RE: national conferences

["Peter M. Barach, Ph.D." <pbarach@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I would like to know if any of you who have presented
> workshops at national
> or state wide conferences (not supported by public funds) can
> tell me if it
> is customary to request that presenters pay for the rental of
> LCD projectors
> for their own power point presentations.

Several conferences I've attended will provide overhead and slide
projectors, along with a sound system. They then require presenters to
pay for any additional media equipment that may be required. The reason
for this is that hotels charge astronomical fees for this equipment,
which means that conference registration fees could end up being
prohibitively high.
	Why not print out the Powerpoint slides on transparencies and use the
(free) overhead?
	Peter Barach