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To: LPS5 who wrote (10304)	9/27/2000 8:35:38 AM
From: TraderAlan	Respond to of 18137

LP, There are really two parts to that question <g>. The first is the speaker and the second is the audience. Just got back from Tampa where I did a 5 hour program last Saturday. I didn't do any preparation except to organize my graphics and have a general idea what I wanted to say. For me, if I really love my subject matter, the light just comes on when I begin. There are really two people inside when you start to speak: the one talking and the one observing the performance, crowd interest, etc. That observer feeds me the outline and next topic. "He" also points out when things are dragging or I'm not being clear on what I'm trying to say. The audience side is another animal. I had more folks in NY that any other program this year but they were a tough house. The east coast is a funny place. I like to watch and listen for feedback (do they laugh at my jokes, do I hear rumbling when I say something they don't buy into, do hands go up for questions before the allotted time, etc). Then I adjust based on their response. BTW my ego is most bruised when they don't get my humor. I'm a funny guy...uh...really. <though the venue is obscure> My Tampa program was in a Baptist church. I got the biggest kick out of it (being a Brooklyn-born "lansman") but the locals thought it was natural as pie. Their pastor was very much into day trading and someone you'd go out and party with, I mean if he wasn't a pastor <g>. The atmosphere was so "south". I guess the point being that no two venues are ever alike. And you won't really know the one you're in until you step up to begin your program. Alan