Re: [UG-ADMINS] Announcements

Yes, as Richard mentioned, I do a quick intro speech at the start, although
I had not considered using slides, I just do it off the cuff. :-)
On 19 Jul 2013 16:54, "Richard Holloway" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Chris, I like that not everyone is raving about how they have this sorted.
> I was starting to get a complex.
>
> At PHP Hampshire, James pretty much deals with this and just does a quick
> welcoming speech explaining what the group is about, who the speakers are
> and announcements if there are any.
>
> It is pretty relaxed at PHP Hamsphire, but I perhaps it will get more
> formal as the group grows.
>
> On 19/07/13 16:37, Patrick Schwisow wrote:
>
>> To give a concise answer to the the question, I would have to say "very
>> poorly".  I try to jot down a few notes of stuff to announce ahead of
>> time,
>> but I'm not that thorough in gathering this info, and I make a pretty
>> awkward MC.  At our most recent meeting, we had difficulties getting the
>> speaker's laptop to work with the projector, so we started really late.  I
>> skipped the announcements all together and just briefly mentioned next
>> month's talk at the end.  I've got to get better at this.  I think the
>> slide deck idea might be a good way to do it.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Chris Spruck <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Hi everyone!
>>>
>>> Comments inline below.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Cal Evans <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>  My question:
>>>> How does your group handle announcements?
>>>>
>>>>  At AtlantaPHP, we have some prepared "warm-up" slides that we walk
>>> through
>>> before our mini-presentation (if we have one) and the featured speaker.
>>> These slides include pretty much everything Cal mentioned, including
>>> sponsor info and logos. We also have a map screenshot of where we'll go
>>> afterwards for food and drinks, if they aren't sponsored at the meeting.
>>>
>>>
>>>  Do you cover events like conferences?
>>>>
>>>>  We have a slide (or slides if the list is long enough) for upcoming
>>> local
>>> Atlanta/regional events and one for "other" or non-local ones like tek,
>>> ZendCon, and whatever Cal is putting on this month. :-) In cases where
>>> word
>>> is out well in advance, we'll keep a given event on our slides until the
>>> date has passed and we'll tweak them month to month as milestones come up
>>> like "CfP open for X", then "Schedule posted and Early Bird registration
>>> open until the 15th for X", and so on.
>>>
>>>
>>>  Are you friendly enough with other local UGs to announce their events?
>>>>
>>>>  We try to keep things to special events like hackathons, *-Camps, etc.
>>> unless it's something particularly noteworthy or PHP-related. We try to
>>> get
>>> through these fairly quickly and get on with the presentations - if we
>>> tried to announce regular meetings for related development groups, we'd
>>> have 5 extra slides every time. I also usually ask the group if they've
>>> heard of anything else coming up that I missed.
>>>
>>>
>>>  Is there something that you are doing differently? (Only allow sponsors
>>>>
>>> to
>>>
>>>> speak in rhyme, etc.) :)
>>>>
>>>>  As we get to our sponsor slides, if there's a representative
>>> attending, we
>>> let them have the floor for a minute or so.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>
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