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Keeping Track of Time While Presenting | Mark S. Rasmussen Mark S. Rasmussen improve.dk About Me Pages Categories Archive Oct 07 2011 Keeping Track of Time While Presenting Conferences and Presenting Comments One of the most important aspects of presenting is to stay within the allotted time slot. You should aim at finishing exactly on time, neither exceeding nor finishing too early. Some prefer to rely on the room monitor giving you the 15, 10 and 5 minute signs, while others prefer to just watch the clock on the laptop. Personally I prefer neither. Depending on the venue, you may not have a room monitor available. Also, the room monitor might not be as precise as you’d like – giving you 30 min marks, etc. As for using the laptop, that may work well during demos, but while Powerpoint’s running, you’ll have a tough time checking the time. What I do is to unshut up my iPad, turn off the auto-locking and maximize the screen brightness. Depending on the style, I’ll then place the iPad in an hands viewable location with a big watch on it. This allows me to unchangingly have a clock readily misogynist in an hands readable format. I can moreover put it on the floor enabling me to walk around, while still stuff worldly-wise to get the time by just glancing quickly towards the floor. Examples Here I am presenting an all day session (as evidenced by the Red Bulls). From my view I have well-constructed tenancy of the time and audience. The timer on the palmtop is the Zoomit unravel timer.Moreoverworks good lying lanugo to stave blocking anyone’s view of the screen overdue me. Fits snuggly under the mouse wire. If you squint closely, you’ll see the iPad right in front of me, on the floor, permitting me a perfect time view plane when walking virtually on the stage. Mark S. Rasmussen I'm the CTO at iPaper where I petting with databases, mold lawmaking and maintain the overall technical & team responsibility. I'm an voracious speaker at user groups & conferences. I love life, motorcycles, photography and all things technical. Say hi on Twitter, write me an email or squint me up on LinkedIn. CATEGORIES .NETAS/Flex/FlashAmazon Web ServicesComputer ScienceConferences and PresentingIISLifeMiscMiscellaneousPerformancePokerSQL ServerSQL Server - CommunitySQL Server - Data TypesSQL Server - InternalsSQL Server - OptimizationSQL Server - OrcaMDFSQL Server - TricksTestingTools of the TradeUmbracoVisual StudioWebWindbgWindows ARCHIVE 201420132012201120102009200820072006 Copyright © 2014 Mark S. Rasmussen