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: For the Reporters!

[wasthecuteone]

Petra's hand shot up. "What is your plan for achieving world peace?"

She had a zillion of these from the pageant circuit, but she figured she'd start out with an easy one.

Re: For the Reporters!

[hasadestiny]

It involved less supervilliany than it would when he was standing behind one of these for real. "Any realistic plan for world peace can only involve understanding the underlying issues behind various conflicts and putting in the time and resources to fix these core problems. Anything else is merely papering over the cracks."

Re: For the Reporters!

[wasthecuteone]

Well played, Lex, well played. "But what about the children?"

Re: For the Reporters!

[hasadestiny]

"The children are who we're doing it for." Not dirty.