I invited John Minster from the DePaul College Republicans for a brief visit to class today so that he can tell you about that organization, allied student organizations, and an upcoming speaker.
I mention this now for two reasons:
When we have a visitor giving a presentation, it’s good professional practice to put our phones and laptops away in order to engage the speaker, out of respect, so please represent and make us look good.
When we have a visitor giving a presentation, it’s good professional practice to have questions ready — it’s conventional for speakers to conclude by asking “do you have any questions?” — and it’s our professional obligation not to let there be just dead air in response. Has that ever happened to you in a presentation? It’s the worst! Consider it a collegial and professional obligation.
Let me know if you’d like to hear from other DePaul student organization representatives — what they do, why they do it, how you can participate:
Or others? There are women’s and men’s Frisbee teams. And dancing.
Wow, Facebook sure has that student-organization segment of the market covered.
Update: Mr. Minster in class this morning:
