SymfonyCon Cluj 2017
16 - 18 Nov 2017
at Grand Hotel Italia
Talk comments
Interesting
I expect in advance track more advanced things related with decoupling, less with explanation how queues works. However presentation was quite good.
Not advanced talk
Slow talk
Great talk, well prepared
on Keynote
Great talk.
Nicolas did some good jokes during the live demo.
on Keynote
Great talk, extraordinary introduction in Symfony4 and Flex.
on Keynote
Great talk! Clear and concise! The live demo by Nicolas synced with your voice is a big plus. Thanks!
on Keynote
Ok guys. I get it, this talk was bad. There is no denying it. But our comments here are supposed to point out what could be improved. After all, all speakers aspire to grow and they need our (helpful) feedback to do so.
Having said that, here we go:
Always, ALWAYS, face the audience when giving a talk. No need to read from slides behind you, they are also on the laptop screen that is in front of you.
I know this might be hard if English is not your native language, but given this is an English/international conference, we should at least be able to expect audible sentences and words. If you do not (yet) feel comfortable giving a talk in English practices some more. It help to write out your talk beforehand. And read it out aloud to train.
Slides should (in most cases anyway) support your talk, not be all there is. Or, vice versa, your spoken talk should always include more information than what is already on the slides. Otherwise people will just read the slides (faster than you talk) and doze off.
I get that you need/want to plug your company / project but you should at least point out why that is relevant to the topic of the case (or make it way shorter).
I wish you all the best and hope you can appreciate this feedback for what it is. This is nothing personal. We (speakers) have all been there. We grow eventually and that is all that matters.