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Speakers Corner

Relevante events provide clarity on topics that are current and relevant to finance, accounting, audit, and technology professionals. Relevante’s leadership and senior consultants have chaired and presented at various conferences and events in the tri state area.

Additionally, Relevante actively encourages and invites senior professionals in Finance, Accounting, Audit, Technology and Career Management to share their knowledge and experience at our events. Relevante events provide excellent opportunities for professional development and networking.

Our speakers have exclusivity in their respective topics; therefore application for inclusion as a speaker will be reviewed by Relevante to insure no conflict exists.

Why become a speaker at Relevante’s events?

	This is an ideal way for you to highlight your successes
	A great networking opportunity for you and your business
	You will receive a list of all the attendees
	Relevante will market your program in several ways:
	•	You will be featured on Relevante’s website
	•	You will be highlighted in e-blasts, which will run for approximately 10 to 14 weeks to Relevante’s database of over 90,000 professionals

Speaker Checklist:

If you would like to be a speaker at any of Relevante’s events in the future, please provide the following information to Dawn Curry via E mail at dcurry@relevante.com.

•	Your Contact Information
	-	Name
	-	Title
	-	Company
	-	Address
	-	City & Zip
•	Your Session Details
	-	Session Title
	-	Length of Session
	-	Session Description ( 4-5 lines)
•	Your biography
	-	Your current role
	-	Your previous work history
	-	Any degrees or certifications that you have completed

Speaker Code of Conduct & Guidelines for effective presentations:

Based on feedback from the prior Relevante symposiums, we would like to make some suggestions for increasing presentation effectiveness. These recommendations are directly from attendees’ ratings and remarks on session evaluations. We acknowledge that many presenters are very experienced and we hope these suggestions/ guidelines will be helpful to all presenters for optimizing presentations for Relevante events.

•	Attendee Involvement
	•	Plan Interaction
		•	Relevante event attendees favor presentations where speakers ask questions of the audience.
		•	Plan interactivity into your presentation in the form of practical exercises, Q&A or audience sharing of their relevant experiences and stories.
		•	Allow one-third of your overall time for sharing ideas, experiences, and issues, as a whole audience or in small groups.
	•	Provide Handouts
		•	Relevante does not provide printed proceedings. Please be sure that you bring sufficient handouts for everyone in your audience. This would be approximately 200 copies for our events
•	Slides
	•	Include a Presentation Overview Slide
		•	Project an initial "abstract" slide so attendees can read it as they enter the room. Include the following:
			•	Your name and professional affiliation
			•	Session title as it appears in the program
			•	The learning objectives of the session
		•	Keep Slides Short and Easy to Read
			•	No more than five bullets on each slide
			•	Use large text
			•	Use a text color that contrasts well with the slide background color, such as black on white, or yellow on black
•	Speaking
		•	Speak Slowly, Simply and Clearly
		•	No promoting from the podium
			•	The session should be educational, not an advertisement
		•	Finish on Time
			•	Finish your talk on time or early. Respect the break times.
		•	Give Examples
			•	Pepper your own stories and examples throughout your presentation.
			•	Describe practical applications of your main points.
		•	Summarize Main Points
			•	Plan time to close your presentation with a summary of your own main points that reflect the learning objectives from the beginning of your session, including the most relevant points, ideas and issues raised through audience participation.
		•	Use Slides as a Tool
			•	Use your slides as a visual tool, and to remind you of main points.
			•	Do not read the text directly off your slides.
		•	Refer to Other Presentations
			•	Refer to points you heard during other presentations at Relevante events when appropriate. This helps promote a community feeling at the event.
		•	Remind Attendees About Session Evaluations
			•	A volunteer will pass these out to attendees for you.
•	Networking at the Conference
			•	Many attendees want reference materials and contact information to follow up with presenters after the conference. Bring your business cards.

Speaker Resources:

The following audio/visual equipment will be available:
•	Two microphones (there may be one podium microphone and one corded lavaliere microphone, OR two corded lavaliere microphones available)
•	Projection screen and projector (at least 1024x768)
•	Internet access

Computers in meeting rooms will NOT be provided. Please bring your own computer and make sure it is equipped with a standard VGA output and that you know how to use a projector with it before arriving.