At first, I thought it was a good idea to do four presentations on four consective days. After all, they were in the same city (San Antonio) and were either in the Convention Center or the adjoining Grand Hyatt. However, by the time the 4th presentation rolled around I had a head cold and my voice was somewhat raspy. So perhaps it was not such a good idea.
The first presentation was titled “Search for the Wizard of Oz”. I was the luncheon speaker for the National Agricultural Education Summit this past Tuesday. The 2nd presentation was “Searching for the Early Leaders in Vocational Education.” This was a research paper presented to the Association for Career and Technical Education Research. Presentation 3 and 4 was “Live Like You Were Dying: Balancing Work and Family. On Thursday this was presented to the National Association of Agricultural Educators and on Friday the audience was the Association for Career and Technical Education. It was good that I had a strong microphone on Friday.
Just when I thought doing four presentations in a row was a bad idea, I received the following message from one of the attendees. So perhaps I will continue doing a bunch of presentations in a row.
Dear Dr. Moore,My name is xxxxxx. I am in my 7th year teaching, my 9th year of marriage, and just finishing my first year mother. I just want to say thank you for your presentation today. I clearly have not had time to implement all that you presented, but I want you to know you have made and will make a difference in my life and the life of my family. I am going to work on my “homework” on the plane home. I have scheduled a meeting with my husband this weekend to discuss how your workshop will impact our family. I just want to say thank you, I am certain that I will look back at this hour and a half as one of the best investments I’ve made for my professional and personal life.Thank you from the bottom of my heart and from my family.
