NEWSUG Presenter Guidelines
Purpose
Presentations
are done at the NEWSUG meetings only in order to help SolidWorks
users increase their skills.
2) Project your voice
to the audience and make eye contact.
3) Avoid
talking while looking at the screen if it means turning your head away from the
audience.
4) Show more and say less. We are
technical people who think in images.
5) The
presenter should plan for a question and answer time at the end of his
presentation. Before answering a question, repeat it to the audience, so that
the whole group can hear both question and answer.
6) In your
interaction with NEWSUG members, always be kind and professional to promote
healthy discussion. Even the most advanced user can learn from the beginner.
7) The presenter
need not be skilled in the topic he is presenting provided that he is humble
enough to accept suggestions from the members and he is able to present the
topic as a question and not an answer.
8) Factual comments
about specific features and about competing products are welcomed from NEWSUG
members. Opinions must be clearly stated as opinions. Vendor comments about
competing products are not welcome.
9) Before the
presentation, communicate to NEWSUG board if the content is best suited toward
beginning, intermediate or advanced users. This will permit placement on the
agenda in the most helpful location. Always try to include some information for
the beginning users.
10) Send an outline
of your presentation to the NEWSUG Board two weeks before the meeting.
11) Prepare
adequately, so that you can advise the NEWSUG board of the amount of time you will
need, and roughly stick to that plan. Send a copy of the presentation at least
two days before the meeting, so it can be tried or downloaded into the
presentation computer.
12) Commercial
presenters must have their presentation reviewed by NEWSUG board
representatives prior to the date of the meeting. The presentation will be
reviewed for relevance to NEWSUG members and focus on general content without
significant sales promotions. Promotional materials can be given to, and
contacts can be made with, NEWSUG members who specifically ask for it.