# Presentation: 013095

## A c t i o n!

*A c t i o n!*

*A c t i o n!*

## SC Global 2001

- At SC2001, we will create SC Global, the first truly global technical conference on the Grid: A multi-national and multi-cultural meeting place for communication and discussion of ideas relating to high-end computing and communications and their impacts on science and society.

## Introductions

- At each site, please me know:
- your name
- your organization
- your role in SC Global (talk, BOF, panel, participant)
- location – home or Denver?
- has your organization ever been to SC
*you are going to give a talk today (do you want a serious or a fun question thrown at you)** *

## Making the Most of your Presentation

- Cameras should be adjusted optimally
- Speaker maintains eye contact, speaks clearly, and provides high energy
- Use only pretested visual aids (dppt)
- Be aware of physical cues from whole audience
- Pause if technology fails, or if other events temporarily disrupt the event.  Be sure to inform your “virtual” audience what is happening

*“**There is nothing worse than an empty chair hanging on a wall.”**                                          ...an inspirational AG phrase from Mary Fritsch*

## Be a Smooth Operator (on or off camera)

- The idea is to:
- field an inquiry
- answer with assistance, not necessarily instant information
- try not to pass the buck
- follow up, closure
- Embrace the AG concept (community). Be ready.  Never say *I don’t know*, but instead *I will find out*.
- Have a canned response if you must.
- Know all your standard points of contacts, hubs of information, general URLs, basic SC2001 overview and information.

## Working without a Net

- During the SCGlobal event make sure you have easy access to your node operator, site producer, and network administrator.
- Stay connected via mud, email, pagers, floor point of contacts.
- Be assertive, stay constructive – ask for help when you need it.

## Several Types of Events

- Primarily Discussion
- Birds of Feather sessions (BOFs)
- Primarily Lecture
- Talks
- Workshops
- Tutorials
- Other
- Panels
- Art

**http://www.mcs.anl.gov/scglobal/prelim_program.htm**

## Simple Facilitation Tools

- Each event has a Production Plan, developed by the Producer in collaboration with the speaker or moderator and the SC Global Production Manager.
***Is there anyone that is providing content for SCGlobal that does not yet have or does not know the location of their site’s Production Plan?***

## Cheat Sheets

***Access Grid Presentation Pointers***
**Your audience:**
- Remember that your “virtual” audience is very much real – and in some cases will vastly outnumber the audience which is physically in the same room as you are.
- Remember possible cultural differences - know who you are speaking to when possible.
- Reduce and try to completely eliminate all “detractors” (pauses filled with “um...” etc).
- Invite audience participation and interactivity when possible (with explicit statements of how it will be moderated – speak to the crew at your AG node for details on how to moderate your particular session)
- Be sure to look for physical cues from your audience, as the microphones may not be open at all participating sites (ie, you may not be able to hear them gasping in surprise, or shuffling papers)
**The camera/microphone:**
- Pretend you are speaking to one person. Perhaps place something on top of the camera to look at if you find this helpful.
- Maintain confidence - maintain camera “eye contact”.
- You may need to work with the technical staff to ensure the camera is placed well; check with them if you have any questions.
- Speak clearly and slowly.
- Work with your technical staff to learn appropriate microphone use.
- Use high-energy delivery.
- Pause if technology fails, or if other events temporarily disrupt the event – be sure to inform your “virtual” audience what is happening, or wait for their “return” before continuing with your talk.
- Be animated in your delivery - you don’t have the luxury of in-room body language  - But stay in camera range please! (Remember your virtual audience sees you in a frame).
**The presentation and questions:**
- In general, avoid patterned clothing, especially busy, detailed patterns.
- Choose solid, bright colors that will translate well over the AG technology.
- If possible, seat yourself or stand under bright light.
- Ensure there are no lights behind you or any source of lighting such as a window.
- Be sure to talk with your production team on how remote questions and answers will be handled at the end of the presentation.

## On the Spot

- will tell us their hardest lessoned learned in node oping
- will tell us what they would love to do to better with their AG node (assuming time and money were not an issue)
- will explain how the AG is different from typical video conferencing
- will give us an overview of their organization
- will discuss their least favorite subject in college
- will tell us which AG node they would like to visit and why
- will run through an outline of their production plan
- will give us some gossip on their company (or at least discuss its simple management structure, their boss, heirarchy in place)
- will tell us about the best vacation they ever had
- will tell us about the weather there this week
- will tell us about their first job they ever had
- will tell us about his favorite cuisine

## A Simple Plan

- DenverHUB

## And We’re Off

*“**Welcome.  We have a wonderful collection of speakers with us from all around the world, who will be sharing their knowledge and expertise with you today.  I would like to start things out with Mary Fritsch here in Denver.  She will give us an overview of Security Policies and Clearances at Argonne National Laboratory.”*

## Speaker Clarified-Has the Floor

- DenverHUB

## Mary Fritsch - ANL

* **Hello everyone, as Mary said my name is Mary Barthel, and I work for Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). Today, however, I am coming to you live from the SC2001 convention floor Booth #352.  I wanted to discuss the current security policies in place at Argonne.  Basically, in light of current affairs security has been stepped up quite a bit at ANL.  Previously, badges and gate passes were rarely visible, and cars were cleared by a windshield sticker only.....  911 system....on showroom floor security for ANL booth continues...*

## Denver MC Has the Floor

- DenverHUB

## MC Fields Questions (usually alphabetic by site)

- DenverHUB

## Speak Up

- This is a checklist to help everyone remember the basics “after” they have presented.
- Did they speak up?
- Did they look enthusiastic (or fake it)?
- Did they look confident?
- Did they repeat their Name/Company
- Did they thank audiences for their questions?

## Slide 18

## Production Plans-Content

- Access Center - Washington, DC USA
- Albuquerque High Performance Computing Center - University of New Mexico - Albuquerque, New Mexico USA
- Antarctica
- Arctic Region Supercomputing Center, University of Alaska-Fairbanks - Fairbanks, Alaska USA
- Argonne National Laboratory - Argonne, Illinois USA
- Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronomics - Beijing, China
- Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts USA
- CINECA - Bologna, Italy
- Denver Convention Center (SC01 Hub Site)
- Florida International University - Miami, Florida USA
- Johnson and Johnson - Raritan, New Jersey USA
- Juelich Research Center, Juelich Germany
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Livermore, California USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory - Los Alamos, New Mexico USA
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba Japan
- NCSA, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois USA
- Ohio Supercomputing Center - (don't know state?), Ohio USA
- Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
- Sheridan College/University of Toronto - Toronto Canada
- The University of Montana - Missoula, Montana USA
- TRACE Center at University of Wisconsin-Madison - Madison, Wisconsin USA
- University of Chicago - Chicago, Illinois USA
- University of Florida - Gainesville, Florida USA
- University of Manchester - Manchester UK
- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
- University of Stuttgart - Stuttgart, Germany
- University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- University of Washington, Hit Lab

## Possible Halloween Cruise Wednesday, Oct 31

- It will only be scary if you aren’t prepared!

*check website –*
*11am Central Standard Time/ UTC 1700 **domestic, germany, italy and england*
*11pm  Central Standard Time/UTC 0500*
*asia and australia*

## Thanks and Questions