I’m just counting the days till TechEd NA. As I noted earlier, I’m giving a talk: UNC404 SIP: Naked in All Its Glory, which is a 400 level talk on the protocols that support OCS 2007. The allotted time of 75 minutes is inadequate to convey everything about all the protocols, let alone do all the demos. I could easily spend several days talking about all this (oddly enough, I do spend days talking about this stuff on a regular basis). Unfortunately, I’ve been pretty ill – at home with pneumonia but on the mend – thank heavens for good antibiotics! I will be well enough to travel and speak, but I doubt there will be much partying this year for me!
I’ve spoken at multiple TechEds over the years and kind of know what expect. But this year, the TechEd Organisers are going to even more extraordinary efforts on quality. My deck has been reviewed twice by the product team and I’ve had two dry runs. Today, I have some speaker coaching. As a trainer, I find all speaker coaching to be worthwhile and today’s session was particularly good. We spent a long time working on the areas of public speaking where
The bad news is that my deck is due tomorrow – and the deck I submit is the deck I have to present (no exceptions). After today’s speaker coaching, I want to tear it up and re do it (but there’s certainly not time). But the deck is strong, and with the benefit of the last deck review and the speaker coaching, I’ll have a good presentation. In some ways, that’s not a bad thing – it means I can rehearse what I’ll be saying, rather than changing stuff at the last moment and not quite getting it right. When the talk is all completed, I will post the final deck and the demos for those who are interested!
I wonder if attendees know just how much work a TechEd talk can be is!