It is inherently ridiculous for me to offer advice on delivering presentations at conferences after having done it a whopping TWO times. But on the other hand, (1) I’ve attended probably hundreds of conference presentations, and (2) my first conference presentation led to a gig as the keynote presenter at my second conference. Here are my five lessons from my experiences: Stop saying “Uh” and “Um.” This is probably the most annoying habit public speakers have. I find it so ut

Spoilers, of course, for Avengers: Endgame and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I am an unabashed comic book nerd. I have been loving life since the original Iron Man movie in 2008, and of course I loved the original Avengers movie from 2012. I was surprised that the iconic rally cry “Avengers Assemble!” never appeared in that movie. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) teased it at the end when Captain America, with Black Widow beside him, began training the Falcon, Scarlet Witch, a