> We had several great pitches from people who have never given a talk before; we asked about presentation experience as part of submitting a talk and we did a

> We had several great pitches from people who have never given a talk before; we asked about presentation experience as part of submitting a talk and we did a little googling too. It’s crummy to turn away such a good presentation, but it’s also risky to entrust your conference audience to someone who has never presented before I don't care about how a presenter presents their information at a technical conference. If this was a conference for public speaking and entertainment I'd think it's important then.