Dave Bowman, Professional Speaker?

I had the dis­tinct plea­sure of speak­ing to about 250 col­lege fresh­man at the Uni­ver­sity of Day­ton last night. I was cho­sen by the Uni­ver­sity to come in and speak about a career in mar­ket­ing. Imag­ine the stu­dents’ sur­prise when they learned that their speaker on career advice was unem­ployed. We had a lot of fun with that. It was actu­ally a great event. I was very frank and hon­est with the group, and I think they appre­ci­ated it. I tried to con­vey to them that even though the pro­fes­sional world is full of change and uncer­tainty, it is also extrememly reward­ing and chal­leng­ing. The core of my mes­sage was to focus on doing what you love, don’t be afraid to take risks, and have fun in col­lege, in busi­ness, and in life. I have to come back and speak again in April. I am hop­ing that I will be able to change my slides to include my new job, what­ever that may be. Pro­fes­sional speaker on the lec­ture cir­cuit? Prob­a­bly not just yet, but I can tell you that I can’t wait until April when I get to speak again. Thanks to Irene Dickey and Den­nis Kairis for extend­ing the invitation.