Great Public Speaking

AUGUST 24, 2010

You may want to politely remind the program coordinator to consider some of the following points: ROOM SET-UP (Many of these tips work whether food is being served or not) Avoid spacing round tables widely apart in an attempt to fill the available space. A better idea would be to space the tables as close together as practicable (allowing enough room for comfortable waiter and waitress movement). Try to set the head table / speaker area on the long side of the room.

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Head Table 2010 Lectern Room 40

Great Public Speaking

OCTOBER 12, 2011

If you have a head table, a joke on one of the persons up there with you will work. If you tell a joke on someone at the head table and he or she doesn't laugh, the audience will not laugh either. Also, if you have four vice-presidents of a company at the head table and you only tease two, the other two may be offended.

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Speaking Techniques Techniques Head Table 2011 40

Executive Speech Coach

MAY 9, 2012

A rostrum or dais is a larger platform or stage on which a head table might be placed during a formal dinner. Lecterns versus Podiums Many people confuse the words “lectern”, “podium”, “rostrum”, and “dais”.

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Podium Lectern 2012 Platform 52

Speak and Deliver

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Always Dress Like You''ll Be At The Head Table. But the people who left my table with nothing because I didn''t bring enough don''t want to hear that.

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2013 USB Head Table Emcee 79

Speak and Deliver

JUNE 14, 2011

Making eye c ontact in one place vs. another too often may give your audience reason to wonder if you care more about, say, the execs at the head table more than the room as a whole. source: Wikipedia) What Not To Do Do not look over the heads of your audience.

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