Talk Details

How to Give a FOSS Presentation

Name Danese Cooper

Organisation Open Source Initiative (employed by Intel)

Website http://danesecooper.blogs.com/divablog

Scope General

Topic Encouraging Indian contributors

Type workshop

Abstract In FOSS we often hear that "Participation is Ownership", and that means that some of us are learning to participate by speaking in public about FOSS software and its advantages. This workshop will involve use of practical techniques and advice about how to begin or improve upon your presentation skills. Develop an elevator pitch, a presentation style that is interactive and community building, and effective ways to make your point when you get up in front of that big audience.

Session will be conducted by a group of internationally known speakers on FOSS topics.

Pre-requisites An interest in learning how to better evangelize FOSS software

Profile Danese Cooper has a 15-year history in the software industry and has long been an advocate for transparent development methodologies. Cooper worked for six years at Sun Microsystems, Inc. on the inception and growth of the various open source projects sponsored by Sun (including OpenOffice.org, java.net and blogs.sun.com). She was Sun's chief open source evangelist and founded Sun's Open Source Programs Office. She has unique experience implementing open source projects from within a large proprietary company. She joined the OSI Board in December 2001 and currently serves as Secretary & Treasurer. In March 2005, Cooper joined Intel to advise on open source projects, investment and support. She speaks internationally on open source and licensing issues.