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LARRY GOINS AND SHAUN MCCLOSKEY
whoever is responsible for the audio/video of the event to come up
and change things out beforehand. That way, the person making the
announcements doesn't have to stop what he's doing and make the
changes in the middle of talking, and the speaker won't have to do it
either. It sounds simple, but it makes for a much better meeting.
Remember that some speakers may need multiple types of
technology. They may, for example, need to switch between playing
a video and showing examples from their computer. Make sure all
of this is set up before the introduction. Stopping to change
everything in the middle of the speech will damage the entire event.
Some speakers hinge their entire closing portion of their
presentation on video testimonials, which means both the audio and
video must work correctly.
Internet access is another challenge that may come up. If you're
having a speaker that's selling an internet-based product, and a big
part of his presentation revolves around showing people how his
website works, you must test the internet connection in the room
ahead of time. In addition to making sure you can actually get
internet access in the room, you're going to want to check on the
price of internet at the location of the event as well. A good friend of
mine showed up to do a presentation at a hotel that charged him
$1,000 per day for internet access. It was obviously an unplanned
expense, but necessary in order for him to present his product.
Another speaker friend of mine showed up to give a presentation on
the importance of technology and the internet connection was so bad
that he had to skip 70% of his presentation waiting on each page to
load properly. Not a very good example of how awesome
technology can be!
I can't stress to you the importance of testing each of these things
before the meeting starts to make sure everything will work as it
should. Without trying to come across as negative, you must plan
for the worst-case scenario. Why, you ask? Well, when it comes to
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