PRESENTER INVITATION

We welcome your presentation at our Palm Users Group (PUG).

Presenters far from our area are often available for our meetings while visiting nearby Palm OS companies, including Acess-Company (formerly PalmSource only 23 mi. away) and Palm Inc. (formerly PalmOne also in Sunnyvale). If it is not possible to schedule your presentation, we are willing to demonstrate products you donate.

Meetings: 3rd Mondays, 7:30-9:30pm, Hayward Adult School, 22100 Princeton Street, Hayward CA.

Advantages of Giving Presentations:

• Free and permanent advertising on our website "Current Meetings" and "Calendar Archives" that will lead customers to you
• members become customers and refer others to your company
• members make knowledgeable suggestions to improve your products or services
• networking with developers, programmers and users
• personal recognition
• increased awareness of your company
• involvement with PC Community the largest and most active computer users group of its kind in the Bay Area

Inviting Other Groups to Your Demonstration

If your products or services also support Win CE. Pocket PC, Microsoft Mobile, Windows, Mac, Linux, OS/2 or other platforms, we invite our other Special Interest Groups SIGs to attend as appropriate. Technology convergence sometimes makes it appropriate to invite our entire parent organization PC Community.

Meetings are equipped with:

• video projector
• large screen TV
• overhead projector
• sound system
• copy machine

Arrangements MUST be made in ADVANCE for all equipment needs.

Prize drawings

• Announcing your donation of products and/or services for our prize drawings will:
• stimulate more interest
• draw a larger attendance
• be greatly appreciated.
• be permanently posted on our web site with links to your business.

Sales specials, discounts, and other promotions are also appreciated.

Discounts for all those who ATTEND the demonstration are offered by some vendors. At the meeting they distribute a CODE for ordering over the internet. Sometimes they will SELL products at the meeting or take ORDERS at a discount price.

Reviews are another way to promote your products or services. We have a special relationship with O'Reilly books. A member can purchase a copy. After they submit a REVIEW, they receive a REFUND for the purchase price. Perhaps, a similar system could work for your products or services.

We are trying to be creative and productive for both your company and our group. Surely, we can do more to promote all your products. Think about it, THEN contact us.

More information is available on our WEB SITE. Be sure to browse through our pages for CALENDAR, DIRECTIONS, and other links.

We are watching for your response.

CONTACT:
Chuck Horner, PCCPUG, President
churck@comcast.net
510/887-2187 Office
510/887-4123 Home
510/589-9677 Cell
MAIL: 28924 Ruus Road, Hayward CA 94544

PRESENTERS - SUGGESTIONS & GUIDELINES

Suggestions for your presentation:

• Topics of interest can cover a wide range of Palm OS subjects. We suggest you browse our CALENDARS of past presentations for ideas.
• Present information regarding products or services not yet available. Our members are enthusiastic about future, cutting edge technologies.
• Discuss an interesting aspect in some Palm OS area.
• Provide information not generally known.
• Most presentations are moderately technical, normally at the system or application level. However, some presentations have focused on business, marketing, strategies, practical applications of technologies and devices, time/project management, accessories, convergence with other technologies and even lifestyle coaching and consulting by using a Palm OS device.
• It is fine to include general information about your company, its market, philosophy, future objectives of the product/application development, approaches considered, challenges, anecdotes, lessons learned, proprietary issues, convergence with other technologies.

Usual Meeting Agenda

• Housekeeping
  • sign-in sheet
  • distribution of raffle tickets
  • restroom locations
  • refreshments available at cost
  • invitation to join the PCC
  • Introduction of new members
• Palm News
• Introduction
• Presentation
• Q&A
• Prize Drawing
• Training as time permits

General Guidlines

An announcement of your presentation is posted on our calendar by our leader, so members have time to review it, come to the meeting with informed questions and invite people with interest. We prefer replacing it with your version.

We encourage you to use all marketing resources at your disposal to promote the meeting like posting a notice on your web site, emails or mailings to your customers.

Time for each presentation is negotiable with our leader. Usually, the majority of the time will be your presentation.

Notes of your presentation are appreciated. We will post them with the other information regarding your presentation as a future reference and a community resource. We prefer an electronic copy of presentation material in Microsoft PowerPoint or Word format. People also appreciate handouts. If making copies of the presentation is a burden, a copy machine is available. We most appreciate beaming your address and notes directly into our devices.

Please offer any suggestions for this page to our leader.