Saturday, October 24, 2009

Johnny Bunko

This past Wednesday evening I attended the Johnny Bunko event with author Daniel Pink as the guest speaker. He talked about his book, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need. He explained how his book is set up like a Manga comic because when he went to Japan he noticed how popular the comics are and considering how book popularity is decreasing in America, it may draw in more readers. I'm glad he cleared that up with the audience because I'm sure I wasn't the only person who thought that it was an odd approach. He was also humorous at times and tried to involve the audience when appropriate which helped keep my attention. Aside from that, I feel like the seven lessons he presented to us were points that I was already aware of. Some of those points were: don't have a plan set out, tell employers what you can do for them, having persistence, learning from your mistakes, and leaving an imprint. Overall I can say I was satisfied probably just because it was interesting to be able to hear what an author had to say about their own book.

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