Setting the Stage for a Great Audience Experience

Great presentations are a partnership between the speaker, event team, and venue. These guidelines help ensure Bridgette can focus on what matters most—connecting with and serving your audience.

We recognize that venues and organizations have different capabilities. If any of these requirements present a challenge, please let our team know in advance. We’re happy to work with you to identify an appropriate alternative.

Presentation & Display

Bridgette’s presentations typically incorporate Microsoft PowerPoint slides and are designed for widescreen presentation.

Please provide:

• Projection screen, LED display, or other presentation display appropriately sized for the audience and room

• 16:9 widescreen presentation capability

• Laptop or presentation system capable of running Microsoft PowerPoint

• Wireless presentation remote/clicker allowing Bridgette to control slide advancement

• Appropriate audio connection to the room sound system when presentation content includes audio or video

Final presentation files can be provided to the event AV team in advance for testing and integration into the event program.

Presenter View / Confidence Monitor

A confidence monitor, floor monitor, or other presenter-view display is strongly preferred.

Ideally, the monitor should provide PowerPoint Presenter View, including:

• Current slide

• Next slide

• Speaker notes

• Presentation timer, when available

This allows Bridgette to remain connected with the audience rather than turning toward the main presentation screen. Confidence/presenter monitors are a common professional-speaker request for precisely this reason.

Microphone & Audio

Bridgette is an active speaker who moves throughout the presentation area and engages directly with the audience.

A wireless lavalier microphone is preferred so that she can speak and move naturally while keeping her hands free.

Please provide:

• Wireless lavalier/lapel microphone

• Professional room sound system appropriate for the audience size

• Backup wireless microphone when available

• Separate microphone for audience Q&A when the session includes Q&A or audience participation

A fixed podium microphone is not appropriate for Bridgette’s presentation style.

Stage & Presentation Space

Bridgette is not a podium speaker.

She prefers to move naturally throughout the presentation, engage with different areas of the audience, and use the available space as part of the experience.

If the room is traditionally configured around a podium or lectern, please provide a clear, safe presentation area that allows movement away from the podium.

Please ensure:

• Adequate unobstructed space for movement

• Cords, monitors, furniture, décor, stairs, and other equipment do not create trip hazards

• Appropriate lighting across the usable presentation area—not only at the podium

• Clear sightlines between Bridgette and the audience

• If a podium is required for other presenters, it may remain on stage provided sufficient presentation space remains available

For elevated stages, safe stairs and handrails should be provided where appropriate.

Internet Access

Please provide reliable high-speed internet access for presenter use.

Internet access may be used for interactive presentation elements, audience engagement, live resources, or other program components.

Network access information should be available during the pre-event technical check.

Audience Materials

Many Bridgette Chambers workshops incorporate participant resources designed to help attendees engage with the content and continue applying what they learn after the session.

When presentation materials or workshop handouts are provided in advance, please arrange for printed copies in a quantity appropriate to the anticipated audience size.

Our team will coordinate with the event contact regarding the appropriate materials and recommended quantity before the event.

Unless otherwise agreed, presentation slides and copyrighted workshop materials should not be reproduced, distributed, published, or posted online beyond their intended use for the engagement.

Technical Check

Whenever possible, please provide an opportunity for a brief AV and stage check before the audience enters or before Bridgette’s scheduled presentation.

This allows Bridgette and the event team to confirm:

• Microphone and audio levels

• PowerPoint display

• Presenter/confidence monitor

• Slide advancement

• Internet connectivity

• Stage layout and safe movement

• Lighting

• Q&A or audience-participation logistics

For larger productions, please introduce Bridgette or a member of her team to the event’s AV lead or stage manager during this check.

For Larger Events

For conferences and larger audiences, we appreciate the event production team’s recommendations regarding additional screens, cameras, IMAG/video reinforcement, audience microphones, timers, and other production elements appropriate to the venue.

Our team is happy to coordinate directly with your production or AV team in advance.

One Simple Request

Our goal isn’t to make production complicated.

It’s to create an environment where Bridgette can spend less time thinking about technology and more time connecting with your audience.

If your venue cannot accommodate one or more of these requests, just let us know. We’ll work together to find a solution.