First Seminar ☆

I’ve just finished giving my first seminar, it was called Powerhouse Office Servers With Samba and LDAP. I was particularly worried about doing this as I’m not particularly good a speaking in front of people, however it is something I’d like to be good at. So, after spending about a week getting the 97 slides ready, complete with screencast style video of the steps needed to setup a couple of different systems, the time came to give it today.

How did it go? Well, I was certainly nervous before and throughout the hour and a half presentation, but all in all it went really well. People seemed pretty receptive to what I was saying and there were a good number of questions both throughout and at the end. Plus, I don’t think I saw even one of the 15 people even starting to nod off!

Would I do it again? Yes, infact I’ve got to do another one in September, same subject, so the presentation will just need a bit of tweaking, with a little luck. Am I looking forward to doing it again? Not sure, don’t think so, but I’ve been told it just gets easier and easier as you do more, so that’s what I’m planning on doing!

I think I’m just sure of one thing… I’d very much like a beer!!!