[Provided by a Great Demo!
customer, with a few adds/edits from me…]
I've been to a few of these
things and I think the list of requirements is pretty well defined:
- A fully saturated insecure
hotel guest wifi that almost reaches the middle of the room
- One power outlet per 50
people, located at the sides of the room next to trash cans
- Round tables so that
1/3 of the audience has to spin around in their chairs to see
- Projector with 640 x
400 resolution at 50 lumens (~5 candlepower)
- An ancient
90' VGA cable that has been taped down to provide 3" of
slack at the podium but enough weight to drag a laptop off the side
- Power and projector
cables that run from behind the screen directly in the path of the
presenter (two at least, please), snaking out from underneath the screen
tripod legs suitably oriented to trip the presenter as he/she moves in
front of the screen
- A 200GB pre-configured
VM that should be "downloaded before you show up" but is only
linked in the morning of the travel day
- 135 slides per each
45-minute slot, with the marketing ones at the front of the deck
(mandatory)
- Podium (only) for presenting,
with enough room for a laptop, but not a mouse – matched with a stool
designed for some other purpose (too high or too low)
- Room lighting that washes out
the screen
- AC system with two modes (way
too hot; way too cold)
- Speaker system carefully
positioned to provide maximum feedback “squeal” if the presenter moves
more than 7 mm from the podium…
And, of course, the overall
agenda needs to be over-packed with back-to-back PPT-based presentations
running over-time…
Followed by the bus trip to
the “surprise” team-building event…
That takes place in Orlando…
Any to add?
The team building needs to be on the last day, when everyone is fully alcohol saturated and tired of conversation.
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