Speakers relating to: Humor
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Ellen Bremen
Say This, Not That to Your Professor
Two people have control over your success in any college class: you and your college professor. In classrooms around the country, as professors teach quantum physics, Russian literature, and Western civilization, they rarely teach students the most important lesson of all:
“The way you behave and communicate with me can affect your success in this course and in college.” -
Warren Etheredge
How To Speak To Human Beings:
Step Away From the Computer
In this age of social media, texting, twittering, and facebooking, truly inspiring conversations are becoming harder to hold. From dating to networking to elevator-pitching, too many of us squander opportunities for wisdom, wit, love and profit.
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Dr. Phil Plait
Bad Astronomy
Astronomer Phil Plait talks about Bad Astronomy with a humorous look at popular science myths and misconceptions.
Phil’s latest talk is ‘Where Has Our Curiosity Taken Us?‘ – all about Mars and the Curiosity rover. -
Jennifer Worick
Things I Want to Punch in the Face
Molly Ringwald’s prom dress in Pretty in Pink.
Celebrity baby names. Twenty-minute coffee prep.
People who hog the sidewalk or use excessive punctuation!! Jazz.
Jen wanted to punch them all. That’s when she decided to turn her frown upside down. She created Things I Want to Punch in the Face — a blog, a book, and now a lecture that uses her signature cheeky humor to diffuse her frustrations.
