Superstar!
I’m in the final sessions of this conference, and it’s time to present the project we’ve been working on all week. Ours is a proposal for a training program designed to train faculty and staff to implement Outcomes-Based Education for the university we represent, Invent U. Invent U is a large, research-centered organization, and we’re pitching a community-centric training approach that harnesses relationships with local business and industry.
Blah blah blah, you don’t care.
I got elected presenter for my group. I hope I can keep it under 10 minutes. The group that’s going right now has nicer graphics in their Powerpoint than we do, but the presenters are kind of blah. They also didn’t include a budget. Weird. Oh, we’re specifically NOT allowed to include any jokes. Can you imagine? They say it’s not appropriate when addressing such a distinguished audience (the conference organizers are playing the role of university administrators).
Of course you wouldn’t want to say a dirty limerick or something, but I can’t think of hardly any situation where some humor isn’t welcomed. Life without humor? Why bother?
Here, here!
There once was a dean from Nantucket….