Lightning talk
A Lightning talk is a short presentation given at a conference or similar forum. Unlike other presentations, lightning talks last only a few minutes and several will usually be delivered in a single period by different speakers.
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History and format [edit]
Lightning talks may have originated at the Python conference in 1997,[1] where they were simply called short talks. The term "lightning talk" was first coined by Mark Jason Dominus for a similar session at the YAPC 19100 Conference (Yet Another Perl Conference) in June 2000[2][3] and gradually spread to other technical conferences.
Formats vary between venues. Most conferences will assign a speaking slot (30 to 90 minutes) to them and arrange several talks one after the other during the session. The length of talks are usually between 1 and 10 minutes with a 5 minute limit being common. In order to allow rapid changes between speakers, slides may either be discouraged or a single computer running a Presentation program is used by all speakers.
The term data blitz is sometimes used to refer to a session of lightning talks, particularly at academic conferences in the sciences and social sciences such as the annual conference of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology.[4]
See also [edit]
- Pecha Kucha — A similar presentation format.
- Ignite - a similar presentation format
References [edit]
- ^ "Wanted: Short Talks". Retrieved 2008-03-20.
- ^ "Talks that were presented at YAPC 19100". Retrieved 2007-01-27.
- ^ Berkun, Scott (January 14, 2010). "The End Of Boring Presentations". Forbes.com. Forbes. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
- ^ "SPSP 2012 Data Blitz". SPSP 2012 Conference. The Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
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