Thank you for agreeing to speak with AHP. Your willingness to share best practices is important to the AHP community and furthering health care development. Here you will find general information about speaking at an AHP event.
Speaker Policies
To ensure a successful experience as a speaker please review the information below about the terms of your speaking engagement.
- AHP does not pay for travel expenses or speaker fees.
- AHP asks that you register for the conference if you are planning on attending the conference beyond your own session (registration is not complimentary).
- AHP requires that your presentation and materials be your own original work or have obtained any necessary copyright permissions.
- AHP requires that if you are an industry partner that you co-present with a development professional.
- AHP does not allow sales pitches or self promotion in their presentations. Content should be based upon a relevant topic, concept or idea, not a product or service.
Handouts: Providing resources in your session
AHP highly encourages speakers to provide a handout during his/her session. The sessions is often evaluated not only by the expertise of the speaker but also on the availability of handouts or shared resources. What constitutes a handout?
- A copy of your powerpoint/keynote/prezi presentation
- A resource from your organization that can be used as a tool for an attendee that demonstrates what you are teaching about
- A summary of your presentation
Please check the Speaker Agreement for your specific conference to find deadlines for submitting handouts to be archived on the AHP website. If received by the designated deadline, AHP will post the handout online for AHP attendees to download to their tablets, smart phones or print a paper copy. We encourage speakers to bring paper copies with them to their session if they do not meet the deadline.
Speaker Agreements
Please review the speaker agreement for your conference and return a signed copy to AHP by email at meetings@ahp.org or by fax at (703) 532-7170.
2012 AHP Canada Regional Conference, April 29-May 1, Calgary, AB
2012 AHP Midwest Regional Conference, May 6-8, Cincinnati, OH
2012 AHP Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, May 17-19, Alexandria, Va.
2012 AHP Rockies & Southwest and AHP Southeast Regional Conference, June 3-5, San Antonio, TX
2012 AHP Pacific Regional Conference, June 10-12, 2012, La Jolla, CA
Should you require more information about your speaking engagement please contact meetings@ahp.org and the staff liason for the meeting can assist you. Thank you for your time and dedication to the AHP community and furthering best practices in health care philanthropy.