...going to attend. Thinking about trying to set something up where I can speak on Plurk and its advantages in the new media market

nervous in front of lots of people though

Piece of cake, thoughtwrong

I get all fluttery and dry mouthed just thinking about it

oh go for it....

you go! I am going to BarCamp Boulder next week

yeah, but you know plurk really well and it is something you love. You'll feel nervous for a minute and then forget all about it once you

launch into discussing plurk!

your probably right deb, do you think I should be planning a written speech or just take a topic and go with it.

Also, powerpoing or presentation materials?

don't write out anything word for word, that's too stressful, instead, write out an outline over the topics you want to cover and the

BarCamp is perfect place for you & this topic. Find out from organizers if they're set up for either PPT or wifi demo.

order you want to talk about them.

on the powpt v. materials that is a tough one. I feel like people kind of zone out with PP, so maybe materials and don't give them out until

There are no "pros" at BarCamp. It's all about sharing knowledge.

after you talk. I think it is better to keep people engaged with you and then they will remember the topic. If you do use PP, then just a

few slides, with images, but not a lot of text.

there you have it from the PRO!

he must start working on all this tomorrow. Thanks for the tips. Guess its now time to come up with the topic (Plurk of course) and the..

...slant, what do I want to express to these people about plurk, keeping in mind who my audience will be and what fields they will be coming

from

Connie would know better than me, but I think people come from all different fields.

You can do it!

where janechin is when you need her, lol

I was thinking the same thing! She'll have great advice for you.

Good luck!! I feel your nerves, I'm giving a social media presentation Tuesday

So I'm reading this excellent advice word for word!

what kind of things you would be covering?

I think this topic will be hard to keep peoples interests in a room full of twitter users.

30 minutes is enough that I will need to pick just one of those topics. I will be talking on plurk though and not twitter, I just ..

..dont do twitter, lol

thinking a title that was catchy, something like " Plurk! Where's your head at?"

How long do you plan to speak?

I guess what my main purpose is here is that I want to show all these people who are avid Twitter users how Plurk will be able to leverage..

...their community more vs just speaking directly out with not much conversation.

PinkElephant probably about 30-45 minutes

"Plurk where's your head at?"

the same way DebInDenver , it seems to fit with the headless dog logo. Just popped into my head last night while I was sleeping.

I awoke and wrote it down

That's a long speech for a first time outing. An simple method; Hook, Book and Look outline to guild the material is a way to keep one

organized and on track.

our little brainstorming sessions. I think we should all get together once a wekk or so and have plurk-ideathons

Your title is a good hook; attention catcher.

Or Plurkstorming

do you plan to tie the title of the talk with the headless dog? Like on the first slide of a power point? I can visualize a large dog with

the caption underneath it, or slightly overlapping.

actually had some ideas along those lines DebInDenver

Somebody told me it was a PorkChop *snicker*