I've been to my fair share of conferences, and one thing that always happens is there's a clique of us relatively talkative types (I suppose as speakers, we tend to feel empowered), and a whole lot, and I mean a whole lot of very quiet and reserved fellows, looking like Ed Sheeran queueing up to meet Ed Sheeran.
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They'll have the swag, they'll have the laptops, and they'll be in every talk's audience, but getting them to take a step forward and say the first word will be almost impossible. If you're one of these introverts, I feel you. I used to be just like that. In many scenarios I still am, and as far as I know, there's still no definitive cure. Sometimes, the major deterrent is apparent expertise of the person you don't dare talk to (almost always fake - everyone you ever meet will know something you don't), sometimes it's just general awkwardness (/me raises hand), but it usually ends with cliques being formed and all the introverts being largely left behind.
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