Program Organizer
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Program Details

Program Date

Enter the names of your speakers with their credentials for each speaker; please list only credentials relevant to program topic per speaker— bio text may be edited for length.
If moderator or host is not confirmed yet, please note that
If your program flow is different than “Introduction + several in conversation for 65 minutes + closing," please specify here.
The maximum capacity of the Small Auditorium is 120; it is 240 for the Taube Family Auditorium; 30 for the Max Thelen Board Room for a discussion group and up to 65 for a lecture program; the Executive Office can be used for small meetings of about 8 people. For programs taking place at the Club headquarters, you must reserve a room on the online room reservations calendar for the date specified. (Room and time allocations are set at quarterly meetings of MLF leaders.) On this form, type "Small Auditorium" or "Board Room" or "Large Auditorium." To reserve the Large Auditorium, please contact the Club program manager by phone at (415) 597-6706 or by email at ahirschfelder@commonwealthclub.org. Please do not select Large Auditorium here without prior permission. If none of the location options is applicable, write the correct location.
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Include name of sponsor or underwriter, along with any sponsored program series names (such as Good Lit)
Will any videos/photos/PowerPoint be used in the program? If so, by whom and when? (Also include it in the run of show, below.) NOTE: Any videos, Powerpoint, photos or slides should be sent to our AV team at least 1 week before the program date.) Include links here for any online videos you want played during your program.
(All on-site panelists will be mic’d with a headset mic unless specified here.) How many microphones are needed? Is a mic needed for the podium, for the Q&A, handhelds? If any mics are needed anywhere in the room besides on the stage (such as for a mic on a stand for audience questions), specify where in the room and when during the program it is needed.
If known at this point, who will be monitoring the YouTube live chat to block unruly comments and commenters and/or to get audience questions? If it is more than one person, list them both. YouTube chat will be disabled unless a chat monitor is assigned.
For video recording or video live streaming of your MLF program, a sponsorship fee of $600.00 is required prior to virtual tickets being made available on the Club website. An audio recording and audio podcast is made of all MLF programs—no fee is required for audio recording. If you wish to video live stream or to have a video recording of your program for posting to YouTube, please supply the NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS, and PHONE NUMBER of your sponsorship billing contact. An email invoice payable by credit card will be sent to this person upon submission of your program.
List the titles and authors of books to be sold at the event. Books are ordered and sold through The Commonwealth Club of California. Relay the details of any book requirements for a program at least six weeks before the program date to the book sales coordinator, Tyler Reed, at treed@commonwealthclub.org. Contact the book coordinator two weeks before your program to confirm that books will be sold.
Add the names of anyone who should be credited for taking or providing photos. For legal purposes, all photos we use must either be in the public domain or be provided by the speakers, their organizations, or in some other way used with permission. Follow the directions at the top of the confirmation email you receive for sending in photos.
Please include additional info that needs to be listed in the event web page's "Notes" section and any information not already included.