Five minutes, twenty slides, a 440 person captive live audience, your big chance, ready? Sell it!   Uh… Sell what?  Your mom? Your brand for a non existent band? A dance routine?  Sexiness?
 
I stand for a few minutes watching the audience and speakers blending in a happy mix of friends as they make their exit.  The room becomes quiet as the film crew puts away gear… As sudden as the audience’s initial explosion of energy, the silence slams down, filling my lungs with the desire to whisper.   I wander up …