Introduction to Atlanta Science Tavern Open Tap Nights
The Atlanta Science Tavern's slogan is "Where knowledge is always on tap". We pour that knowledge out for your to imbibe in a variety of ways! One way is through an Atlanta Science Tavern Open Tap Night.
An AST Open Tap Night is an event held at the standard Manuel's Tavern location in the North Avenue room, but it works differently from the Prime Time Speaker series.
Open Tap Night Definition
An Atlanta Science Tavern Open Tap Night features audience members giving quick, focused talks about a science or science-related topic that lasts at minimum 2 minutes and at maximum 15 minutes, including time for questions.
The only criteria for presenting at an Open Tap Night is that your topic is related to science. If you need help determining whether your subject is related science, visit our Science 101 page run your subject through the "How Scientific is It?" checklist. If you have further questions, please Contact Us for advice.
How an Open Tap Night Works
It's really quite chaotic, but it's controlled chaos.
- When you arrive, come to the sign in table and write your name and topic on a sticky note
- We will stick it up on the wall in a first-come, first-serve basis
- At the ready time, start doing presentations in that same order
- We will use a clock to keep you under the time limit, so please practice ahead of time before you present
This is an experiment, but not without precedent. Organizations like Google do what are often called Lightning Talks. Read more about Lightning Talks on Wikipedia.
