My first big trip of the 2009-2010 school year took place over the past week with a trip down to Texas and New Mexico. I had been highly anticipating my speech in Texas because it was going to be my 2nd time working with the Texas Association of Student Councils and my first speech in my 10 year career that was geared exclusively to adults/staff advisors. The event was the TASC Annual Student Council and Honor Society Advisors Workshop and with over 400 potential contacts in the room this was about the biggest opportunity I had had since speaking for the National Student Council Conference in Kansas in 2007.
On the Saturday I had a booth set up where I got to mingle with the staff members and chat them up about my workshops, speeches, etc. but then had to back it up with my workshop. I was given a room that held about 70 people and I was blown away by the response, because by the time I began we were well past standing-room only and people had to watch from outside the room. We were breaking fire codes people…and LOVING it!
When the workshop ended, I couldn’t believe the response. Within about 2 hours, I had legitimate offers to come back to Texas 3 times before the end of 2009! One on October 17 for a District Student Council Conference in Dallas, one in San Antonio November 13 and the other for a District Conference in Corpus Christi December 5. It certainly looks like this Canadian will be getting some Texas sun before the year is done!