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Meet youraudience as theyarrive.

Meeting your audience as they arrive allows you to do several things: 1) It makes these individuals seem more like people and less like critics; 2) It gives you something worthwhile to do while you’re playing “the waiting game”; and 3) It allows you to check for rotten fruits and vegetables they may have brought.

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