Public Speaking, Tuesday, January 8, 2013

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"Hey there," Josh said, standing behind a rostrum at the front of the room. "I'm Josh Lyman. You may all be suitably impressed now."

Yeah, it never worked in Fandom, but a guy's gotta try, right?

"Before I returned in glory to Fandom High School to teach you fine students, I was the Chief of Staff to President Matt Santos," he continued, "and before that I was the deputy chief of Staff for President Josiah Bartlet, and before that, I worked for various House and Senate members on the Hill. And before that, I got degrees from Harvard and Yale."

Be impressed, dammit!

"And in all of those places the ability to be articulate in front of large groups was absolutely crucial," Josh added. "If you can't make your point in a way people'll remember, there's no point in you even being in the room. This class will teach you how to be remembered."

He reached onto the shelf on the rostrum and pulled out a bullhorn, then tossed it to the nearest student. "And the first part of being remembered is making a good first impression. You each have fifteen seconds to get me to remember your name. Go."

Comments

Re: Introductions [1/8]

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

"Jessica Drew, junior. You've already called me out as needing your class on radio and, fortunately, I had already signed up, although I do think the criticism was based on a lack of specific information since I actually had some solid - if weird - conversations that night. Finally, I wanted to use my full fifteen sec..." She paused for about a second and a half. Because while she'd said plenty, she spoke quickly enough to have a very small amount of time to spare. "...onds."

Re: Introductions [1/8]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"Oh, right--stabbing girl," Josh recalled. "You're a lot less Goth than I'd pictured."

Re: Introductions [1/8]

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

"Would it help if I said that existence is bleak and the world is a shroud of nothingness?" Jessica asked. "I mean, I don't believe it and I'm not even sure what that would mean, but if the point right now is to get you to remember my name (Jessica Drew), it probably couldn't hurt."

Re: Introductions [1/8]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"It helps a little," Josh admitted.

Re: Introductions [1/8]

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

"In that case, consider my soul to be a raven, swooping about the tumbled plains of hopelessness or something," Jessica requested.