The more people who show up for your presentation, the louder you have to talk. This is because the people are talking to each other about you and not about what you are saying. They discuss that during the breaks. You have to get the attention of your audience off yourself and back on the presentation. The best way to do this is to hire a stripper to change the slides for you. The audience will pay more attention to the slides and their questions will be about the stripper. At any rate, their attention will be off you and your audience will be eager for your next presentation. —Ray Newkirk