Fashion Police alert! Yes, they need to be called from time to time. Especially in the instance of speaking. Always dress for your audience. If you do not dress for your audience, you are going to lose them, appear unprofessional and most likely provide a distraction to every single person sitting in the room. We attend A LOT of events at M Communications and M Com Publishing, and if the speaker is doing something slightly distracting … we notice. So, if you are at an event where everyone is wearing suits – wear a suit. Do not wear a flannel shirt with giraffes all over it that resembles a pillow for a 4 year-old. Do you you think I remotely remembered what the speaker was talking about? Um. No.
