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“To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Small Stuff (It’s Worth Sweating) Even when you have a presentation that is beautifully tailored to the audience and you are prepared to deliver it with enthusiasm and skill, you can still be undone by the little things. Experienced presenters know that their preparations for a talk are not complete until they have done their homework on the following items: Logistics Despite having their expectations lowered by a steady barrage of bad presentations, audiences still have some minimum requirements that must be met. They expect to hear your voice and see your visuals without unduly straining their ears and eyes. If they have to take notes, they expect a level surface to write on. And they prefer room temperatures that avoid the arctic and equatorial extremes. Since audiovisual equipment, room setups, and the event-planning expertise of your hosts will vary widely from location to location, it is incumbent upon you to nail down in advance all the details that help ensure a smooth, professional presentation: Room Setup If you want all audience members facing forward with tables in front of them, request “classroom style” seating. If you plan on breaking the audience into smaller discussion groups, round tables (or “rounds” in event-planning parlance) are preferable, and these also provide a level surface for note taking. And if note taking is not essential and you prefer to have the audience consolidated in a more intimate space, then “theatre style” seating (i.e., parallel rows of chairs only) is the setup to request. Light and Sound Rooms with bright lights that cannot be dimmed or windows without shades can ruin presentations that rely on projected visuals. If you use PowerPoint, ask the meeting organizer if either (a) the LCD projector is sufficiently powerful to overcome any level of room lighting, or (b) lights can be lowered to accommodate PowerPoint or similar visuals. By asking in advance, you give the organizer time to shift the location of your presentation, if necessary, or to ensure that the right equipment is on hand. In a similar vein, when addressing enough people to merit a sound system, specify in advance (a) whether you prefer a podium microphone or a wireless clip-on, (b) if you need microphones for audience questions, and (c) whether or not they have backup systems in place should any of the front-line microphones fail to work properly. See Checklists to Go for a detachable summary of this section. pg. 65
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