Educational Webinar Overview

The purpose of IOCP webinars is to educate. IOCP uses Teams as the host platform. IOCP offers one to two webinars each month. Individuals must pre-register; most webinars are complimentary to attend. Webinars are typically 60 minutes in length, composed of a brief IOCP introduction and a 45-minute presentation followed by a 10-to-15-minute Q&A session. IOCP will facilitate the Q&A. Participants are encouraged to use the Teams tool to submit questions. For any questions that are not addressed within the time limit, IOCP will have participants contact the speaker directly.                      

Speaker Benefits

Speaker benefits include:

• a complimentary one-year membership
• credit of one point towards CPCP initial eligibility or recertification requirements
• professional development opportunity

Option to Purchase a Permission-Based Attendee List

The speaker may purchase a permission-based attendee list. 

 

Presentation Requirements

Content must be educational. Presentations should not focus on a particular provider, product or technology solution. Speakers (and participants) are strictly prohibited from making sales pitches, sharing pricing and revenue share information, and conveying negative comments about other organizations (written or verbal).

 

IOCP Responsibilities

• Consult with speaker on session description and presentation content, including providing an IOCP PowerPoint template to the speaker
• Approve final PowerPoint presentation
• Promote event (beginning eight to 10 weeks prior to event date)
• Provide a mechanism for event registration, including collection of fees (if applicable) and presentation delivery
• Optional: Distribute PDF version of the presentation to participants either before or after the event
• Open the event on scheduled date and time
• Facilitate Q&A portion of the event
• If speaker approves, record the event, making it available for purchase in the IOCP store
• Provide participants with an event evaluation survey, compile any feedback and share with speaker

 

Speaker Responsibilities

• Work with IOCP to develop a session title and description
• Provide a speaker bio
• Create appropriate presentation
• Meet specified deadlines (e.g., speaker bio submission, session description approval, final presentation submission)
• Deliver presentation on scheduled date and time, including responding to questions during the Q&A portion and, if applicable, respond to participants' inquiries post-event

 

Speaker Responsibilities

IOCP selects speakers based on an individual's:

• interest
• speaking experience (however, prior speaking experience is not required)
• knowledge of proposed subject matter
• potential for success (e.g., vocal tone, clarity speech rate, enthusiasm, etc.), as the speaker role for a webinar differs notably from speaking in front of a live audience
• ability to meet proposed event timing and related deadlines

To complete the speaker selection process, IOCP will develop a memorandum of understanding-to be signed by the speaker or appropriate speaker representative–that includes details about the event, terms and conditions, and each party's responsibilities.

Tips for Presentation Development and Delivery

Professionals fulfilling the role of webinar speaker may have experience creating and delivering presentations for virtual events. However, for some, this may be a new experience. In either case, IOCP offers speaker tips.

 

Developing Session Objectives

When creating a presentation, it's beneficial to identify learning objectives, such as what attendees will be able to do as a result of participating in the webinar. Measurable objectives–those that include "observable" behaviors such as explain, prepare, define and resolve–are stronger than objectives reflecting non-observable behavior. Words like know, value and believe are harder to measure. 

 

 

Have You Heard a Great Speaker Recently?

IOCP encourages you to nominate a Commercial Card and Payment industry speaker for any of our speaking opportunities. Complete all fields in the speaker nomination form. IOCP will contact you before approaching the nominee to verify the information.