[OKC JUG] November Lightning Talks

[Jason Lee]

As we mentioned at the meeting last week, November's meetings will  
consist of several lightning talks.  If you've even been to OpenBeta,  
then you know what these are.  For those that don't, the speaker gets  
only 5 minutes and 20 slides, with 15 seconds per slide.  Every 15  
seconds, the slides advance, whether or not the speaker is ready.  It  
may sound a bit chaotic, but they really are pretty effective, and  
really, really fun. :)

We'd like to have as many as possible participate, and we'd like it to  
be as many non-regular speakers as possible, so that means you.  Five  
minutes is an incredibly *short* amount of time to speak on a topic,  
and I'm guessing if you had a speech class in college (or high school,  
or even Toast Masters!) then you've done at least 5 minutes.  If you  
need help planning your talk or slides, there are plenty of people at  
the JUG who would be willing to help out.

If you're interested in speaking, please reply to the list with the  
topic you'd like to cover.  If you've always wanted to speak at the  
JUG but didn't feel comfortable with the whole hour, now's your chance  
to get your feet wet!

Jason Lee, SCJP
President, Oklahoma City Java Users Group
Senior Java Developer, Sun Microsystems
http://blogs.steeplesoft.com