Work the Crowd: Read the Room Like a Comedian to Improve Audience Engagement, with Lisa Lampanelli, ComedianConnecting with an audience, as any comic knows, means reading that audience. It’s energetic improv in real time—you need to notice who’s engaged, what’s engaging them, and build on that. It’s no different in a presentation, job interview, or staff meeting. Working the crowd is a powerful way of getting everybody on board.