Sort of. Andy Goodman, author of "Why Bad Presentations Happen to Good Causes," used to be a sitcom writer and wrote for both of those shows. (Don't ever hum the theme song to "The Nanny" around him, no matter how catchy it is!).

We should all be thankful he left the industry and joined us here in the nonprofit sector. He did a webinar for us the other day (hands-down the BEST I've seen), and I finally finished reading his book on the bus this morning.

If you're ever planning to present at an N-TEN event again, you MUST read this book (you might even qualify for a free copy!).

But one of the things that Andy brought up during his webinar has me thinking. Andy said that he hates it when conference organizers demand presentations prior to an event so they can distribute copies to attendees for note taking. This is a demand I always make. He hates it because he thinks that people should be listening with rapture to him, and not scribbling down notes (he's good enough to deserve this kind of treatment). And, every presentation should be a story, and you don't want attendees flipping ahead to the end of the story. So, we should only distribute handouts when they are needed during a presentation, or at the end.

I say that attendees want SOMETHING to take notes on. Not sure if I'm going to rethink how we handle this or not. I realize this is not an earth-shattering question. But I can't shake it.