It’s time to start making the schedule. Here’s a starting point for the format, I’d like to hear your ideas.
BIL will have probably 80 speakers and 4 rooms. We need to spread the speakers between the rooms. There the Main Room with 450 seats, the Middle Room with 55 seats, and two Small Rooms with 20 seats.
How about…
Main room – 15 minute talks.
Middle room – 30 minute talks.
Small room 1 – Flexible time, not to exceed 45 minutes.
Small room 2 – Demo Room.
The way I envision it is in the main room people give intense, polished and short presentations. In the middle room are for more technical subjects which are of interest to a smaller group of people, but there’s more desire to go in-depth. The small room is for more round-table discussions and debate. As for Question and Answer, there’s a lot of public space, gorgeous patios and lawns where conversations can run for hours.
What do you think?
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I like it! Can I suggest you have a timekeeper or egg timer in each room.
Sounds good. Would love to spend about 5-10 minutes in the main room (or a middle room?) recording a large crowd singing Boom De Yada, the chorus.
Yep, we're going to have a timekeeper in the main room for sure, and the egg timer is a good suggestion.
I have no clue what Boom De Yada is… but it sounds good.
Looking forward to it!
Sounds good to me. Will there be a whiteboard or easel in the small non-demo room? I don't own such a thing…but would be happy to chip in on one for everyone to share.
How do I know if I am still on the schedule? And if I wanted to talk about something else, given the differences between November and now? WOuld like to talk about starting a company in a downturn.
There will be a whiteboard in there, so no worries!
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