Speaker's Tip: Don't tell the audience you aren't prepared

Re:Speaker's Tip: Don't tell the audience you aren't prepared by jrockway on Thursday October 29, 2009 @11:39PM (#911487)

People take days off of work, spend hundreds on a conference ticket, travel for thousands of miles, and pay hefty rates for flights and hotels to come hear you speak, and you tell them you didn’t have time to prepare a talk? What’s cool about that?

But of course, the speaker takes days off of work, travels thousands of miles, and pays hefty rates for flights and hotels to come talk to you for free. I am not sure why anyone would expect excellence in that situation.

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Re:Speaker's Tip: Don't tell the audience you aren't prepared by davidw on Friday October 30, 2009 @05:50AM (#911781)

I've gotten paid expenses for several conferences, and I'm not really a 'somebody'. Depending on the conference, 'somebodies' can definitely expect to be paid a little something; although of course it may pale in comparison with other revenue they may make, depending on the person/field.

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Re:Speaker's Tip: Don't tell the audience you aren't prepared by jrockway on Friday October 30, 2009 @01:22PM (#912384)

And when that happens, I expect the talk to be of higher quality. That's the standard I hold myself to, anyway.

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