Consider the situation of your presentation:
- Is it formal or informal?
- Will the audience have just finished eating, drinking, working, or doing something active? Will they be tired or alert? When was the last break?
- Who speaks before you? Who comes after you? How might this affect audience reaction?
- Are you the first or last speaker of the program? The day? The morning or afternoon?
- Are you expected to take questions or leave copies of your presentation?
- How much time do you have for the presentation? How can deliver your message on time?
- Will the physical setting of the presentation require you to adapt your talk?
- What control do you have over the physical environment?
Tim
