Presenter's Timeline: Knowing What You Should Do Before, During & After Your Presentation

Three Weeks Before: You will be contacted by the Event Producer with a request for information on the title of your lecture, the gist of your content, and the presentation media you plan to use.

One Week Before: Medical Art will begin to turn your ideas, flat art, 35mm slides, and computer files and slides into a TV-friendly PowerPoint presentation.

Three Days Before: You will proof the work of Medical Art and work through any changes.

Two Days Before: Medical Art will finalize the changes and make back-up 35mm slides. The Multimedia Programmer will load your presentation onto our teleconference-ready computer.

One Day Before: The Multimedia Programmer will conduct a PowerPoint rehearsal with you in the presentation room.

One-Half Hour Before: When you arrive at the teleconference site, the production crew will equip you with a microphone and discuss any issues related to the production plan. You will also sign the release form.

During: After the host makes your introduction you will step up to the podium to give your talk. The question and answer session will be mediated by your host; the remote sites are often given a chance to ask questions first. Wireless microphones are also passed around the auditorium so that questions can be recorded.

After: The production crew will recover your microphone. The videotape of your lecture will be added to our library of past events (let us know if you would like to have a VHS copy). In some cases, lectures are re-edited and added to our website and/or made available to health education programming networks across the US and around the world.

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