In my previous post I talked about some of the preparation and worrying I went through for my upcoming PEX presentation. Last week I had the opportunity to deliver the session and wanted to add on a few thoughts for those looking to present. A big thanks to everyone who attended and especially those that participated. As anticipated I learned quite a few new things in the process.
First things first, I couldn’t have asked for a better crowd of people to have attended. I felt extremely comfortable the entire session, which I certainly did not beforehand and to some degree afterwards. I thought the 60 minutes was going to feel like two hours, instead it felt like 30 minutes.
And that brings me to one big mistake I ended up making, having too much content. I was warned of this and trimmed it down some but still thought I’d get through what I had left. For all those who told me this, you were right. In the end I ended up getting about 80% through the content. I was a bit bummed by this but the reason we didn’t cover everything was I had a lot of great comments and questions from attendees of the session that greatly aided the information I provided.
While I think I did an ok job I’ve definitely got room for improvement and look forward to using what I’ve learned to present again.