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You're joking, right? No, we didn't get reimbursed for handouts. One of the
speakers in my group #2 made overheads "just in case" the computer didn't work.
She spent an exorbitant amount on slides and wanted money from each of us to
reimburse her. I had already paid $2500 for the conference, rooms, plane fare, +
3 days of non-billable time, and the slides weren't that good. It left me in a
pissy mood.
I won't do the conference again because 1) for my money I saw none of the
sessions, they were too remedial, 2) speaking was terrible with group 2 because
there was no synergy between us, and 3) I'd rather spend $2500 to go to Italy on
a hiking holiday
Michele
Jane Bergen wrote:
> I'm curious....has STC ever said WHY they require speakers to pay? I
> certainly hope someone from the national committee is lurking here and
> sees the discontent. This unusual arrangement may be the reason we
> sometimes get speakers who are ...well, "not so hot."
>
> Most of the speakers are pretty good, and consider that, as one consultant
> mentioned, they not only have to pay their conference fees, airfare, and
> hotel...but they are not getting paid for "time off" their regular jobs
> either. Most lug along their own equipment and often arrange their own
> printing for their handouts (*surely* they do get reimbursed for that,
> right?).
>
> Jane Bergen
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