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Vegas Conference Speaker Bag I Tell Panelists to Carry
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items LVCC stages and Venetian Expo ballrooms run cold, dry, and late. Your black blazer picks up carpet fuzz, the lav cable tugs a lapel, and your phone dies between the green room and the Q&A. These are the ten things I tell Vegas conference speakers...
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Look stage-ready
Survive the floor walk
Stay powered and close the room
Look stage-ready
Wrinkles, lint, tape, a last look before the walk-on.
Hotel steamers are slow and the green-room iron is broken. Mist the blazer, tug once, walk on. Buy a single; travel size fits the tote.
Downy Light Fresh Wrinkle Releaser - 3 FL oz
Black stage clothes + convention carpet = visible fuzz under house lights. One roll before you hit the riser.
Scotch-Brite Pet Extra Sticky Lint Roller, 95 sheets, 1 Roller
Lapel mic packs and blazer gaps under spotlights. Clear tape; not the wedding-day wardrobe kit.
Fashion Tape Strips | 36 Clear Double-Sided | HFS
Green-room mirrors are fluorescent and far. Quick shine and lipstick check before you walk out. Pick finish; brand ships US.
COMPACT 2.0
Survive the floor walk
New dress shoes + concrete expo floors. Hydrocolloid before the blister opens; not moleskin cut-to-size from the courthouse list.
Band-Aid Brand Hydro Seal Bandages Blister Cushion, Variety Pack 5 Count
Dry ballroom air kills voices by session two. Collapses flat in the tote; fill at the green-room cooler.
SoftFlask™ Speed 500ml
Handshakes, shared clickers, mic handoffs. Travel pump in the outer pocket.
Purell Refreshing Hand Sanitizer - Trial Size - 2 fl oz
Desert AC + ballroom air cracks lips mid-keynote. One stick in the blazer; leave the extras in the suite. Not Neutrogena SPF from the wedding day list.
Chapstick Classic Lip Balm - Original - 3ct/0.45oz
Stay powered and close the room
Phone dies between the green room and the Q&A. Built-in cable so you are not hunting a cord under the chair. Not the PowerCore Redux on the booth kit.
Anker Nano Power Bank (30W, Built-In USB-C Cable)
Coffee breath before you open the mic. Puck fits a blazer pocket; not the gum bottle on the booth list.
Ice Breakers Sugar Free Cool Mint Candies - 1.5oz
Leave cards on the speaker table / book-signing stack so people can take one without asking. Clear acrylic; not the Amazon HSYMQ on the booth kit.
Staples Acrylic Horizontal Business Card Holder (ST63181)
AV forgot the clicker again. Red laser, USB + Bluetooth, fits the blazer pocket. Walk the stage without babysitting the laptop.
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