Through our various Forums, presenters have a multitude of opportunities to get into the right room with the right audience. In order to help you capitalize on this opportunity, please review the guidelines below as you prepare your materials.

Depending on the Forum, audiences range from intimate 20-person highly interactive groups to larger 125-person seminar-style groups. It is our objective to keep our meetings as interactive as we can given the size of the audience - engaging everybody, including the participants. Telecom Council meetings generate as much value from networking as they do from podium content, so we hope and expect our speakers to stay for the duration of the meeting.

Please note the following guidelines to assist with your presentation:

1. Understand your Audience: All members, particularly the Service Provider and Investment Forums, are well-informed executive professionals. Assume they know what is going on in the industry, and be prepared to present to them accordingly. More information on the Forums is available here.
2. Demos always go over well with this audience so try to incorporate this into your presentation. Do your demo at the beginning of your time – this puts everything else in context.
3. Every start-up invited to present has already been screened by one of our Steering Committees, indicating that you are a company to watch – whether you're AT&T or StartUp.com. Many companies will not have their speaker's application approved due to greater demand than supply. If selected, we encourage you to promote your Telecom Council presentation using Telecom Council and Forum logos available here.
4. To distribute your handout materials, please check the live attendee list (through our website) the day before the meeting to learn how many copies to bring. Most participants are local and register in the 10 days before the meeting, so the attendee list will grow until the day prior to the meeting. Expect 90% of registered attendees to be present for any given meeting, and many more to view your slides in the access-controlled member library. For this reason, also be sure to include a slide in your presentation with your contact information.
5. Depending on the Forum, presenters have a 5-30 minute slot; we suggest you allocate 5 minutes to Q&A which is often done in interaction during your presentation. Your presentation time will be listed on the meeting's web page. It is important to note if you are started late you will be given your full time, but you may be cut off if you run over.