Comments on: Please Provide PASS with Feedback on its Speaker’s Resource Pages http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2010/03/please-provide-pass-with-feedback-on-its-speakers-resource-pages/ Brad M. McGehee, Director of DBA Education, Red Gate Software Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:24:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bradmcgehee http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2010/03/please-provide-pass-with-feedback-on-its-speakers-resource-pages/#comment-306 bradmcgehee Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:07:07 +0000 http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2010/03/please-provide-pass-with-feedback-on-its-speakers-resource-pages/#comment-306 Thanks to Greg and Mark for taking the time to provide feedback. It will be incorporated into the refresh of the Speaker's Resource page on the PASS website. Thanks to Greg and Mark for taking the time to provide feedback. It will be incorporated into the refresh of the Speaker’s Resource page on the PASS website.

]]> By: AjarnMark http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2010/03/please-provide-pass-with-feedback-on-its-speakers-resource-pages/#comment-291 AjarnMark Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:13:12 +0000 http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2010/03/please-provide-pass-with-feedback-on-its-speakers-resource-pages/#comment-291 Gut reaction: the Speaker's Resource Page is crowded and uses white space poorly. I like the boxes on the left for special topics. Can the ads on the right be removed from this page or placed in a different area? They make the center column really squished. Also perhaps the center column information should be boxed similar to the left side to help group it better, or change the spacing between titles and the body above/below. Perhaps collapse the Why Should You Speak into a link. What is the purpose of the Call For Speakers Result section? Presumably the submitters know whether they were accepted or not, and everyone else is mostly interested in the online program guide when it is ready. The Online Speaker Resources could probably be merged onto the other page if managed well, but it could also easily get too cluttered. Maybe things like the Call For Speakers Results and Content Survey results from page 1 should move to this page and again manage the white space / boxing better for visual grouping of information. I've always liked the advice and tips given out by Garr Reynolds on his PresentationZen blog about speaking and especially slide creation. A couple of links to consider: http://www.garrreynolds.com/Presentation/index.html, http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2006/04/slideuments_and.html, and http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/11/the_zen_estheti.html. Gut reaction: the Speaker’s Resource Page is crowded and uses white space poorly. I like the boxes on the left for special topics. Can the ads on the right be removed from this page or placed in a different area? They make the center column really squished. Also perhaps the center column information should be boxed similar to the left side to help group it better, or change the spacing between titles and the body above/below. Perhaps collapse the Why Should You Speak into a link.

What is the purpose of the Call For Speakers Result section? Presumably the submitters know whether they were accepted or not, and everyone else is mostly interested in the online program guide when it is ready.

The Online Speaker Resources could probably be merged onto the other page if managed well, but it could also easily get too cluttered. Maybe things like the Call For Speakers Results and Content Survey results from page 1 should move to this page and again manage the white space / boxing better for visual grouping of information.

I’ve always liked the advice and tips given out by Garr Reynolds on his PresentationZen blog about speaking and especially slide creation. A couple of links to consider: http://www.garrreynolds.com/Presentation/index.html, http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2006/04/slideuments_and.html, and http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/11/the_zen_estheti.html.

]]> By: Greg Larsen http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2010/03/please-provide-pass-with-feedback-on-its-speakers-resource-pages/#comment-272 Greg Larsen Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:26:06 +0000 http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2010/03/please-provide-pass-with-feedback-on-its-speakers-resource-pages/#comment-272 Brad, I've only looked at the Speaker Resource page so far, and then again I only spent a little time looking at the page. Here are my first thoughts. Excellent information, here are some comments. Things I like: - A link to prior summit sessions - A link to get on a summit speakers email list - A link to sample abstracts - A link to tips on writing abstracts Possible things to Add: - Dates when abstracts can be submitted and the date that abstracts submission is closed. Possibly mistakes: - In the Announcement dates there are some 2009 references that seem out of place Additional comments: - Some links require me to login, while other do not. Might be nice if all links didn't require signin, or all link did require signin. Greg Brad,

I’ve only looked at the Speaker Resource page so far, and then again I only spent a little time looking at the page. Here are my first thoughts. Excellent information, here are some comments.

Things I like:
- A link to prior summit sessions
- A link to get on a summit speakers email list
- A link to sample abstracts
- A link to tips on writing abstracts

Possible things to Add:
- Dates when abstracts can be submitted and the date that abstracts submission is closed.

Possibly mistakes:
- In the Announcement dates there are some 2009 references that seem out of place

Additional comments:
- Some links require me to login, while other do not. Might be nice if all links didn’t require signin, or all link did require signin.

Greg

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