This morning I had to do a 50 minute presentation to nearly forty colleagues on Configuration Manager, the idea being to provide an overview of the product and then follow it with how it has been implemented here. Biggest problem was that the audience was so mixed (the Director of IT along with his senior management colleagues (no pressure there then!), 2nd & 3rd line tech support staff, admin staff and a few others) which meant that I had to make sure that the level of any technical content was pitched at the right level ie: lowest common denominator. And to add to that, it was also filmed so that it could be made available on our intranet for those colleagues unable to attend. Despite not having done as much prep as I’d have liked the presentation ran to time, the live demos worked without a hitch, and there were a number of questions at the end (which meant that the audience hadn’t fallen asleep).
Next I’ll be doing a session on PowerShell, the best thing about that being that it will be less PowerPoint (other presentation production applications are available…) and more command-line. I’m really looking forward to doing that one as there are loads of really cool things to cover although I fear that I may have my work cut out keeping senior management interested…
Posts
