Too much movement can be dangerous tough. If you move around a lot, it can be distracting, and it makes you seem nervous. Everything is best in moderates.
You just caught me. Or I caught myself while watching this vid. While being the Gamemaster of various Roleplaying games I stand up and/or stumble or walk about while playing the NPC's.
Instead of 'gripping' the table... Being mobile helps indeed..
And thank you for using the word "lectern" rather than "podium." Some people (and some dictionaries) want them to be interchangeable. I am not one of those people.
From author and Toastmaster John Stesney, CTM. Nova Toastmasters, District 52:
[bracketed comments are mine]
A lectern is "a reading stand for a public speaker." [From Latin, "legere," which means "to read."]
A podium is "an elevated platform for an orchestra conductor, lecturer, etc." [Also seen at the Olympics when athletes receive their medals.] [From Latin, "podus," meaning "foot."]
(The definitions are from the American Heritage dictionary.)
Thanks. So, is the differentiation because of the form of the object? I read those definitions and some of it seemed interchangeable, so something else has to differentiate them than just their purpose.
Too much movement can be dangerous tough. If you move around a lot, it can be distracting, and it makes you seem nervous. Everything is best in moderates.
AFnord 2 years ago
Hey Scott
You just caught me. Or I caught myself while watching this vid. While being the Gamemaster of various Roleplaying games I stand up and/or stumble or walk about while playing the NPC's.
Instead of 'gripping' the table... Being mobile helps indeed..
grtz!
X0oMALKAVo0X 3 years ago
And thank you for using the word "lectern" rather than "podium." Some people (and some dictionaries) want them to be interchangeable. I am not one of those people.
injectthevenom 3 years ago
So, help the rest of us out. What's the difference?
nutherefurlong 3 years ago
From author and Toastmaster John Stesney, CTM. Nova Toastmasters, District 52:
[bracketed comments are mine]
A lectern is "a reading stand for a public speaker." [From Latin, "legere," which means "to read."]
A podium is "an elevated platform for an orchestra conductor, lecturer, etc." [Also seen at the Olympics when athletes receive their medals.] [From Latin, "podus," meaning "foot."]
(The definitions are from the American Heritage dictionary.)
injectthevenom 3 years ago
Thanks. So, is the differentiation because of the form of the object? I read those definitions and some of it seemed interchangeable, so something else has to differentiate them than just their purpose.
nutherefurlong 3 years ago
The differentiation is actually in the use of the object. The latin helps to clarify that.
A lectern is what a speaker uses to hold a book, notes, etc., that he or she is reading. A podium is a platform a speaker stands on.
A lecturer would not necessarily even use a podium; he would be on a flat stage and use the lectern to hold his notes.
It seems the most common use for podiums today is during award ceremonies, where there is a three-tiered podium for first, second and third place.
injectthevenom 3 years ago
Thanks, Scott. I never considered using motion to assist in my Public Speaking. Good video.
Genkaiman 3 years ago