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- Plan your time carefully to allot an appropriate amount of time for your presentation, for questions, and for a discussion.
- Start and end on time.
- Address the subject matter immediately. Introductions should take only a few minutes.
- Be as specific, advanced, and current as possible.
- Avoid reading and lecturing to conferees. Also, it’s best to refrain from using jargon.
- Your meeting room will be used for other sessions throughout the day. Do not move any other furniture in the room. Please be considerate and leave the meeting room in a timely manner.
- Presenters are responsible for covering the cost of their handouts and are encouraged to make photocopies in advance of their arrival at the Conference. The best way to determine how many handouts to bring is to base it on the capacity of the meeting room in which you are presenting.
Also, presenters will be able to post copies of their presentation handouts online in advance of the Conference.Sales policy
NAEYC’s stated policy is that Presenters may not use their session as a forum for product sales. We urge attendees to leave the session if Presenters push a product or service. However, Presenters are permitted to sell products if they do so in a tactful, discrete manner. By this we mean that the presenter can mention in a low-key manner that if attendees are interested in purchasing materials related to that particular presentation they may do so for 10 minutes at the end of the session as they exit the room. Use the six-foot table in the back of the room for materials.
Presenters selling products may want to consider renting a booth in the Exhibit Hall. For more information, click here.