What should my talk be about?

[festaedan]

I will be doing a talk at one of the meetings and I really liked Zacks idea of a pole. I could do one on stingrays, wild type live bearers, the genus archeocentarchus and similar species or large aggressive oddball fish. I also left an other category just incase anyone else has any ideas.
Also, this is my first time posting a poll so if it doesnt show up, sorry, Im not too keen on them.
Thanks!

 

[jonclark96]

Dan - I'd stick to talking more about you and your fish keeping than trying to generate a talk on species or types of fish. Folks like to see how our friends keep fish.

 

[Jmty]

+1

 

[b considine]

Jon called it. We get plenty of "scienc-y" talks. Not so many "hobbyist" talks. Aren't you one of the guys who had the closed air loop for all your tanks at the Aquamania marketplace?

I, for one, would appreciate a how-to for dummies version.

Blaise

 

[festaedan]

Thats a good idea, I think I'll do that

 

[Pat Kelly]

yep, a hobby talk.
Remember that this is a Cichlid Club and talks should relate to that to get the most people interested.
Most Cichlid people keep catfish, so we have done that. Most try to take pictures, so we have had talks on
that. Ect. Something that most of the people can relate too. You want something that most people can use. I
think things like live bearers would be for a minimal group.

 

[mchambers]

No matter the topic, having a good slideslow, with pictures or video, helps a lot.

 

[Tony]

No matter the topic, having a good slideslow, with pictures or video, helps a lot.

We require a minimum of 75 slides btw.

























Kidding. You'll do fine, Dan.

 

[Forester]

Jon called it. We get plenty of "scienc-y" talks. Not so many "hobbyist" talks. Aren't you one of the guys who had the closed air loop for all your tanks at the Aquamania marketplace?

I, for one, would appreciate a how-to for dummies version.

Blaise

That was me. Id be happy to share how to do it, however due to football I cant do much till after the Winter holidays.

 

[festaedan]

We require a minimum of 75 slides btw.

























Kidding. You'll do fine, Dan.

Aw man, I just saw that you said you where kidding
I've been worrying about not having enough info to put into 75 slides about a single topic, haha
Is there a time minimun/maximum or a slide minimum/maxomum? I dont want to make a whole presentation and find out I have too many or not enough slides.

 

[zackcrack00]

I think it should be 30 minutes long.


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[chriscoli]

I think for starters, well do them like the BAP talks. 10 minutes with a few minutes for Q and A.

A general rule of thumb is one slide per minute. You can get away with more if you are just making quick points on each slide, or you may want less if you are spending a lot of time on each going into depth.

Keep things moving, though and use your slides to help you tell a story.

 

[festaedan]

Ok, thanks
So my plan is to do a talk about live bearers just because that seems to be the most popular at the moment leaving some time to share my fish and my fish room and leaving time at the end for questions and answers

 

[Acpape0]

Dan, I was into fish at your age ( oscars in particular) it would be great if you spent some time talking about the hobby from your perspective ... Pros , cons, interactions with peers and club members, lfs interactions etc... I would go out of my way to attend the meeting if you did. Don't try and be like everyone else, use your age as a niche that has not been explored spoken upon.

Just my two cents ...


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[festaedan]

hmm, thats not a bad idea
I just dont know if I can talk for an hour-hour and a half about how I see the hobbia as a kid and related things

 

[chriscoli]

well, we're only asking for 10 minutes right now.

 

[festaedan]

Oh
well, that I can do

 

[skanda]

Nice to see young enthusiasts taking the initiative to share their experiences in the fish keeping hobby. When I was your age I also kept numerous aquariums where I raised egg scatterers, tetras, livebearers and native fish. I always learnt a great deal by sharing my experiences with fellow hobbysists. Hopefully this will help bring more ememebers together to share knowledge, experience and camaraderie related to the fish keeping hobby. As one member suggested, also try to talk about what got ou into fish keeping, and what it takes to maintain the fish room. GOod Luck

 

[dogofwar]

Lots of good discussion and advice on this thread!

Hopefully lots of folks will step up when the club asks for folks to do 10 minute BAP or "my fishroom" presentation...

Matt

 

[kevin911]

Nice to see young enthusiasts taking the initiative to share their experiences in the fish keeping hobby. When I was your age I also kept numerous aquariums where I raised egg scatterers, tetras, livebearers and native fish. I always learnt a great deal by sharing my experiences with fellow hobbysists. Hopefully this will help bring more ememebers together to share knowledge, experience and camaraderie related to the fish keeping hobby. As one member suggested, also try to talk about what got ou into fish keeping, and what it takes to maintain the fish room. GOod Luck

+1

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