If you’re speaking a new group in a new setting, one way to be prepared is to visit the location ahead of time and take a few pictures.
I’m speaking to a group in the near future and was talking to one of their leaders. She told me that the last speaker went to the wrong location and as a result was late. The speakers topic was “Being Well-Organized.”
I decided to check out the room just to see what lay in store for me. I checked the lighting, table and chair layout, electricity and how I would setup my screen and projector.
One thing I noticed was that the room was not large, so I wouldn’t need any PA equipment. I also noticed that it had good WiFi access, although it was not secure. If you look at the room, I’ll have to either pull the two from tables together for my projector or have another smaller table to put in the middle. For some programs you may not want the screen right in the center, but for this educational program it makes sense.
