Speaker Frequently
Asked Questions

MEC places your picture and bio on the website www.MissouriEmploymentConference.com to allow the attendees to read about you prior to the conference. We also use these for the program.

MEC does not compensate its speakers, nor do we reimburse them for travel. The intent of the conference is to offer a continuing education experience at a reasonable cost to the attendees. In return, the MEC is an excellent opportunity to be in front of hundreds of decision makers in Missouri.

The schedule/room assignments will be available approximately 2-3 weeks prior to the conference.  A pre-event survey is sent to those who have already registered for the conference asking to select which sessions they plan to attend.  We compile the results and create our schedule/room assignments based on attendees’ responses.  Once the final schedule/room assignments are approved, we will email you a copy.   If you made scheduling arrangements with me prior to this, disregard this note.

Session are 60 minutes, 50 minutes of presentation and 10 minutes for questions. We ask that you please plan accordingly and speak the entire hour. We have already submitted your presentation to the appropriate accreditation forums.  To ensure our attendees get their full credits, needed for your session, you must fill the entire time slot accordingly.

We ask that you please have your presentation finalized and submitted no later than April 1, 2025.

MEC must apply for the CEU’s at least a month prior to the event.

We usually find that any font size less than 24 point is too small to be reasonably read in most presentation situations. The preferred text size is 28 or 32-point size, with titles being 36 to 44-point.

Yes. It’s always a good idea to bring a back-up copy. If you submitted it as a .PPT, we will have it pre-loaded on the laptop in your assigned room

Yes. However, laptops will be provided in each breakout room. If you provided your presentation in .PPT format to MEC previously, it will be preloaded on the laptop in your assigned room. If you’ve made changes to your presentation, please arrive at least 30 minutes prior to your session with a copy of the updated materials on a flash drive or on your own computer. We want to allow ample time to set up your presentation before your session starts.

If you plan on playing video during your session, we recommend you bring your own laptop with the video embedded in your presentation. Again, please arrive at least 30 minutes prior to your session to allow ample time to set your computer up.

Download the video and store it to your laptop. Then embed it into your PP presentation. Don’t plan on using the internet at Old Kinderhook as it’s open and may fail or not stream well.

If you plan on handing out anything to your attendees in your session, you are responsible for bringing the copies. MEC will not print out or bring copies for speakers. MEC will have your presentation and anything else you would like your attendees to have loaded on the MEC website that is password protected for the attendees.

Your session must be 1 hour long to qualify for CE credits.  Depending on your summary and 3 learning objectives your session may qualify. Please note: If your session does not quality, we will work with you to get your session approved as all sessions must qualify or we will have to find a replacement.

Each session room will be equipped with a podium, microphone, computer, projector and screen.

If you requested a lavalier mic we will do everything we can to have one ready for you in your session. Please note that Old Kinderhook only has so many so we can’t guarantee your request, but we will try.

Old Kinderhook will have limited number of easels, flip charts and markers on hand. If you need one please contact Sue Kmet to make arrangements.

Our contract with Old Kinderhook includes free internet however it is not a secure link.

Volunteers and staff from Old Kinderhook will be on hand to assist throughout the day. If you need help prior to your session, contact Nan Boland or Sue Kmet.

We ask that you check in at the registration booth at least 20 minutes prior to your speaking session. However, if you made changes to your presentation and you bring a flash drive/computer with you that you plan to use, please be at Old Kinderhook at least a half hour early and ask for Nan Boland or Sue Kmet.

MEC does a Survey Monkey following the conference. Attendees are given approximately 2 weeks to complete the
evaluation. Once MEC compiles the results, speakers will be emailed a copy of their session results.