The microphone is always heavier than it looks. Four hundred people, one small silence to fill.
You are not there to be impressive. You are there to make a large room feel like a small one.
Hosting a Room of 400 Strangers
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1 noteThe one-friendly-face trick genuinely works. Used it last week in front of 200 people, can confirm.
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