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TAKING A CUE FROM

STAGE MONITORS

f you find yourself on a stage and want to have the freedom to
Imove around (which I would encourage), you will fi nd stage mon-
itors useful.
Stage monitors are essentially flat-screen TVs, usually discreetly

hidden near the edge of the stage from audience view, that make it
possible for you to give your whole talk without prepared text, tele-
prompters, or even physical notes or outline. You can use them as

your own private high-tech cue cards, or they can reflect the entire
presentation, slides and all, in which case, what you are looking at
on the little flat screen at the foot of the stage is also visible simulta-

neously to your audience on the big screen behind you.
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The trick with stage monitors is to try not to let on that you are using
any kind of support system at all. In other words, try not to let the
audience catch you spending a lot of time looking at the edge of
the stage, talking to the fl oorboards.
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