0 a raised area on which a person stands to speak to a large number of people, to conduct music, or to receive a prize in a sports competition: --
1 a small, low box or stage that someone stands on in order to be seen by a group of people, esp. to speak or conduct music: --
Without a word, she walks towards the podium.
She steps up to the podium and announces the next piece they will be playing.
Inside the chamber, the presiding officials are seated behind a massive bench which rests on an elevated podium.
This provides a new unifying element to the podium block.
Despite our different conducting personas on the podium, we still sought to express a shared vision for the ensemble.
There is a central 'path' with stairways -anking it on both sides in the centre of the podium.
Another possibility is that the leader sat or stood on a podium, though this would suggest he had his own desk.
This daylight arrangement permitted the original architect to make only small slot-like openings in the external walls for viewing the valley and the estate podium.
