gatorfisch:

A listener isn’t just someone is sitting in the audience in the traditional sense! The “listeners” at this event are an integral and active part of the process towards understanding, communication and facilitation. The listeners work collaboratively with the invited speakers and guests to absorb and understand their messages and become ambassadors to help spread their unique knowledge. But, hey, Haters don’t want to accept this because then their jealousy and anger towards Sophie would be fully exposed for what it is. There’s nothing wrong with this event at all EXCEPT Sophie is part of it. If it weren’t for that, Gator would be falling all over herself praising it! But Haters got to hate… what else is new? And that is the very DEFINITION of a Philistine, my friends!

Oh, now I can’t wait to hear how it goes! But my point still stands.

The point being that you don’t have one. You do realize anyone in the audience can do that right? Actively listening, taking notes and passing the word along is something you learn to do in Primary School. So the indigenous speakers aren’t worthy enough ambassadors of their own cause? They can’t do Q&A? OP is a simpleton who eats marketing malarky meant to flatter the indolent by the trough full. It’s so blatant even Enty figured out Sophie Hunter’s stupid little PR game and called her out on it. It’s impossible to praise or to be jealous of trash BTW.