Finding a Speaker for the Monthly Meeting

Speakers can be found from your personal contacts, STC members volunteering to give a presentation, referrals by Administrative Council Members, or other local STC chapters.

1. Get contact information for potential speakers.
2. If you have exhausted your personal contacts, STC members, and referrals, check the web sites of the other local STC chapters (North Bay, San Francisco, Berkeley, East Bay) for past and future speakers of interest.
   • If you find speakers of interest, search the chapter web site for the program manager's contact information and email the program manager for the speakers' contact information.
3. Contact potential speakers and ask them if they are interested in presenting at the next meeting. It is recommended that you line up speakers for the next couple of meetings, in case an upcoming speaker cancels.
4. If a speaker is interested, relay the following information to them concerning a presentation:
   • Meetings begin at 6 P.M. with pizza and networking, followed by the presentation at 7 P.M.
   • Speakers should arrive no later than 6:45 P.M. to ensure that the audiovisual equipment is working correctly.
   • Presentations should be 45 minutes to one hour in length.
5. Ask the speaker to email you a brief biography and a paragraph or two on the subject matter to be presented and how it is relevant to STC members.
6. After you receive the information from the speaker, copyedit it as required and email it to the Web Manager for posting and to the PR Manager for distribution on the chapter LinkedIn group.