Synod Convention: Speaker Information

We request that all speakers (including those NOT requiring A/V equipment) complete, sign, and submit this form. Please submit this form no later than Sunday, June 1, 2025.

Speaker letter*

Please read the speaker letter before filling out this form.

I have read the attached speaker letter.

Speaker Information
A field marked with a red asterisk is required.

Name*

First Last

E-mail*

A confirmation e-mail will be sent to the e-mail provided.

Enter Email Confirm Email

Cell phone*

Please provide your cell phone number so the Synod Convention staff can text you with updates/changes when the convention is in session.

Presentation Requirements
Check all items you require.

Equipment*

I will be using the following in my presentation:

PowerPoint
Internet
Separate video files
Other
None of the above

Microphone preference*

I prefer the following type of microphone:

Lectern
Hand-held
Lavaliere
Headset

Comments*

Presentation Sharing
Delegates will have access to a Delegate Online Resource Center through the convention.

Check all that apply in regard to sharing information with delegates

I do want to share a PDF of my presentation with delegates in the Delegate Online Resource Center so they can follow along as I present it.
I do NOT want to share a PDF of my presentation with the delegates until after I have finished presenting it. I understand that a copy of my presentation will be uploaded to the Delegate Online Resource Center after my presentation is complete.
I will have extra content and resources to share with the delegates during my presentation. These resources will be uploaded into the Delegate Online Resource Center.
I will NOT have extra content and resources to share with the delegates during my presentation.
I am providing a separate version of my presentation for the delegates to use as they report back to their congregations.

Copyright Section
All presentation PDFs will be uploaded to the WELS public synod convention website after they are presented. Because of posting presentations online, we need to have your Internet release on file. Please read the following carefully and initial at the bottom. If you have questions about copyrights or concerns about posting your presentation online, please contact Ann Jahns at [email protected].

Copyright license for submission/uploading of text and images through WELS website*

Presentations (including devotions and sermons) may be posted to wels.net. In an effort to adhere to federal copyright guidelines, you must not only give us permission to post your presentation but also acknowledge that the information contained in your presentation meets the copyright guidelines. Please read and acknowledge the disclosure paragraph below if your presentation can be posted to the website. If you do not acknowledge that you read the terms, we will contact you to discuss what part, if any, of your presentation fits the guidelines.

I acknowledge that I have the legal right (through the right to grant the license/sub-license described herein or through ownership) to submit the text and/or image(s) of which this representation is a part of and that such submission does not violate copyrights, intellectual property rights, or any other rights of any third party. I also acknowledge that I have secured permission from any and all individuals, who may be described or who may appear in the text or image(s), to have their description or image(s) displayed in Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) publications and/or website(s).

Accordingly, I hereby grant a nonexclusive, irrevocable, worldwide, and royalty-free license to WELS to, at its sole discretion, reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute, perform (including by the means of digital audio transmission), and display the text and/or image(s) in WELS publications and/or web site(s).

I acknowledge that I have read the copyright terms.

Privacy & Permission

Data Privacy & Permission*

I AGREE with the terms of the WELS Privacy Policy.

NOTE TO EU CITIZENS, RESIDENTS, TOURISTS, AND OTHER PERSONS TEMPORARILY IN THE EU:

By submitting this form you consent to any and all information you provide and submit via the site being sent to the United States of America. The United States has not sought nor received a finding of “adequacy” from the European Union under Article 45 of the GDPR. WELS relies on derogations for specific situations as set forth in Article 49 of the GDPR. You are also informed that the United States presently does not have an adequate level of personal data protection as determined by the European Commission’s adequacy decision on October 6, 2015 (case c-362/14) and articulated in the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation and has not received a similar designation of adequacy by any other foreign data protection authority. You agree to the transfer of your data and personal data to the United States, however, to be used in accordance with WELS Privacy Policy.

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