My presentation at YAPC::EU::2009 was graded « Perl
My presentation at YAPC::EU::2009 was graded
Wednesday 4 November 2009 @ 6:54 am

I received feedback from conference attendees about my presentation at YAPC::EU. And it was very good :)

After the conference attendees are encouraged to express their opinions on presentations they attended and grade them. Then the aggregated grades and opinions are sent to speaker.

I was a bit nervous, but fortunately presentation about WTFish side of using Perl was graded between 7 and 10 (on a scale from 1 to 10), mostly 8-9.

There were also opinions – good and bad.

Bad: I could have been speaking louder and with better intonation and gestures. Slides also could be a bit better. Someone even wrote “Poor guy, it is hard to present in another language. I hope he isnt disheartened, his presentation is good” :-)

Good opinions (quoted from the feedback I got):

  • Covered well some common but not obvious traps in Perl for newbies. The material was good.
  • Good title and subject – humourous way to present this sid of Perl. As a total beginner some parts I knew of and felt the same WTFness and it is nice to feel that it is as mad as I thought!
  • This presentation pin pointed some of the things that regularly “bite” newbies, so it was most valuable. It had many examples, and I hope I can remember them all. [ note: there are slides available to download at this blog, so you don't have to remeber all :)   - Lech ]
Poor guy, it is hard to present in another language.	I hope he isnt
  disheartened, his presentation is good

Thanks for good opinions :) and also for bad – those taught me something about presentations. Next time it will be better :)

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See also:

  1. WTFish side of using Perl talk at YAPC::EU 2009 – slides
  2. YAPC::EU 2009 in Lisboa (Lisbon, Lizbona)!
  3. Nice people I met at YAPC::EU
  4. Perl WTFs – last in function
  5. YAPC EU 2010 is coming

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Comments (1) - Posted in yapc by Lech  


 One response to “My presentation at YAPC::EU::2009 was graded”

  •   Barbie wrote:

    Glad you found the feedback useful. I hope to write up a more detailed explanation of the surveys for next year, so that people have a better understanding of what they are about, and why they’re useful.

    For the full conference survey results you can find them at the YAPC Conference Surveys – http://yapc-surveys.org

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