#75: Get a microphone and get people to use it

If you have a large program space, get a microphone and make using it the default for big programs. Try and get something that is easy and convenient for presenters, so they aren’t tempted to avoid it. Asking “Can everyone hear me okay without the mic?” when you clearly don’t want to use it encourages people who are hard of hearing not to speak up in order to avoid drawing attention to themselves and being the one who ‘makes’ the presenter have to do something they don’t want to do.