Audio Visual Guidelines

Rob Redenbach is a high-impact, low-tech presenter. 'Death by PowerPoint' is not a feature of what he does. Rob requires three things to engage an audience:

1) A lapel microphone – not a hand-held or fixed.
2) Both the Stage and House lights should be on FULL.
3) An audience!

IMPORTANT: For optimum audience response; don't over-seat the room. If, for example, you are planning on 250 people, set the room for 250 (or slightly less), not 300. It's far better to have every seat occupied rather than empty clusters throughout the audience and an empty front row. Similarly, aim to marry the room size with the size of the audience. For example, if it's a small after-dinner group of 40 guests, arrange for the room to be just large enough to accommodate 40 guests. As a general rule; avoid excess or dead space.

Also, as part of Rob's pre-event preparation he aims to get a clear appreciation of what the audience will be exposed to before and after his session. With this objective in mind, he requests that clients send him a program run-sheet along with biographical summaries of other speakers who'll be presenting at the same event. Like the importance of room size in relation to audience size, this type of attention to detail is part and parcel of making Rob's session as effective and memorable as possible.

MC's Introduction

If your event is going to use an in-house facilitator or a professional MC, the linked Bio works well for introducing Rob to a live audience.