During your presentation, be ready to skip over less important visuals and content material as you notice time getting short. Equipment, Software, Network, Phone Lines Test all of your equipment, software, network connections, and phone lines and make sure that they all work together. Make sure electrical, network, and phone cords are solidly connected to their outlets. If using software, be sure to have critical files on floppy in case of damage or loss from the hard disk. Be prepared with alternative plans in case equipment, software, or connection lines fail.
Lighting Find out where light switches are located.
Display one of your visuals and walk around the periphery of the seating area to see the audience's view under different lighting conditions. Identify the best combination of lighting for the audience when you use visuals. If light switches are remotely located from your presentation area, ask a session moderator or audience member to control the lights at your cue. Make sure they have an opportunity to identify switches for each lighting bank and test the switches. Check that you have enough light to read any notes or to use the computer keyboard.