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Charles, a presentation is just that - you "present" an idea. It's
an introduction. No one becomes knowledgeable about a subject from
it's introduction. It's the appetizer that tantalizes the palate in
preparation of the main course. Try follow-up now, where you could
teach a beginning course.<br>
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Bill<br>
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On 9/27/2010 6:30 AM, Charles Butler wrote:
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<div>The conference was only a day and a half long, Friday night
and all day Saturday. The topics were informative, but
sometimes misleading by title.</div>
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<div>If I had made a connection to the net, the group would have
seen how many of their questions were answered and what
strides have been made. It was very frustrating over all as I
was getting no feedback other than from KJ and the members of
the conference administration, and their comments were polite
but non-committal, so I left feeling very much in the dark.</div>
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<hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b>
MARIA GALEA <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:maria.azzopardi@UM.EDU.MT"><maria.azzopardi@UM.EDU.MT></a><br>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Mon,
September 27, 2010 6:25:26 AM<br>
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Hi Charles,<br>
Well done for your presentation. You've done your part: It's
just a tiny<br>
seed you plant - so yes, you would feel very very small -
but then as<br>
Erika pointed out you never know how it will grow..<br>
maria<br>
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Don't worry Charles<br>
><br>
> I used to be one of the skeptics until Belgium's
Kathleen & Sara<br>
> discreetly introduced me to SW.<br>
><br>
> The rest is history.<br>
><br>
> Sent from my iPad<br>
><br>
> On 26 Sep 2010, at 20:45, "Valerie Sutton" <<a
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ymailto="mailto:sutton@SIGNWRITING.ORG"
href="mailto:sutton@SIGNWRITING.ORG">sutton@SIGNWRITING.ORG</a>>
wrote:<br>
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>> SignWriting List<br>
>> September 26, 2010<br>
>><br>
>> Hello Charles!<br>
>><br>
>> First of all, a big hug from me, and a big THANK
YOU for being so brave<br>
>> to present at any conference - It takes courage to
present in front of a<br>
>> skeptical audience (if that was what they
were...they may not have<br>
>> been)...<br>
>><br>
>> I am sure you did an excellent job and please do
not be hard on<br>
>> yourself...<br>
>><br>
>> All presentations help SignWriting, no matter what
the reaction, because<br>
>> people become interested later. Even if they
express some doubts right<br>
>> now, it is because it is the first time they have
heard of it and we all<br>
>> are skeptical about new ideas - but then later,
they hear about it a<br>
>> second time from someone else, and they remember
the discussions with<br>
>> you the first time they heard about it, and they
decide to look into it<br>
>> because now their interest has been stimulated a
second time -<br>
>><br>
>> So you have really helped SignWriting no matter
what -<br>
>><br>
>> Thank you for telling us about the presentation so
quickly after it<br>
>> happened -<br>
>><br>
>> And Kelly Jo was there? Wow - that is so great!<br>
>><br>
>> So is there more time at the conference now? It
will give you a chance<br>
>> to talk to some of the people with questions -
don't worry, Charles,<br>
>> this was a real blessing -<br>
>><br>
>> Val ;-)<br>
>><br>
>> -----<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Sep 26, 2010, at 5:33 PM, Charles Butler wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Well, I presented the workshop but I felt that
I fell on my face for<br>
>>> the following reasons:<br>
>>><br>
>>> 1) Too much information, too little time.<br>
>>> 2) Lack of vocabulary, all of the attendees
were interpreters AND<br>
>>> teachers of the deaf, and my vocabulary was
inadequate to the task. I<br>
>>> should have asked for help from KJ or another
interpreter at the<br>
>>> beginning.<br>
>>> 3) I got positive responses from a couple of
people, but the most<br>
>>> common one was "how many people IN OHIO are
using this system", "why<br>
>>> should MY students have to learn anything
else?" Half of them maybe<br>
>>> "got it" but the others just kept with
questions.<br>
>>> 4) I should have simply linked to the website
and gone from there as<br>
>>> the website is informative, answers most of the
common questions, and I<br>
>>> could have had a Deaf Advocate actually talking
to the group.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Lessons learned, but I feel very small and
inadequate right now.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Charles Butler<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
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