Room setup and requirements for Peter are very simple:

After speaking to 270,000 appreciative listeners, Peter has discovered some ideas for room set up that will add to the quality of any meeting. You'll get positive, enthusiastic responses from your audience by using some or all of these room setup principles. Keep in mind: Peter does not require that you do any of these. We are adding them here for whatever value they may be to you, the meeting planner. If you have questions about any of them, please contact Peter:

1. A raised platform high enough to give audience members a clear, unobstructed view of Peter during his presentation.
2. A wireless, hands-free microphone.
3. Use speakers in the front, middle and rear of the audience.
4. If recording, put microphones in the audience to pick up audience response.
5. Use additional light sources for presenter. Studies have proven that when the presenter is illuminated more than the audience, listeners can hear better and are less distracted.
6. Do not overset the room. If you are planning on 200 people, set the room for 200 (or fewer), not 250. It is better to have every seat taken than large empty spots throughout the audience and an empty front row.
7. If the room is rectangular, set the stage area in the middle of the long wall--not on the short end. It is better to have an audience wide than deep.
8. Ask attendees to turn off pagers, phones and other possible alarms before beginning.
9. Use a dark backdrop--the face of the presenter is accentuated against it.
10. Use music in your program.
11. Do not use a center aisle (prime viewing space), rather use two smaller aisles on either side of the center.
12. Stagger the chairs. Don't put one chair directly behind the other. If you stagger each row, audience members won't have someone's head right in front of them to block the view.