A visit to Virginia Commonwealth
I spent a very nice morning at Duke University. Excuse me, I mean Virginia Commonwealth University. (I get those two mixed up these days. :) )
It was a day-long seminar for the VCU chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Also on the schedule were folks from Washingtonpost.com and The Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Only five students attended my session — essentially it was an updated version of my standard Graphics for Word People presentation. But the five were very attentive. They laughed at all my lame jokes and treated me like a special guest. You gotta love Southern hospitality.
What made this particular gig so special: I had my Mom with me. My mother and her husband, George, are visiting from Texas. So I hauled them up to Richmond with me today.
Therefore, for the first time ever, I have photos of me teaching a session. Naturally, I’m burning to share them…
The show begins
This is called a locator map. Say it with me: Lo. Cay. Terr. Map…
Only five folks showed up. But they were very nice to me.
The main question afterward was about internships.
Mom checks out the spelling errors in my handouts.
It was a good warmup for the IFRA workshop next week in the Philippines, where I’ll be appearing with Peter Ong, Tonia Cowen of the Toronto Star and National Geographic’s Kris Viesselman. I’ll try to blog about it, but I’m not quite sure how the time will work out in Manila.