What Do You Want to Be?

On Friday, May 13, 2005, I was invited to speak at Carleton College, a breathtaking private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, as part of their weekly convocation series. The program's stated goal: "provoke thinking and promote discussion outside the classroom on a broad range of subjects." The title of my presentation, based in part on Barman, was "What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?" Here's a flyer, if you're curious.  The website has kindly posted an audio link. It's a 40-minute speech. You may wish to skip the three-minute introduction.  (You may wish to skip it altogether).  Highlights include:

03:09    My credit card number          
09:02    You never know 
24:22    The "Hungry Years" 
27:55    Finding a champion               
28:33    "The Wall of Pain"
30:22    Being shameless                   
32:58    Interviewing tips
34:23    Naysayers                              
35:16    Mentors

Thanks for listening and I welcome your feedback.

Comments

[Stephen M (Ethesis)]

Found the talk useful, linked to it from an essay on my blog.

You know, if your speach is too complete, people can't latch on to a question to ask.

You may want to develop a FAQ and start answering questions from it at the end, which will loosen your audience up so they can join in with questions that go with the others.