Speaker Resources
Presenter Guidelines
All IASA speakers are selected based on their expertise. IASA programs reflect directly upon the IASA and its reputation for presenting quality education and training for IT architecture professionals.
IASA has established the following guidelines for speakers to ensure consistent and quality information for session attendees. Please take a moment to review the guidelines below, which are suggested for all IASA and IASA chapter-hosted events (i.e. ITARC, Architect Roundtable, Architect Symposium, Architect Summit, and Chapter Meetings).
As an IASA presenter, we ask that you abide by the following:
- Briefly introducing yourself and your company
- Using company logo, name, and slogan on only introductory and concluding slides
- Using handouts that directly follow your presentation flow and remain objective
- Discussing the advantage and disadvantages of products, services, and vendors in which you have no vested interest
- Objectively comparing approaches, techniques, and procedures, of which your product is one
- Demonstrating your product in order to make a general point
- Using non-discriminatory language and behavior at all times
- Providing business cards or personal contact information for follow-up questions
As an IASA presenter, we ask that you avoid the following:
- Promoting your company or yourself as a vendor of choice
- Repeating the logo, name and slogan on all slides
- Handing out sales brochures and data sheets
- Failing to identify any vested interest you may have in the subject or products you discuss
- Advocating an approach for which your company or product is the only candidate
- Using the presentation to promote sales of your product
- Using customer references in your presentation
If you are speaking with a co-presenter, make sure to coordinate your presentations to ensure compatibility, avoid inconsistency, and deliver the presentation as advertised to the attendees. Where possible, co-presenters should strive for consistency in the formatting of materials and/or jointly prepare written and presentation materials. In addition, please arrive early to your meeting room to ensure your room and A/V requirements are met.
Remember, IT professionals attend numerous events every year with the goal of increasing their skills and keeping up with the latest information in the industry. At many conferences, architects will encounter presenters whose sole reason in presenting is to entice potential clients for their products or services. While that goal is not necessarily a bad one, the quality of the event is decreased when the speaker presents information that is biased or not objective.
Speaker Downloads
Speaker Application Form template coming soon! Speaker Biography Form
Please choose
the ITARC location you would like to present at and complete page 2.
All applications are reviewed by the local IASA chapter.
Slide Template
If you are using a slide deck for your presentation, you must use the official ITARC template.
This forms
allows you to write your own brief biography and presentation summary to
be used on the ITARC website, in the event program, and for onsite
introductions if applicable.
Audio Visual Request Form
For any
requests beyond the standard speaker equipment (laptop, projector, and
screen) please fill out this form. Please fill out this form if you
wish to use your own laptop for your presentation.
T&E Expense Form
T&E is
determined on a case by case basis. If you have prearranged T&E,
please fill out this form and submit it no later than 30 days after the
event.
Speaker Tips
Speaking Tips and Resources from the Web
We here at IASA don't pretend to be public speaking experts by any means, but we're addicted to web research so below are a list of resources you might find useful if you are new to this:
Organizations and Associations
Articles
Public Speaking: How to Relax for Your Talk
by Patricia Fripp CSP, CPAE
We've all heard that the fear of death is second only to the fear of
public speaking. That may be true, but if you're looking for one of the
cheapest and most effective methods of promoting your service or
product, concentrate on the positive results of doing a presentation.
Think of the contacts and prospective clients you'll be generating with
just 20 minutes in front of an audience. Continue
Public Speaking: Funny Question and Answer Sessions
by the Advanced Public Speaking Institute
Question-and-answer sessions are great opportunities to show off your sense of humor and get audience participation during a public speaking engagement. Let's see how we can have some fun with them.
A good way to open up a Q & A session is to say, 'The last time I
opened up for a Q & A session, the first question I got was 'What
time is it?' or 'Can I be excused?' or 'Aren't you getting tired up
there?' Say anything except the old boring 'Now let's open it up for
questions.' Continue
Presentation Tips for Public Speaking
When you are presenting in front of an audience, you are performing as an actor is on stage. How you are being perceived is very important. Dress appropriately for the occasion. Be solemn if your topic is serious. Present the desired image to your audience. Look pleasant, enthusiastic, confident, proud, but not arrogant. Remain calm. Appear relaxed, even if you feel nervous. Speak slowly, enunciate clearly, and show appropriate emotion and feeling relating to your topic. Establish rapport with your audience. Speak to the person farthest away from you to ensure your voice is loud enough to project to the back of the room. Vary the tone of your voice and dramatize if necessary. If a microphone is available, adjust and adapt your voice accordingly. Continue
Presentations skills: Presentations for business, sales, and training - oral and multimedia
Presentations skills are very useful - for business, sales, training,
public speaking and self-development. Presentations format, media and
purpose vary a lot - oral, multimedia, powerpoint presentations, short
impromptu presentations, long planned presentations - but every
successful presentation uses the principles explained here. Aside from
presentations techniques, confidence and experience are big factors. You
are not alone if the thought of speaking in public scares you. Giving a
presentation is worrying for many people. Presenting or speaking to an
audience regularly tops the list in surveys of people's top fears - more
than heights, flying or dying. Put another way, "Most people would
prefer to be lying in the casket than giving the eulogy" (ack. Michelle
Ray). Continue
Blog Entries
Seven Steps to Better Presentations
by Jeffrey Veen
I speak for a living, and hear lots and lots of presentations at the
conferences I attend. Here are some notes I wrote up for someone who is
about to give his first ever public presentation. Continue
How To Give A Great Presentation
by To-done.com
Public speaking can be very stressful. I know that whenever I get up
in front of a crowd I go through a panic moment. It takes a lot of
discipline, practice and preparation to put on a good presentation and
even knowing what you need to know can be hard. Continue
The 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint
by Guy Kawasaki
The reason people use a small font is twofold: first, that they don’t
know their material well enough; second, they think that more text is
more convincing. Total bozosity. Force yourself to use no font smaller
than thirty points. I guarantee it will make your presentations better
because it requires you to find the most salient points and to know how
to explain them well. If “thirty points,” is too dogmatic, the I offer
you an algorithm: find out the age of the oldest person in your audience
and divide it by two. That’s your optimal font size. Continue
