9th July 2015

Being An Event Host – Tip No. 64 – The Green Room

Following on from the last tip about briefing meetings, I’d like to point out the importance of meeting speakers and other presenters in the green room.

If you’re unable to contact a speaker, or their representative before an event, catching up with them in the green room can prove useful. One can go over any last minute changes to the running order, what ought to be added or removed from their speech and from what side they should approach the stage…..now this maybe ok with experience speakers but it is something you should avoid with those who are making a debut performance.

Sometimes, you can even rehearse some banter…this was the case with Claude Littner from BBC1 ‘s The Apprentice – and I wasn’t fired!