Re: SIG Questions
Re: SIG Questions
- Subject: Re: SIG Questions
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 07:14:01 EDT
Hello
Besides teaching Mac basics for the Palm Beach Lakes Community High School's
Continuing Ed. program, I run the AppleWorks SIG for the PBMUG.org, so here's
my input.
1. Be prepared! - It works for the Girl Scouts and it'll work for you. Know
what your going to talk about before you open your mouth.
2. Know that you're not going to know it all. Programs like Adobe's
PhotoShop (full version or Elements) have many ways to accomplish the same
thing. What
you may be doing could be done differently. Identify who in the SIG knows
what's what and try to enlist their help and input. Speak to them about
following
your presentation with an alternate way to accomplish the goal. This way you
don't have a free-for-all at the meeting. Like the Pointed Man said, " A point
in every direction is like having no point at all."
3. To be a leader, lead! - Q & A's are great, but because the level of
expertise will differe from person to person, you must allow the newbie to
have
their 2 cents worth before the "pro" tries to show off what they know.
4. Many times, people join SIGS thinking they are "classs" for you to teach.
That means you talk, they listen. I have found that this is boring. I found
that calling on folks to show what they can do, rather than tell what they've
done, is a good way to set the tone for multi-level involvement. As them to
bring a Zip or CD of what they've done to show the group. Besides your input,
the
synergy could produce unexpected results.
5. Admit that you don't know something if you don't, AND help them find the
answers. "Give a man a fish and he eats for today. Teach a man to fish and he
eats for a lifetime." Helping them find answers builds on their knowledge base
and increases their confidence to try new things.
Gary
In a message dated 9/21/03 2:12:55 PM, email@hidden writes:
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Greetings Everyone,
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I have a great topic for discussion and can't wait to see where this leads.
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I have been involved with a few SIGS over the years, but find myself
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starting a brand new SIG.
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We have so many people who are interested in Digital Photography that we
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have had great interest in making a SIG for it.
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So I volunteered to lead it and my first meeting is at the end of October.
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I have some questions I am hoping those learned SIG leaders out there can
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help me out ;)
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How do you run your SIGS? Is there a structure to it? Is there a lesson or
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a topic for each meeting? Is your SIG just sort of a "winging it"
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atmosphere? Do you ever have guest speakers?
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Ideas? Suggestions?
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I have seen SIGs that were some of the above, and only a few seem really
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successful. I just want to offer something interesting to the people who
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come out to this SIG and not look like I don9t know what I am doing (which
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there is a little truth to that right now!)
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So SIG leaders...care to share some insight for those that need help in
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starting a SIG?
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Thanks,
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Mike
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Michael Henigan
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Digital Photography SIG Leader
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Vendor Liaison
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Contributing Editor
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Atlanta Macintosh Users Group
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