55. If You are Out of Sight, You Might Be Out of Mind
When you are the presenter, you tend to think about the arrangement of the furniture at the front of the room. Do you have a place to put your laptop? Does anything block your access to move around? But don’t forget about the effect that the arrangement of furniture in the room has on your participants.
In some cases, you may not be able to influence or control the arrangement of furniture—for example, if you are speaking in an auditorium where the seats are fixed (Figure 55.1). But in many rooms the furniture can be moved around.
Figure 55.1. Auditorium layout
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