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Logistics,
AV Requirements, &
How to Get the Most
From Patricia Fripp's Program
We take
our responsibility to you very seriously. Our goal is to maximize
your investment. To do that, please read the following.
1. Patricia
Fripp is 5'1" and an animated speaker who is always good to
look at. Please do NOT put her behind a lectern or
head table. If the head table is on a riser or a stage, pull
it back from the edge to allow space for Patricia to stand
in front of it.
2. Please
have a cordless, handheld microphone. Patricia prefers
NOT to use a lavaliere microphone.
3.
Please read Patricia's introduction, or keep it fairly close
to the way it is written.
4.
If Patricia is speaking at a luncheon or dinner meeting, please
order a FRUIT PLATE for her unless there is a buffet.
5.
Try to have the group in a fun mood before introducing your
speaker. Sad announcements or moments of silence for a recently
departed friend are appropriate, but not just before introducing
the speaker.
6.
Patricia enjoys and tries to meet as many members of her audience
as possible. She will attend your social events, if requested,
but please do not make arrangements to keep her out late
at night.
7.
To get more maximize your investment in Patricia or any other
speaker, please keep in mind that an extended cocktail party
is not a good start for your audience or any speaker. (See
the article "A Sobering Experience.")
It is not a good idea to have your main speaker the last day
of a conference when everyone has been up very late the night
before.
8.
Awards or extended announcements — either consider
having your speaker first, or give the audience a stretch break
for a couple of minutes before introducing the speaker.
9.
Hotels never think of the following: It is difficult to
build intimacy and rapport if:
- The
audience is not very close to each other, or to the speaker.
- Your
audience are still eating.
- The
entire room is not well lit. (If spotlights are available,
consider them.)
10. For
any size audience, have the audience close to the speaker.
11.
If the door at the back of the room closes loudly, please have
a door stop so that the door will not be a distraction.
12.
If the room is rectangular, this is the recommended room set
up:
13.
SEATING: If the audience's chairs are chevroned rather than
straight rows, facing the stage will be more comfortable.
14. In a meeting room where food is NOT served, if possible,
have tables in front of speaker, not aisles:
15. The eye follows movement, not sound; if photos are to
be taken, never take them during the first fifteen minutes of
the presentation. It will be too much of a distraction for your
audience and speaker. (It is possible to take "posed action"
shots during the break.)
We hope
this will help you. We at "A Speaker for All Reasons" want
to present a first-class program.
Many
Thanks!
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