The on-campus schedule is intended to emulate the procedure one should expect at professional Conferences generally and NASP in particular. That is, the presenter should be armed and ready to present according to the published schedule. ‘The Show Must Go On.’ At NASP you may find that the person ahead of you attempts to over-run their time-slot and unless you’re appropriately assertive would otherwise steal some of your presentation time. This is confusing to YOUR audience who are there to see your work and not see the tail-end of someone else’s presentation who hasn’t scheduled their time well. In such a case you can walk confidently to the front and quietly ask the presenter to continue the discussion outside so that you can set up and begin. This is entirely appropriate professional etiquette. Such an assertive approach won’t be needed for the on-campus presentations since anyone over-running will be gently cut short by the faculty person present ― that way we will keep to the time-slots. There will be collegial feedback sheets completed by audience members for each presenter. These are aimed at focusing attention on areas-to-tweak as well as provide evaluative comments.

You should anticipate that faculty will try to ensure that the equipment arrives early and as ordered (i.e., display projector). At KSU we’ll have a PowerPoint setup ready for you.  However, just as at <real> conferences it’s important to accept and even consider what you’ll do should there be an equipment breakdown. Clearly, it’s important to arrive in sufficient time to gain confidence that your materials are compatible with the equipment that is delivered by KSU AV Services.