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April 10, 2004

Giving my Spam and Virus seminar everywhere I can...
Posted by Jess in Tech Talk

One thing I love doing is giving seminars... it used to be just for fun, but now I have to make a living as a small business owner, so it's sort of a necessity. That, and I have learned that there is nothing wrong with shameless self-promotion to get business. If it came down to keeping my pride or keeping my house, well, you get the idea.

So I came up with a seminar that I've been wanting to do for a long time, and contacted the town recreation department (continuing adult education). Sure enough, I was added to the program.

It was a two-parter - week 1 was two hours on viruses, while week 2 was two hours on everything spam. It was designed to list the topics as common questions, and then I'd answer them. I think I covered it pretty well, usually there was only one question left at the end if at all.

While attendance wasn't as good as I would have liked, it was success, everyone who was there said that it was very, very good. And, they all called needing work on their computers.

So, I've also signed up to do the same at the Adult programs for continuing education in the next town over this summer.

I was also able to give just the Spam seminar at the Providence Business Expo 2004 last Thursday, which was fantastic. The nice thing about it, is that I can pace it to fit whatever time constraints I have. I can go through the entire thing in about 45 minutes, or I can tell andecdotes and spread it for two hours. It's very flexible, and very fun. :-)

But, the main goal is that now some more people are educated and ready to be Internet responsible. That's the MAIN goal. Roomful of people down, world to go.

It's a Powerpoint presentation, so maybe I'll just put it up for download and let Google searchers get it who are trying to do something about the spam they get!
Hmmmmm....

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