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Organizing your partner and yourself, so you are ready for a speaking event     

Below are the 5 easy tips to getting your partner ready for a speaking event, and I don’t mean just getting the Power Point presentation ready……

1. Its always good to get them in to have a haircut a few weeks before hand, for us its usually two weeks prior, as it allows my partners hair to settle and then I can tidy it up just before his presentation I.E the night before.  Get them to check their nails and facial hair, yes guys that ear and nose hair included!  Girls that means eyebrows and yes some of you have other facial hair that needs attending to!  You just look better if you are clean shaven and well presented.
   
2. Wives, husbands, partners if you are going to be there helping e.g making appointments for people to see your significant other, make sure you have a good diary, that you can write in standing and not have to continually find a table to lean on.  People that are wanting to make appointments don’t want to be running around after you, as you attempt to find something solid to write on. Also have a reasonable amount of knowledge of when you are allowed to make appointments around the event! If your Husband, wife, partner are speaking at an event where there are more speakers, you will probably have to make those meetings either early in the morning before the event starts, in the lunch break or in the evening after the event. You need to be courteous to the other speakers.
3. I can not stress this one enough…. Make sure you have a decent amount of business cards at hand and always take more in your diary or purse.  Even though you don’t think you will need more, you will be amazed what you get through!
4. If you know it is going to be an event that starts at 8am and doesn’t finish till 7pm, take simple easy to eat snacks i.e muesli bars, energy lollies etc so that at least if you are busy all day and don’t get a chance to eat, you won’t get to the middle of the afternoon and feel famished. That will only make you sleepy and not interested in communicating.  Also, most events will provide a bottle of water up on stage for you partner, but always have one in your bag just in case.
5. Lastly and most importantly, make sure that the day before the clothes you are wearing are all clean and ironed, make sure the shoes are polished. A good suggestion is to hang what you and your partner are wearing on the door the night before, so if you are getting up early the next day, you don’t have to mess around with where your clothes are.

To finish, remember to be calm and centered for your partner. They are the ones getting up on stage and if they feel you are nervous, it will rub off on them.