Security for a day

Well, though I’d better put my money where my mouth is..

On Tuesday the 15th of July I’ll be give a quick under ten minute talk on File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) which is a funky component of Windows 2008 and Windows 2003 R2. This is in response to Jeff Alexander – Oz Ms Guy challenge to get up and present to the user group in the Heroes Happen 2008 launch.

I don’t give presentations as part of my job very frequently, so this is something I have to do a bit of practicing on.

This is how I’m attempting to give a reasonable presentation to a group of my peers

Have a plan and break it in to steps

Write out what I’m talking about, a start middle and end. Just like essays at school. Then break it in to bite size chunks and give them headings for cues during the talk.

Recording my own voice giving the talk

Sounds silly, but have to get use to hearing me say what I’m talking about. Attempt to ditch the um, er and ahs or at least reduce the amount of them.

Never trust technology

Live demos can go horrible wrong. I’ve seen some phenomenal speakers have their demos die mid-point through a talk (Mr Gates’ and Jobs’ failed demos are prominent U Tube clips, for example) I’ll take a live lab on Vmware in with me but will try to record the whole thing with a screen capture tool first.

Have a bit of fun

Technology can be a bit dull, and talking about managing files and folder isn’t high on the adrenaline list. I have to avoid talking in a monotone for 10 minutes and attempt to engage the interest of the crowd. Possible? Yes. Likely? Well I’ll find out on Tuesday night.