Lizzy McFly

As I mentioned in my previous blog, I was asked to be a guest speaker at the Women in Aviation conference in Mississauga this weekend.  I was really looking forward to it.  I heard they always have a great turn out.  Mike and I arrived just after 1:00.  I presented at 3:00.  Neither of us likes to run at the last minute, which is quite nice!  We listened to the last part of one presentation, then stayed for another one.  We were in a large room upstairs in the hotel.  At 2:45, Mike and I were led downstairs to the room where I would give my talk.  I’m not sure if it was the fact that I was presenting concurrently with another presenter, it was the last presentation of the day or people just weren’t interested.  Only about ten people came to my session.  Needless to say, the turn out was quite disappointing.  On a bright note, the folks who attended seemed very interested during the whole presentation.  They were very attentive and I received quite a few laughs.  Go figure, I was silly at points.  Most came up to speak with me and/or take one of my cards at the end of the talk, which was really nice.  I’m glad I was able to present, despite the small crowd.