[buug] ProgLangTalkPosbility Interest?? DigitalMarsD 6BenefitWordsGoHere

[john_re]

4.5) In addition, put in your post as long a description as you'd like,
so when people see the 75 word description, then come to your message on
the list, there they can read your _full_ description of what the talk
will be about, so they can decide if they want to hear it.

Note, since we're pioneering this "talk approval method" thing doing the
mailing list "Ill come to that talk" thing, your long description &
short description should be "sales & marketing" oriented - communicate
the BENEFITS, (not just the Features & Advantages, ), cause you have to
MOTIVATE the reader to TAKE THE ACTION OF POSTING A "YES I'LL ATTEND"
MESSAGE, cause you need to get someone to say they;ll attend in order to
get approved for a talk time slot.

(Err, another way to do this entirely, would be just to prepare a talk,
& we'll post a time slot sign up sheet at the meeting, & you can sign up
for a slot, & if someone actually shows up to hear your talk during that
time slot, THEN you are on. [Of course, you could even choose to give
the talk to empty chairs if you wish. I don't mind. :) ])  PS - see the
BAD shotgun rules for the spirit of doing this, at bad.debian.net.  I
mean it - really do read those rules, & email me that you've read them. 
They really are great.  They say - do your best, & don't complain if it
doesn't work out. :)

FAB example:"It has built in garbage collection, which means less mental
work & faster programming, which mean s you have more time to spend with
your girl/boyfiriend".

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:33:23 -0700, "john_re" <john_re at fastmail.us>
said:
> Great talk suggestion, Chris.  Some suggestions:
> 
> 1) What is the few word subject line? Like, for someone who has never
> heard of it,  like 6 words to append to the subject I wrote. Like: "Easy
> programming, fast as C almost" - 
> 2) In sales & marketing communications, the concept is FAB: Features,
> Advantages, Benefits - you want to tell the reader quickly what the
> benefits are, for somethign they've never heard of before, so they'll
> quickly grok WHY they might want to hear the talk, so the aprox 6 words
> shoulld be benefit descriptional, like I tried to guess in #1.
> 3) What _do_ you use if for? you didn't say. Where are it's application
> areas? What  sw do you write wsith it?
> 
> 4) Please write a one paragraph description, say 50-75 words  of what
> your talk would be about, for iclusion in the July 7 meeting
> announcement. Pleae post that to the list with a subject like in this
> msg with the 6 word benefits added, in about 1-2 days, so I can include
> it in the local and Americas announcement.
> 5) I'll put your description in the announcement, & say "if you would
> like to hear this talk, please joing the buug.org mailing list & reply
> to the "ProgLangTalkPosbility Interest?? DigitalMarsD 
> 6BenefitWordsGoHere" thread and say you will come to this talk, then it
> will be scheduled.
> 6) My suggestion is plan to give a 15 min talk time slot the first time
> you give the presentation, if this is the first time you've given a talk
> about it. Baby step your way up to bigger talks.  You can always come
> back in 6 months with a better/morecomplete/whatever talk.
> 
> 7) Hey - I'm just making up the rules as I go. The above are guidline
> suggestions. Do whatever you feel is appropriate.  If someone says "yes"
> on the list to hearing your talk, you're on.

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