1. Talks are 5 minutes long, must be accompanied with 20 slides which automatically progress every 15 seconds
  2. There will be 5 minutes after each talk for questions, which Francis or Henry will invite from the audience
  3. To help cover food costs and build a sense of community, we encourage speakers to purchase a ticket for themselves; we do the same
  4. A week or so before the evening speakers must:
    1. Have near-final version of their slides ready
    2. Join an online dress rehearsal for an hour to practise their talk and watch the other speakers practise their talks
  5. Final slides must be submitted to Francis or Henry ****via email or WhatsApp ****in PDF format, by end of the Sunday before the talk
  6. Slides will be published after the event, so the following can be included in them:
  7. Every Land Talks talk gets two pieces of copy written for it by Francis and Henry in the Land Talks house style which, between both parts, communicates the essence of the talk, the:
    1. Title:

      1. Makes the reader stop scrolling

      2. Is comprised of an emoji, then a short intriguing phrase, then a colon, then a plain-English explanation

      3. Minimum 8 words, maximum 14 words

      4. For example:

        🛗 No Lift: How Social Housing Chokes Social Mobility

    2. Hook:

      1. Makes someone book

      2. Is a trailer, not a summary

      3. Minimum 45 words, maximum 65 words

      4. For example:

        Social housing was supposed to loosen the grip of background on destiny. Because it overlooks geography, a different grip tightens: local eligibility rules mean a tenant who moves loses their place in the queue, and a tenancy is worth far more in London than anywhere else. Zach quantifies the chokehold, then asks what would have to change for social housing to actually improve social mobility.