Upgrade to Pro
— share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …
Speaker Deck
Features
Speaker Deck
PRO
Sign in
Sign up for free
Search
Search
Getting the most out of a conference
Search
Corey Haines
August 03, 2012
Technology
3
240
Getting the most out of a conference
Talk at Steel City Ruby Conf 2012
Corey Haines
August 03, 2012
Tweet
Share
More Decks by Corey Haines
See All by Corey Haines
Yay! Mocks!
coreyhaines
4
300
Other Decks in Technology
See All in Technology
Snowflake Summit 2025 データエンジニアリング関連新機能紹介 / Snowflake Summit 2025 What's New about Data Engineering
tiltmax3
0
310
25分で解説する「最小権限の原則」を実現するための AWS「ポリシー」大全 / 20250625-aws-summit-aws-policy
opelab
9
1.1k
AIのAIによるAIのための出力評価と改善
chocoyama
2
550
GitHub Copilot の概要
tomokusaba
1
130
Lambda Web Adapterについて自分なりに理解してみた
smt7174
3
110
Node-REDのFunctionノードでMCPサーバーの実装を試してみた / Node-RED × MCP 勉強会 vol.1
you
PRO
0
110
低レイヤを知りたいPHPerのためのCコンパイラ作成入門 完全版 / Building a C Compiler for PHPers Who Want to Dive into Low-Level Programming - Expanded
tomzoh
4
3.2k
生成AI時代の開発組織・技術・プロセス 〜 ログラスの挑戦と考察 〜
itohiro73
0
190
SalesforceArchitectGroupOsaka#20_CNX'25_Report
atomica7sei
0
170
Delegating the chores of authenticating users to Keycloak
ahus1
0
120
【TiDB GAME DAY 2025】Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond にみる TiDB 活用術
cygames
0
1.1k
GeminiとNotebookLMによる金融実務の業務革新
abenben
0
230
Featured
See All Featured
Connecting the Dots Between Site Speed, User Experience & Your Business [WebExpo 2025]
tammyeverts
5
210
Chrome DevTools: State of the Union 2024 - Debugging React & Beyond
addyosmani
7
700
Statistics for Hackers
jakevdp
799
220k
Producing Creativity
orderedlist
PRO
346
40k
Building a Modern Day E-commerce SEO Strategy
aleyda
42
7.3k
I Don’t Have Time: Getting Over the Fear to Launch Your Podcast
jcasabona
32
2.3k
GitHub's CSS Performance
jonrohan
1031
460k
Six Lessons from altMBA
skipperchong
28
3.8k
RailsConf 2023
tenderlove
30
1.1k
A better future with KSS
kneath
239
17k
The Art of Delivering Value - GDevCon NA Keynote
reverentgeek
15
1.5k
個人開発の失敗を避けるイケてる考え方 / tips for indie hackers
panda_program
107
19k
Transcript
#SCRC12 Friday, August 3, 12
Getting the most out of a conference @coreyhaines Friday, August
3, 12
Why are we here? @coreyhaines #SCRC12 Friday, August 3, 12
But First Friday, August 3, 12
30-minute talks Friday, August 3, 12
30-minute hallway Friday, August 3, 12
30-minute talks 30-minute hallway Friday, August 3, 12
30-minute hallway 30-minute talks Friday, August 3, 12
Meeting people Friday, August 3, 12
We are here to talk Friday, August 3, 12
Hard Friday, August 3, 12
Introverts Friday, August 3, 12
Shy Friday, August 3, 12
http://xkcd.com/1089/ Friday, August 3, 12
introvert != shy Tenderlove Says! Friday, August 3, 12
Is she shy? Why isn’t she playing with indeterminate animal?
Friday, August 3, 12
Challenge for you Friday, August 3, 12
Meet 20 people Friday, August 3, 12
Friday, August 3, 12
Friday, August 3, 12
Meeting people • Have lunch with a new group •
Listen for dinner activities Friday, August 3, 12
Never Friday, August 3, 12
Never, Never Friday, August 3, 12
Never, Never, Never Friday, August 3, 12
Never Eat Alone! Friday, August 3, 12
Eat with people you don’t know Friday, August 3, 12
I once was introduced at lunch to Dave Thomas! Friday,
August 3, 12
ZOMG! Friday, August 3, 12
Friday, August 3, 12
Friday, August 3, 12
OTI Dave Thomas Smalltalk Dave Thomas Friday, August 3, 12
My mentor’s mentor Friday, August 3, 12
Meeting people • Find someone standing alone • Find a
group Friday, August 3, 12
What can you talk about? • Where are you from?
• What are you working on these days? • Interesting new things you’ve learned? Friday, August 3, 12
Talk about Zak? What’s she doing? CRAZY! Friday, August 3,
12
Don’t be afraid to just listen Friday, August 3, 12
What about the talks? Friday, August 3, 12
Talks are conversation starters Friday, August 3, 12
Please don’t • Have your computer open • Feel bad
about missing them Friday, August 3, 12
Speakers Friday, August 3, 12
I get nervous Friday, August 3, 12
Friday, August 3, 12
Friday, August 3, 12
I was self-taught; I learned badly, haphazardly. And yet, when
life put me in touch with those who were the most delightful and brilliant people of my age, a Stravinsky, or a Picasso, I neither felt stupid, nor embarassed. - Coco Chanel Friday, August 3, 12
Remember, talks are conversation starters Friday, August 3, 12
Participate • Birds of a Feather session • Lightning Talks
• Coding activities Friday, August 3, 12
After the day is done Friday, August 3, 12
Participate Friday, August 3, 12
ZOMG! Jim Weirich! Friday, August 3, 12
Friday, August 3, 12
Friday, August 3, 12
After the conference is done Friday, August 3, 12
Friday, August 3, 12
Present your thoughts later! Friday, August 3, 12
Conferences are reunions Friday, August 3, 12
If conferences are about meeting people Friday, August 3, 12
Then let’s do it! Friday, August 3, 12
Challenge for you Friday, August 3, 12
Meet 20 people Friday, August 3, 12
Questions • What’s your name? • What are you working
on? • “Corey says” What’s your favorite gem these days? Friday, August 3, 12
Meet 3 people around you now! Friday, August 3, 12