Wow... I am completely buzzing right now... What a thrill. My delivery went exactly to plan and I finished with just 2 minutes remaining out of 90... And people stayed back, forgoing their afternoon tea break so they could continue their discussions.
I had 34 people attend with a capacity of 45 so I was delighted with the turnout. There was predominantly Baby Boomers followed by Gen X's, exactly my target audience. I did have one veteran and one Gen Y, both of whom got a lot out of the session.
There was some good dialogue and interactivity in the table-based work. There were also great contributions from the crowd which prompted some good philosophical discussions.
Many people took down my details, especially for my slide download. I've created "bit.ly" addresses for all of my links which will allow me to track how many times people click on them within my presentation. That way I can evaluate what was of most interest or relevance to people.
Lots of people approached me afterwards to keep talking and one guy is also going to see whether I might be able to squeeze in a visit to his college in LA before I head off! The formal feedback was fantastic with the majority of responses being 'excellent' or 'good'.
There is also now discussion around this topic being expanded into a whole day pre-conference session for 2012...
I'm one very happy Gen Y presenter right now! :)
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