By Gini Dietrich

When I was at Counselors Academy last month, the luncheon the first full day was called 52N.

Going into it, all I knew is my friends – Roger Friedensen, Martin Waxman, Darryl Salerno, Bret Werner, and Abbie Fink (representing the women!) – were all presenting.

With a plate full of fresh fruits, veggies, and salad, I sat down next to Abbie and asked her what to expect. She said, “Expect me to cry.”

(And cry she did…and so did everyone in the audience. But we’ll come back to that in a minute.)

Set up like an Ignite presentation, they each had five minutes to go through 20 PowerPoint slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds.

That means you have to speak in 15 second soundbites and not let the slides get ahead of you. If they do, you have to quickly get yourself caught up. (more…)