253: Presenters, Lose the Vice Like Grip on The Rostrum

<p>Good posture never goes out of fashion.  Standing up straight shows confidence, allows good breath control and projects energy.  Given this is pretty simple, then why is it we get this so wrong when presenting?  The problem is temptations aplenty in the presenting  environment.  The various acting awards or music performance awards are broadcast all around the world, to celebrate people making their living as professional presenters.  Acting is presenting and so is singing, although we do not often think of the performances in that way, but fundamentally that is what these artists are doing. </p> <p> </p> <p>Now this is one group you would expect to do this well.  Yet, we see award recipients murdering their acceptance speeches.  They stand there shoulders curved, hunched over the stand microphone, bending low from the waist to accommodate the tech, rather than the other way around.  These are people who spend an inordinate amount of their time around microphone technology as users.  Yet they seem incapable of mastering this sound dispersal device.  We get a terrific view of the top of their heads, which when we have a bald or balding pate on display, makes the whole experience even more memorable in a bad way.</p> <p> </p> <p>If you are ever in a position like that, where the height of the microphone stand makes the distance from the top of the microphone to your mouth seem too far, then change the scenario.  Actually, hopefully you will have arrived early and will have checked the equipment beforehand so will know if the microphone as already mounted will do the trick or not.  You should have already alerted the organisers to your preferred tech arrangements and because it is going to be an extended presentation, you have requested a hand microphone or a lavalier microphone.</p> <p> </p> <p>Let’s presume you have not had that chance, because it is an award ceremony and your remarks will be brief.  Don’t worry because the solution is devastatingly simple.  Remove the microphone from the stand holder completel