Speaker Essentials: A checklist for smooth presentations

If it hasn’t happened to you already, it will.

There will be a day when something goes amiss at your speaking gig:

  • The tech fails
  • You have a wardrobe malfunction
  • The room set up doesn’t work
  • You get lost en route or traffic delays you

Virtual presentations have their own set of potential pitfalls to plan for. (Though they’re still a win in many ways.) And we’ve grown accustomed to them. So much so that we may have forgotten how to prepare ourselves for in-person speaking engagements. One of the best ways to ensure things go smoothly—every time you speak—is to create a routine or a list to follow.

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