Podium

The Salutary Speakers Podium is an object in The Sims 3: University Life. It is used by professors in lectures, and also has three notable features. The first is Practice Speech, which builds Charisma. The second interaction is Announce Protest At..., which allows the Sim to start a protest without using the megaphone. The third interaction is to lecture about a skill that the Sim has. This is comparable to the ability to tutor with the Logic skill, though tutoring builds skills more quickly. However, lecturing from the podium can will improve the skills of any Sim in the room. This is because Sims in the area of the podium will listen to the lecture if they aren't currently doing something, though they will eventually get bored with the lecture if it's repeated.