SharePoint Saturday Raleigh… (SharePoint Brain Freeze) – "I really apologize to the folks at my session, projector issues cut my time in half and then VM slowness and beta stability problems killed the rest of the session. The really embarrassing part came afterwards when I noticed in my rush to move rooms after the projector failed I never plugged in my laptop. No Power = Power Saving = CPU Suckage = VM Useless." [Classic cascade failure. Started with having to change rooms due to projector failure and ended up with the software crucial to the presentation not working well enough. Also illustrates Principle #8 — Existence does not equal adequacy. Having enough power to run the laptop doesn't guarantee having adequate power to present successfully .]
Looks like you forget the most essential part in a presentation huh! Presence of mind should always be at the forefront.
Luckily, this didn't actually happen to me, I just bookmarked Josh's blog post. I do agree with you that presence of mind is crucial. Grace under pressure can get you through a lot and help you from making this worse. However, I hesitate to pass judgment on the situation. Sometimes there is just too much going on for a speaker to deal with, especially if they are also dealing with AV issues as well as giving the presentation. I just want to share stories so others can be aware of what an happen.
Looks like you forget the most essential part in a presentation huh! Presence of mind should always be at the forefront.
Luckily, this didn't actually happen to me, I just bookmarked Josh's blog post. I do agree with you that presence of mind is crucial. Grace under pressure can get you through a lot and help you from making this worse. However, I hesitate to pass judgment on the situation. Sometimes there is just too much going on for a speaker to deal with, especially if they are also dealing with AV issues as well as giving the presentation. I just want to share stories so others can be aware of what an happen.