13 November 2006

Handouts or no handouts?


Notes and sketches, originally uploaded by dgray_xplane.

User Experience Designer and Product Manager Jeff Lash, speaking at the 2006 St. Louis User Experience Design Conference (STLUX).

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6 comments:

  1. Unknown11/13/2006

    Really sorry I didn't know about this conference. I actually had November 10th.

    I'm in the handouts as takeaways mode these days. Also in the handouts as part of the email invite.

    A coworker has taken to emailing reading materials to help folks prepare but not to be used as handouts. That has been having mixed results.

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  2. Ryan11/14/2006

    Great quote...

    In meeting contexts I've always preferred having handouts so I can make notes right on the content/context of the presentation or discussion. Especially if it's content I'm familiar with and am discussing rather than learning.

    In a conference / education setting blank is better. Retention goes up and I'm more focused on the presentation.

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  3. Riaz11/16/2006

    don't forget to give them a pen as well. ;")

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  4. Anonymous11/22/2006

    be careful about giving blank paper to creatives; they're likely to doodle unflattering characatures of you as you present. :)

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  5. Unknown11/22/2006

    Ha ha

    They mean well :)

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  6. Anonymous1/03/2007

    I like the drawing. You can wait and give a necessary handout after the necessary presentation. If it's a presentation that isn't necessary or attention-getting, then your audience may not care about it.

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