The thing about being the events coordinator for the student organization center is that I have to pretend to know things that I often don’t (well, that’s life, sometimes, too …). More often than not, though, I force myself to be a little versatile by doing some readings and making connections to groups that I hadn’t known existed previously.
What have I done recently? (… that has detracted from my posting here, admittedly) I’m working on spring programming. In 48 hours, I pulled together a talk by the first woman to be named a Harvard University Professor, on her area of expertise. Note that I know very little of poetry … writing an effective blurb on a speaker you’ve never met, on a topic you haven’t studied, to an audience with which you don’t usually interact – well, it’s quite difficult. I’m more nervous for this event (occurring in February) than I am with most others.
But I’m simultaneously trying to help plan for some more high-profile speakers: think on the level of the Dean of the College. I’ll refrain from naming people, but again, out of my area of expertise …
I’ve also been looking into getting a music speaker (we’ve invited her already), another chemistry/science speaker (in the process of inviting), a history/psychology speaker (already invited), a moral reasoning/history/cultural speaker (already invited/confirmed) …
It’s fun, though, because I get to interact with a ton of student groups on campus and get to know people who are really passionate about what they do – even if it’s something I hardly know about.
That said, I hope I’m not marketing these types of things incorrectly …
