Re: Shooting CEO on stage telling the company history in a community theater with slideshow

Can't disagree with much of the advice you've been given. However, if your career does hang on this event I think you have bitten off a major task to start it. Tremendous good luck to you. If I may add a few thoughts, in order of priority,

1 get the images of the CEO right, if he doesn't look good, the rest of the shoot can go hang.

2 then get the sound as clean as you can.

3 everything else could be done in post assuming you have access to the slides. If you've only only one camera use the slides to break up the monotony.

4 finally, plan the edit in your mind as you shoot. Make changes to your framing of the CEO quick and clean and plan to hide them behind a slide. A clean change (hidden) is better than a slow zoom interrupted by an unexpected slide change. Be conservative, play safe. Better a good clean programme that's right rather than an attempt at sophistication that goes wrong. Our reputations rest on our recordings, not people's memory of us.

Good luck