to-get-invited-to-present-your-ideas-and-not-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-2296 Hannah Suarez Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:51:04 +0000 http://www.markpollard.net/?p=890#comment-2296 I work in events, operate an events calendar, attended numerous events and speak at events (industry, arts, culture, major, minor, casual!) so it's always good for me to have an opportunity to read about events from the operations/program perspective. <br><br>Some things I'd like to add on top of the points:<br><br>Question #1<br>The presentation proposals is more of a two-way process for me. The team brainstorms on the topics/issues at hand, come up with individuals to approach (mostly from first and second degree networks) to discuss the presentation and from there provide an overall outline. <br><br>Questions #2/#3<br>Yep, definitely spot on with those points!<br><br>Question #5<br>Also wishing to add on top of those<br>6. Presenter to leave a good impression on the host/organiser (by providing valueable content, exceeding expectations etc as mentioned before)<br>7. Individual generally continuing to be active (or more active) in the industry - the more active they are the better chances that they are of being invited back because their new work interests the organisers, or they generally have a good rapport with the rest of the industry<br>Out of all of those points, I think that what is important in being invited again to speak at events is for the individual to basically gain momentum with their work so that organisers see this momentum and they want some of it in their event/s!<br><br>#7<br>On top of that:<br>- Rise of having a virtual audience through live feeds, live streaming (although I think that this is going to be adopted more by general/community/major events and events that are free)<br>- Looking into post-event responses and participation by audience members. For example, have recently suggested to a friend of why I think all-day conferences for heavy subjects are not a good idea if it's on a Friday because the weekend would mean that not many people are willing to engage in post-event discussions and you lose that momentum...<br><br>Reading this entry has prompted me that I should sit down one day and do a bit more reflection about events in general. But I have sat down some months ago and wrote this guide for attendees: <a href="http://www.briscreativeindustries.com/blog/2009/6/14/guide-how-to-be-proactive-in-events.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.briscreativeindustries.com/blog/2009...</a> I work in events, operate an events calendar, attended numerous events and speak at events (industry, arts, culture, major, minor, casual!) so it's always good for me to have an opportunity to read about events from the operations/program perspective.

Some things I'd like to add on top of the points:

Question #1
The presentation proposals is more of a two-way process for me. The team brainstorms on the topics/issues at hand, come up with individuals to approach (mostly from first and second degree networks) to discuss the presentation and from there provide an overall outline.

Questions #2/#3
Yep, definitely spot on with those points!

Question #5
Also wishing to add on top of those
6. Presenter to leave a good impression on the host/organiser (by providing valueable content, exceeding expectations etc as mentioned before)
7. Individual generally continuing to be active (or more active) in the industry – the more active they are the better chances that they are of being invited back because their new work interests the organisers, or they generally have a good rapport with the rest of the industry
Out of all of those points, I think that what is important in being invited again to speak at events is for the individual to basically gain momentum with their work so that organisers see this momentum and they want some of it in their event/s!

#7
On top of that:
- Rise of having a virtual audience through live feeds, live streaming (although I think that this is going to be adopted more by general/community/major events and events that are free)
- Looking into post-event responses and participation by audience members. For example, have recently suggested to a friend of why I think all-day conferences for heavy subjects are not a good idea if it's on a Friday because the weekend would mean that not many people are willing to engage in post-event discussions and you lose that momentum…

Reading this entry has prompted me that I should sit down one day and do a bit more reflection about events in general. But I have sat down some months ago and wrote this guide for attendees: http://www.briscreativeindustries.com/blog/2009...

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