Monday, October 31, 2005

Seminar Fruits

The seminar took longer that was originally planned for it. It went on okay, while of course there were some sides of it that cried from improvement. The tone of voice of the presenter was so monotonous and tired and it lacked energy and enthusiasm. The presenter also did not let the audience interact with him except in a very limited manner. Both those points caused the seminar to be rather boring and made the audience feel rather sleepy and it was more like attending some old boring lecture at the days of university. Another drawback was the inability of the presenter to simplify the concepts enough or present them in a clear way. A lot of 'floating' words were used without giving clear meanings or putting them in context.

One of the main draw backs was lack of focus on specific points of interest and of high practical value. The session was more like a monotonous sequential listing of points. The PowerPoint presentation on the laptop was not a good tool. It was just a tool for more boredom as the presenter went through it trying to talk about its content point by point. Interest however started to increase after the first part of the seminar as the presenter moved from the PowerPoint presentation on the laptop and used the whiteboard to illustrate his concepts. This was a much better way of communication and grabbing people's attention and interest.

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