Series partners
Contribute expertise where it matters.
Your organization participates as one of three complementary expert contributors. The role is to help a municipal audience solve a defined problem — not to deliver a general company presentation.
The executive sponsor’s job
- Confirm the assigned contribution fits the organization’s expertise.
- Nominate a practitioner who can explain decisions clearly and engage peers.
- Protect the problem-led format; limit company overview to one sentence.
- Approve one useful visual, one credible example, and one practical recommendation.
- Ensure claims are supportable and sensitive client information is cleared.
- Join the final 30-minute briefing if the speaker or producer requests it.
What good looks like
“I understand when this discipline matters, what evidence it contributes, how it connects to the other two, and what I should do next.”
Approval checklist
- The contribution answers the assigned question.
- It fits in 12 minutes without rushing.
- It includes no more than one brief company-introduction slide.
- The example is relevant to municipal or infrastructure work.
- The visual is legible on a laptop screen.
- The recommendation is practical, proportionate, and honest about limits.
- The speaker can discuss dependencies and tradeoffs in the roundtable.
Speaker guide
Prepare this simple story
- 01
The decision
Restate the assigned question in your own words.
- 02
The method
Explain the approach in plain language.
- 03
The evidence
Show one visual, artifact, or example.
- 04
The meaning
Explain what the city can decide that it could not decide before.
- 05
The handoff
Name what you need from, and provide to, the other disciplines.
- 06
The next move
Give one action a municipal team could take next week.
Production timeline
- Three weeks before
- Confirm speaker, contribution, title, bio, headshot, and example.
- Two weeks before
- Submit a 5–7 slide draft or equivalent demonstration outline.
- One week before
- Attend the 45-minute content and technical rehearsal.
- Two business days before
- Submit final files and backup PDF; confirm permissions.
- Event day
- Join 20 minutes early with notifications off and a stable connection.
Recommended 5–7 slide sequence
- 1Assigned question
- 2What the city needs to know
- 3Method or workflow
- 4Evidence / example
- 5Finding or implication
- 6Connection to the other contributors
- 7Recommended next move
Episode-specific speaker briefs
Briefs by episode
Boundaries
Do not use a standard sales deck. Do not attempt a full platform tour. Avoid unexplained acronyms, unsupported savings claims, competitor comparisons, and implying that uncertainty can be eliminated. Never disclose confidential or identifying client information without permission.
Technical standards: 16:9 slides, minimum 24-point body text, high-contrast visuals, minimal animation, alt text or a spoken description for essential visuals, a quality microphone, front lighting, and a PDF backup plus a static image for any live demonstration.
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