On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 04:33:23AM -0500, Jeremy White wrote:
The thought was maybe to try for more rooms or more spaces within a large room, and then have 'discussion groups', that people can flow in and out of, rather than the more formal 'lecture style' we ended up with. (Or perhaps a bit of a balance in that).
Certainly a balance would be best IMO. Some presentations fit the lecture style better than the other. Just giving up completely on the formal 'lecture style' would be too much. A bit of formality doesn't hurt, it can give structure and help people focus on other areas.
I'm sure we can use our good judgment to correctly designate a presentation as either a lecture or a Birds of a Feather session.