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stefanbaur [Cost Overview]
events:x2go-gathering-2014 [2014/11/04 19:08] (current)
stefanbaur [The Aftermath AKA Lessons Learned]
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-== The Aftermath AKA Lessons Learned ==+======  The Aftermath AKA Lessons Learned ====== 
  
-  * less talks per day +  * less talks/agenda items per day 
-  * longer breaks after each talk+  * shorter agenda items, longer breaks after each item: 
 +    * no item longer than 45 minutes, **evahr** 
 +    * **minimum** 20 minutes of break after **every** agenda item - try to schedule longer (25-30min) breaks if possible. You //need// this as a buffer zone when a talk goes longer than expected, so the audience has at least another 10 minutes of the break left. Ignore this advice, and the next talk //will// suffer. Hard.
   * never ever schedule two talks back to back. //It is **VERBOTEN, SCHWEINHUND!**//   * never ever schedule two talks back to back. //It is **VERBOTEN, SCHWEINHUND!**//
   * Absolutely do not give in to Mike#1 when he wants additional talks added! ;-)   * Absolutely do not give in to Mike#1 when he wants additional talks added! ;-)
   * move talks to the evenings/nights   * move talks to the evenings/nights
     * easier wrt/ projector     * easier wrt/ projector
-    code during daytime+  schedule coding sessions during daytime
     * needs no projector     * needs no projector
     * can take place outside if weather permits     * can take place outside if weather permits
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     * an entirely optional one on arrival day     * an entirely optional one on arrival day
   * Lunch vs. Dinner   * Lunch vs. Dinner
-    * go for short lunch breaks and a long dinner break+    * go for short lunch break (20-30 minutes) and a long dinner break (60-90 minutes)
     * make sure there is ample time to sit together and discuss things after dinner - // With no computers present! **¡Muy importante!** //     * make sure there is ample time to sit together and discuss things after dinner - // With no computers present! **¡Muy importante!** //
-  * remember that birds of a feather flock together (no, this is not about a BoF meeting) +  * remember that //birds of a feather flock together// (no, this is **not** about a BoF meeting), so try to match people with similar interests in a way that they share the same  
-    * try to match people with similar interests so they share the same hotel room, building floor, or at least building+    * hotel room,  
 +    * hotel floor, 
 +    * or at least the same hotel building (This will be especially important for Treuchtlingen, where our accomodation is not centralized as it was at Linuxhotel)
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