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  • Essay / Evaluation of the external speaker - 572

    The external speaker that I saw took place on Monday, November eleven, two thousand and thirteen, in room one hundred and fifteen of the Saint Ignace Scientific Center. The speaker for this presentation was Tom McDonnell elected CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Throughout McDonnell's speech, he talked about his experience at Rockhurst University when it was all-boys and his life after graduating from Rockhurst and starting his career. I thought the speech was very well organized because I assume he made some very good valid points, and when I say assume I will go into more detail about that later in my article. There seemed to be a clear introduction and body, but I was quite surprised by the conclusion as he seemed to have just finished his speech. Or maybe his conclusion was so long that I just assumed he was part of the body. I also think McDonnell had good transitions, but there were times where his transitions were a little blurry in his speech, so it was hard to tell when he was talking about a new point. I would’...