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ProductCampAustinWinter09Sessions

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on December 6, 2008 at 9:40:48 am
 
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ProductCamp Austin Sessions

ProductCamp only works if you get involved - that means speaking or leading a roundtable. Add your session here with your name in ()'s so we know who you are! Proposed sessions will be voted on by the ProductCamp participants with the most popular sessions getting best scheduling. If you can't think of a session to lead, check out the section below called "Topics I would like to hear about" for ideas, or check out some of the really cool sessions offered by people just like you at ProductCamp Austin back in June.

PRESENTERS: There will be an official ProductCamp Austin Winter 2009 PowerPoint Template!  We will publish it here once we get our sponsorships settled.  You are not obligated but are highly encouraged to use it - it helps recognize our great sponsors! 

  1. Intellectual Property questions & issues discussion (won't make mistake I made last year), Don Jarrell, Digital Thinking Inc.
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Topics I would like to hear about

Some of these topics we got to, others we didn't. Consider these topics for a future PCA. 

  • Tips for finding and interviewing customers and potentials
  • Using low/no cost methods to connect with the Market
  • Effective time management for PM's
  • Dealing with GUIs in requirements
  • Developing a 12 month strategy plan to drive awareness in the marketplace
  • How to best align a product management team internally to serve the different target markets. Enterprise, Consumer, SAAS, etc.
  • Product EOL planning, concerns
  • Product personas; useful methods of assessment, software v. web personas, impact on value proposition, market reach, product usability etc.
  • How segment and size markets
  • Product Management: Consumer vs. B2B
  • Product Management & Business Development
  • Product Management and Open Source: Mutually exclusive?
  • Just say No: When is it time to end of life a product? How to restrict bad ideas from ever becoming products?
  • add a topic... 

About Presenting at ProductCamp...

There is nothing like leading a session at ProductCamp - it will be the most fun you can pack into a 45-50 minute conference session.  Because ProductCamp is completely user driven, there are no "talking heads" or "keynotes."  There is just you and your peers.  That lends a realism to the sessions that you can't get anywhere else.  Presenting at ProductCamp is fun, and an experience you will remember forever.  Use this opportunity to polish your presentation and facilitation skills in a non-threatening environment, talking about problems that matter with people who "get it."

We learned at the first ProductCamp that certain types of sessions work better than others.  These are guidelines, but feel free to break the mold and bring something new to the table.

Participants Liked:

  • Interactivity
  • Discussion
  • Use Cases/Examples
  • Whiteboards
  • Roundtables

Disliked:

  • Excessive Slideware (>10 slides is probably pushing it for most sessions!)
  • Pushing questions to the end
  • Anything Sales-y (thankfully we didn't have this issue)

 

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