All attendees are encouraged to host a session; the schedule will be determined on site but if you have an idea, why not jot it down on this page now.You do not have to present if you don’t want to, but everyone is encouraged to participate.

Once the schedule is set, the day of the event, the fun begins! Expect to be engaged, educated, and, hopefully, entertained as well. This is truly an example of "you get out of it what you put in!"

Volunteers Needed!

Final Schedule On Pathable

Tentative Schedule

This is a tentative schedule - however, these speakers are committed to be there and present.

Nevertheless, except for the opening session, the actual schedule will be decided at the event by the participants!

How scheduling happens at a barcamp/unconference: after registering, participants indicate which sessions they are interested in attending. Each person will be able to "vote" for five sessions. The most popular sessions get slotted into the larger rooms; next most popular, next size rooms; and so forth. The final schedule will be presented at 10.45 after Scott's talk.

Time	Session A	Session B	Session C	Session D	Session E
8.30-9.30	Registration; Propose & Vote on Sessions - 3rd Floor, Communications Building
9:40 to 10:00am	Welcome, housekeeping and kickoff - Kathy Gill & Scott Berkun CMU Room 104 (Tentative)
10:00 to 10:45am	Why your talk sucks: and what to do about it. Scott is a bestselling author and pro speaker currently writing a book about public speaking secrets. He'll cover the mistakes even pros make, how to avoid them, entertainingly explain the last research on public speaking fears, and how to make great presentations every time. Scott Berkun CMU Room 104 (Tentative) (Video: Part1 Part2 Part3)
11:00 to 12:00pm	Case study: How "Ignite Seattle" became a worldwide phenomenon. (presentation + networking + viral content + economic development + diversity engine) phenomenon. - Brady Forrest Video	Building Presentations with Google Earth - Examine the use of Google Earth 5 Tours as a way of presenting information. - Cagle	Using MindManager (from MindJet) to create and deliver presentations - Buzz Bruggeman	Session chosen unconference style at event	Session chosen unconference style at event
12:00 pm to 1:30pm	Lunch - BYOL - list of restaurants provided - there will be some light snacks and bottle water
1:30 to 2:30pm	Presentation Journalism - Cagle	Getting Out There: AKA How to Pitch a Talk to a Conference of any size - Brady Forrest		Telling Ain't Persuading (or teaching, or selling, or training)! - Bryan Zug Video	Moderated Discussion - Motivation! -- Jason Crawford
2:45 to 3:45pm	Webinars and Publishing - Webinars, online real time presentations, are becoming an integral part of the publishing process at O'Reilly. How do they play a part of a larger publishing strategy? - Cagle	Presentation Critique Fun House - Bring your slides on your laptop. I'll take a look and give you an expert critique. - Scott Berkun	Lessons From Presentation Zen - Gill	Presentation Catastrophes - a conversation Recorded Audio	Session chosen unconference style at event
4.00 to 4.30	Closing session - give-aways (we hope!) Room 104 (Tentative)

Topics I would like to hear about

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Session Ideas From Seattle "Campers"

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(Some ideas moved from discussion threads)

1. Why your talk sucks: the top ten reasons most presentations are boring and annoying - Berkun
2. Lessons learned from O'Reilly Ignite (e.g. 5 minute, no control, presentations) - Berkun
3. How to build and rehearse a brand new presentation - Berkun
4. Hecklers, questions and unexpected things - lessons from improv on public speaking - Berkun
5. Critique sessions - you bring your presentation, either just slides or prepared to give 5 minutes of it, and you'll get excellent, friendly, and safe profesisonal advice on how to improve and make it better. - Berkun
6. TED talk review - IF we can get AV in a room, we can show some of our favorite talks from TED and other events, and discuss them
7. Have some Pecha Kucha (www.pecha-kucha.org) style presentations
8. How a big Conference works -- the schedule, the logistics - Brady Forrest
9. Presentation Controversies: A discussion of 7 challenges that stump presenters - TJ Goan

Possible Formats and Other Cool Ideas

• Topic roundtables for presentation critiques or informal discussions (see example)
• Demo-A-Technique and Discuss (it doesn't have to be your own technique; just something you like)
• Bring your favorite presentation book to share with others
  
• Duking It Out: Which is The Best Slide Social Website and Why?
  
• Cribbing from SF again .... we'd like to get session organizers and participants on camera, answering a question like this in 30 seconds:What's the one idea from your session to share with the world? What's the coolest thing you learned today?
  

Possible Sessions (cribbed from San Francisco)

• The "Lessig Method" of Presentation - anyone?
• The "Garr Reynolds Method" of Presentation - anyone?
  
• When is a Presentation a Slideument? And what should one do when that happens? When is it best to just turn off Powerpoint and have a discussion over a document?
  
• Powerpoint Slide Designs - Based on a great blog post from Olivia Mitchell. It might be fun to review these styles and think about situations where they would work best
  
• Progress, Not Perfection - If you can convince your peers to change only one thing about they way they present, what would it be?
  
• Presenting with a Back Channel - How do we adjust to presenting with a simultaneous chat session?
  
• Storytelling to the Power of X & Y - How to tell stories and give presentations that will resonate with Gen X & Y. Here is a preview of the type of information that will be discussed: http://www.slideshare.net/ethos3/storytelling-101
  
• How to develop a clear and memorable core message for your presentation - Olivia Mitchell is present and facilitating this SF session remotely. Olivia says, "This will be a highly participative session - with a novel twist. We'll use Twitter as our participation tool. Anyone with a Twitter account can participate whether you're at the venue or half-way across the world. Come to this session with a specific presentation in mind. We'll discuss the criteria for an effective core message and you'll use Twitter to share the development of your core message during the session." Maybe she'll be interested in doing so in Seattle as well.
• “Starbuck vs. Samwise in a Fight (and what does that have to do with the attention economy)” - Overview here.

Want to help?

• We will have a video camera and wireless mic on site to record 30-second clips on what participants learned. Are you great at video editing or handling a camera? Contact us!
• Supplies Coordinator: name badges, colored 8.5x11 paper for writing session titles, Post-It notes, masking tape
• We'll need folks to check in participants and collect session attendee information....and of course, help to clean up the area after we're done.
• See our "volunteers needed" page!