Information for Speakers

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General

The Shorelines and Coastal Planners Group meetings are informal, quarterly, professional development seminars designed primarily for local government shoreline planners and administrators. Depending on the meeting theme, varying proportions of the audience will include staff from state resource management agencies, port districts, or other entities.

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The Audience

Attendance runs from 40 to 80 persons. You can expect your audience to have a general familiarity with the topic of your presentation, though there might well be a few neophytes and some experts present. On policy matters, expect a higher proportion of 'experts' in the audience, and with technical or scientific presentations a lower proportion of 'experts.'

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Your Presentation

Please design your presentation to use approximately 2/3 to 3/4 of your time for presentation, with the remainder available for questions and clarifications. Most meetings include a general 'round-table' discussion at the close of the day. If you can attend the entire meeting, including the closing round table, we'd be very appreciative of that. But, we realize that many of you cannot do that. Please just let us know what we can expect.
Many attendees will be unfamiliar with, or at least uncertain of, the jargon and acronyms associated with your field, especially scientific fields. Please remember to either define or translate jargon, and spell out acronyms particular to your field.

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