Objectives of the workshop

The Audience

Your introduction

Your presentation

Panel discussion

Audience questions

Written notes and handouts

A/V Equipment

Objectives of the workshop:

• The objective of the workshop is to educate the participants about telecommunications issues and initiatives through discussion of real example projects from all corners of Oregon.
• Our intent is to have people leave the workshop energized and empowered (not overwhelmed!). Keep it light!
• We hope that participants will learn practical techniques for telecommunications planning and project development at the community level.

The Audience:

• We anticipate the audience to be non-technical, but concerned about access to affordable advanced telecommunications in their communities.
• Your presentation should be in plain English, avoiding jargon, technical terms, and acronyms. When this is unavoidable, be prepared to provide a definition.
• The audience is likely to be more interested in stories drawn from your experience and less interested in hypothetical or abstract examples or theoretical opinions.

Your introduction:

• It is our intent to accurately identify each panelist in the most useful manner possible for the audience and encourage workshop participants to continue the dialog after the meeting by providing contact information. Please complete the following form:

• Your 'bio' - We would like to provide a brief biographical sketch of each panelist to help the audience "get to know you". We suggest that the bio be around 100 words, include what you feel have been important or formative events in your life or career, and a statement about why you are interested or concerned about telecommunications. (In the interest of conserving time at the workshop, the introductory information may be made available to the audience in hard copy.)

Your presentation:

• Each panelist will be asked to make a brief presentation (5 to 10 minutes).
• We encourage the use of visual aids or hand-outs (see below).
• Introduce yourself and what you do for your organization.
• Tell the story of how your community or organization came to develop your project or initiative.
• Explain the present status of your project or initiative and what you think are the issues that remain to resolved.

Panel discussion:

• The moderator will pose questions for discussion by the whole panel.
• Panelists may ask follow-up questions of one another based on the individual presentations or the moderator's comments.
• Keep you response (and questions!) brief (no more than three sentences or one minute) to allow for others to make input and to keep the discussion conversational.

Audience questions:

• After the panel has concluded its discussion, the moderator will invite audience questions.
• Allow for the moderator to repeat the question or redirect the question to a panelist.
• Keep you response brief (no more than three sentences or one minute) to allow for others to make input and to keep the discussion conversational.

Written notes and handouts:

• If at all possible, please provide a written copy of your prepared remarks, etc.
• Handouts, copies of visuals or PowerPoint slides, etc.are encouraged.
• We expect the workshop to attract between 50 to 100 participants.
• If you prefer, Clackamas County can provide b/w copies of your materials. Clean copy must be delivered before November 5 to:

What did we leave out?:

Our goal is to assist our panelists and speakers to be fully prepared. If you have a question that we have not covered, please tell us in the space below. If you have suggestions for discussion by any of our panels or speakers, please enter them here. Do you have any special requirements (mobility, dietary, etc.)? Any suggestions for our acronym buster/ glossary?