DevBlog

I've been busily preparing for DevTeach since I was accepted as a speaker a month or so ago. While I've given these presentations before, I wanted to update them, especially the COM+ sessions. I'm trying to use some of the ideas from beyond bullets. In otherwords, reduce the number of bullet point slides in the deck. What I'm finding is that it's difficult to totally eliminate them. I have several slides where I've done this by using graphics and the such and I think it's making for a much better presentation. Coworkers are getting previews of them as my work progresses and I'm getting positive feedback. I'll also let our Marketing Communications group have at them to provide further tweaks.

My speaker's notes are also getting some attention. The COM+ sessions are being completely rewritten. I last did the COM+ session at Advisor DevCon in 2001 and my speaker notes were very thin. I'm currently about 1/3 of the way through and already I'm over 20 pages. That may seem like it's too much, but I'm writing one document for two sessions.

This morning I woke up to find the DevTeach PowerPoint and Word templates in my mailbox. I've applied both templates and am in the processing of tweaking the slides to fit the new format.

If you're attending DevTeach, make sure you introduce yourself. I'll also be looking for your feedback on the slides and speaker notes.