Timed to help you prepare your Annual Meeting presentation, TRB will conduct a webinar on Thursday, November 9, 2017, from 2:00pm to 3:00pm ET about presenting technical information clearly and succinctly when presentation time is short. If you are steeped in technical expertise and present in conferences or meetings, you can learn practical techniques that make your hard work meaningful to others.

• Know what you want from the audience and what they want from you.
• Simplify the content to make it clear and understandable.
• Design effective visuals that highlight your content.
• Learn ways to practice so that you arrive prepared to engage the audience.

Webinar Presenter: Shelley Row, P.E., Shelley Row Associates LLC

Moderated by: Elaine Ferrell, Transportation Research Board

This session will be interactive, and attendees are encouraged to email examples of difficult-to-present slides to Shelley Row at shelley@shelleyrow.com by Friday, November 3, 2017. Shelley will use these examples to present solutions during the webinar.

NOTE: Please email TRB staff for questions about registration and payment at the email below. Please email Shelley only if you have questions about the content. Thank you.

Some registrants will need to pay $55 to attend this webinar. Sign into MyTRB.org to view registration information.

This webinar will not be recorded.

Learning Objectives 

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Understand your relationship with the audience and convert “We have a lot to cover” into “We’re here to meet your needs”
• Untangle your content with an easy-to-follow organizational structure
• Develop impactful visual presentation materials that enhance retention of technical information
• Create handouts that complement visual aids
• Command the podium to confidently and positively engage with the audience

This webinar is an updated version of the webinar with the same name from last year.

The Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP) categorizes this webinar activity as relating to business practices.

Professional Development Hour Information
A certificate for 1.0 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to Professional Engineers (PEs) who register and attend the webinar as an individual. For groups, only the person that registers and attends the session will receive a PDH certificate.

Individuals registered as Florida PEs are no longer required to email TRB with your license number to report your attendance. Instead, please use your certificate that TRB provides through RCEP.net as verification of your attendance to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers.

Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.

This webinar was developed in July 2017. TRB has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP by TRB. Certificates of Completion will be issued to individuals who register for and attend the entire webinar session. Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Website: www.RCEP.net.

Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.