Practical guide

Create a checklist for a session that starts late

A late start needs a smaller verified plan rather than a rushed attempt to preserve every originally scheduled segment.

A late start needs a smaller verified plan rather than a rushed attempt to preserve every originally scheduled segment.

A practical procedure

  1. Confirm essential sound, picture and buying information before opening the audience session.

  2. Identify which products or demonstrations will be shortened, moved or removed.

  3. Give viewers the revised plan and tell the moderator which queued questions still belong to it.

Worked example: a fictional session

A fictional thirty-minute session starts ten minutes late and keeps two complete demonstrations instead of rushing through four incomplete ones.

Check the limits

Starting late does not justify skipping checks on prices, conditions or the audience audio.