I’ve had to speak publicly over the last couple of years…actually, throughout the last decades…most recently, throughout the last week.
And it’s never that easy…
Picturing you all naked, wearing black socks…as Dr. Fraser Crane suggested in a Cheers episode over a decade ago…is a little terrifying…
But I think I can do this. Found eye bleach on Amazon…j/k
One of my benefits, maybe even charms..is being able to talk.
It’s also one of my detriments…a lot of people would prefer to flee the conversation once gets going.
I get it.
However…this Tuesday, I have a relatively captivate audience…and believe it to be a full house, 200(ish) in attendance, in person…up to 100 allotted in my zoom.
Making this a little more daunting…I’m a lot off of my game.
Today…I took a few hours to assemble a formatted presentation, some 30+ pages of information and statistics…
And it’s not a lot of great news…not even a lot of what you haven’t read throughout my substacks.
But even in my current haze, I think I’ve put a good flow together.
And it’s kind of exciting.
Most times when I do these things, it’s between 15-45 minutes.
Most times when we do our townhalls, it’s 3+ hours.
And…as the only speaker of the night, I need to bring out my ‘A Game’!
Now…I’ve been thing through the logistics of this as well as the constraints of Zoom…where if I do everything via shared screen, it degrades the quality of content to all.
So, I’m not doing this.
What I will do…as per our standard townhalls…post a reminder on Tuesday morning, one more on Tuesday around 5:00 PM MST, a 30 minute reminder…and then, 7 pm, when the show starts, I’ll post the entire presentation I am doing.
This way, there is no shared screen…you’ll have a downloadable copy of what I am going to cover…can follow along or even share the information moving throughout and forward.
The meeting will NOT be recorded, due to anonymity concerns by both those in house and those on the zoom…but again, the information will be publicly served for your sharing opportunity.
I’d like to see a good turn out…but appreciate that you may have better things to do on a Tuesday than listen to me prattle on.
In addition to this, I’m trying to do a Podcast with Drew Weatherhead this week, still want to have a conversation about:
And plan on being fully shitfaced over the weekend for my 50th Birthday.
While still hopefully being able to plan an event with Dr. Alex Vasquez for sometime this month…
And still loop back with OpenVaet and GeoffPainPHD.
In addition to this…and because Senate has already given Bill C-11 a thumbs up, still want to loop in a techie to help run you through VPNs.
I’m already 2 weeks behind on content - current…
Still under the weather…
But think that I can still drive this all home.
So…for right now…2 questions.
Are you able to attend Tuesday evening?
Should we meet for a beer for my 50th, in Calgary - include in the zoom crowd on like Thursday?
And where do we go from here?
It’s the shortest month of the year, could be the most impactful.
Looking forward to us doing our thang…and keeping the conversations open and driving a full-house throughout!
Planning on participating via Zoom. Beer afterwords sounds great but unfortunately I'm in BC. Wishing you a great 50th this weekend. Don't celebrate too hard as you will pay dearly for it in the days after.
Happy Birthday Sheldon - I'll be celebrating my birthday this weekend too! 69th for me!