Are you host or guest at your presentation?

What an interesting thought form Sarah Gerschman:

So often we begin a speech by thanking the audience or someone in the audience for asking us to speak. This small (arguably unnecessary gesture) perhaps unknowingly puts the speaker in the mindset of being a guest. The speaker subsequently must ingratiate himself to the “hosts” – the audience.
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