These 60 minute sessions focus on innovative or entrepreneurial thinking in libraries – new ways to solve problems, new technology or existing tech utilized in new ways, etc. They will feature five 10-minute presentations back-to-back, with a moderator for introductions, Q&A, and time keeping. Timing is very important to allow equal time for all presenters, so please plan for your presentation to be 10 minutes or less. Make our moderators’ job easy and don’t force them to interrupt your presentation by going overtime.
In-Person Presenter Checklist:
- Please register for the conference if you haven’t done so already! The early bird registration deadline is September 22. In-person registration includes the virtual conference week: two for one!
- Block out time on your calendar for your virtual conference presentation Q&A, which will be scheduled on the same day/time 3 weeks after your in-person presentation. Example, if you present on Wednesday, November 6, at 4:00 pm Eastern, then your virtual session will be scheduled on Wednesday, November 29, at 4:00 pm Eastern. (Details on how to connect for the virtual Q&A in Zoom will be sent in mid-October.)
- Review these Accessibility Guidelines when creating your slides or other presentation materials.
- Create your speaker profile on the Whova platform with a photo and bio by October 20.
- Arrive to the meeting room location at least 20 minutes prior to your scheduled presentation time. Bring your slides on a thumb drive, or log into cloud storage to load slides onto the laptop provided at the podium.
- Each meeting room will be equipped with a laptop with internet connection, a projector/screen for slides, a remote for advancing slides, a podium microphone, and a floor microphone for audience Q&A.
- If you have a co-presenter that is participating remotely, they can participate in the live via Zoom. There is no need for a pre-recorded video from remote presenters during the in-person conference week. Instructions will be sent in mid-October for how to join remotely via Zoom.
- Each meeting room will be assigned a camera operator/technician who can help connect with any virtual/remote co-presenters. Please check in with them when you arrive in the meeting room to touch base.
- See details on the Virtual Conference Week below.
Remote Presenter Checklist:
- Please register for the conference if you haven’t done so already! The early bird registration deadline is September 22.
- Create your presenter profile on the Whova platform with a photo and bio by October 20.
- Log into the Zoom meeting room location at least 20 minutes prior to your scheduled presentation time. (Link will be sent by email.)
- Please keep your camera turned off and your microphone muted unless you are speaking.
- When the session moderator announces that it’s time for Q&A/discussion, please turn on your camera and microphone so that attendees can see and hear you. Audience members will be asked to use a handheld microphone so you can hear their questions, but the moderator can summarize/repeat as necessary.
- After the session ends, be sure to leave the Zoom room/log out as we will use the same link for the next presentation in that meeting room.
- See details on the Virtual Conference Week below.
Virtual Conference Week: November 27 – December 1
- All presentations will be recorded during the in-person conference week in Charleston, November 6-10.
- Your virtual presentation will be scheduled on the same day/time 3 weeks after your in-person presentation as outlined above.
- The video recording will be started automatically at the scheduled start time. Answer any attendee questions or respond to comments in the text chat during the video broadcast.
- After the video recording ends, all attendees and presenters will be placed in a Zoom meeting room for Q&A/discussion. Attendees can turn on their cameras and mics to ask questions, or use the text chat function.
- A volunteer moderator will be present in each session to help as needed, and Help Desk/Technical Support will be available.
- All presenters, whether you initially presented in-person or virtually, are invited and encouraged to participate in the virtual Q&A/discussion period. At least one presenter from each session is required to attend.
- Presentations will be available to watch on demand for three months following the virtual conference.
