Comments on: Venues again… http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2009/11/12/venues-again/ hints, tips and articles ~ to help the impact your presentations make Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:13:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Simon Raybould http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2009/11/12/venues-again/comment-page-1/#comment-176615 Simon Raybould Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:54:20 +0000 http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/?p=460#comment-176615 Hi Olivia - here we use Gaffa tape, not Duct Tape, but the principle is the same. I work as a theatre lighting designer some times and find that the best thing to tape over offending lights is some dark blue lantern gel. It works better than paper, unless you use it heavily folded (and besides, it's pretty much head proof). Nice addition - I'm always amazed at the number of venues which don't have cable covers (they're a legal requirement here) and haven't got any way of making power leads safe!!!! S Hi Olivia – here we use Gaffa tape, not Duct Tape, but the principle is the same.

I work as a theatre lighting designer some times and find that the best thing to tape over offending lights is some dark blue lantern gel. It works better than paper, unless you use it heavily folded (and besides, it’s pretty much head proof).

Nice addition – I’m always amazed at the number of venues which don’t have cable covers (they’re a legal requirement here) and haven’t got any way of making power leads safe!!!!

S

]]> By: Olivia Mitchell http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2009/11/12/venues-again/comment-page-1/#comment-176614 Olivia Mitchell Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:50:02 +0000 http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/?p=460#comment-176614 Duct tape and blu tack are essential in our kit. As well as taping down extension cords, can us the duct tape to tape flipchart paper over lights shining on the screen. Olivia Duct tape and blu tack are essential in our kit.

As well as taping down extension cords, can us the duct tape to tape flipchart paper over lights shining on the screen.

Olivia

]]> By: Jonathan from Speechmastery.com http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2009/11/12/venues-again/comment-page-1/#comment-176519 Jonathan from Speechmastery.com Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:10:06 +0000 http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/?p=460#comment-176519 And don't forget to turn off your phone. I will have a partner to call me just as I am starting the presentation. Then answering it, I say, This is my partner and they wanted me to remind everyone to set their phones so that they will not disturb anyone, kind of like this right now. And don’t forget to turn off your phone. I will have a partner to call me just as I am starting the presentation. Then answering it, I say, This is my partner and they wanted me to remind everyone to set their phones so that they will not disturb anyone, kind of like this right now.

]]> By: simon http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2009/11/12/venues-again/comment-page-1/#comment-176493 simon Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:27:11 +0000 http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/?p=460#comment-176493 Good points - and based on yesterday's personal experience.... will the lights turn off in 'sensible' ways? That is, not take the whole of one side of the room, rather that take out the very front, if you see what I mean! Good points – and based on yesterday’s personal experience…. will the lights turn off in ’sensible’ ways? That is, not take the whole of one side of the room, rather that take out the very front, if you see what I mean!

]]> By: Rick Pillars http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2009/11/12/venues-again/comment-page-1/#comment-176452 Rick Pillars Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:15:54 +0000 http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/?p=460#comment-176452 Audio. Is the room big enough to need to use voice amplification? If so, is there a microphone just at the podium? Or will there be a wireless lavaliere? Will there be fresh batteries in the wireless mic? Will there be an AV tech in the room? Projection. Will the VGA cable be run straight from the podium to the projector? Or will it run to a tech station somewhere else where a an AV tech controls it? Will there be a VGA cable run to the podium for people who just have to have their notebook on the podium? Lighting. Often a big ballroom can be separated into several smaller rooms using a series of movable airwalls. Will somebody have had the foresight to separate the lighting controls? Audio. Is the room big enough to need to use voice amplification? If so, is there a microphone just at the podium? Or will there be a wireless lavaliere? Will there be fresh batteries in the wireless mic? Will there be an AV tech in the room?

Projection. Will the VGA cable be run straight from the podium to the projector? Or will it run to a tech station somewhere else where a an AV tech controls it? Will there be a VGA cable run to the podium for people who just have to have their notebook on the podium?

Lighting. Often a big ballroom can be separated into several smaller rooms using a series of movable airwalls. Will somebody have had the foresight to separate the lighting controls?

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