If you want to see how disturbing it must be for a speaker to be in a conference room where 50% of the people do look at their laptops instead of you, be sure to check Rodrigo’s post.
Rodrigo taped and uploaded a video of the audience while he was on stage.

From this point of view I understand better why a speaker can implode on stage… Don’t you?

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