Word: emerson
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...trying to think, ‘What could I do based on my experience and who I know to give to the student community?’” Emerson says. “I came up with this idea—’Conversations with Kirkland’—which would bring in distinguished and accomplished people from politics, arts, the media, and business for students to have truly an informal conversation...
More than simply draw luminaries to campus, Emerson teaches students how to engage with the guests...
According to Emerson, the first speaker—former Senator Gary W. Hart—was a hit. What was most amazing, Emerson asserts, may not have been the effect that Hart had on the students, but the effect that the students had on the Senator. “In the course of his conversation, he suggested something that he had decided and a student challenged him—said, ‘Senator, I don’t think that is right.’” Emerson recalls. “He paused and said...
Before making an appearance, each speaker in the “Conversations with Kirkland” series is asked about his or her interests; Emerson arranges a meeting with a Harvard faculty member in that field as a partial compensation for the speaker’s time. Rosanne Cash, Johnny Cash’s daughter, spoke fondly of the experience of meeting her favorite all-star professor. “I had a private meeting with Dr. Lisa Randall and asked her all the questions about theoretical physics I have been storing up for years,” she says...
Reflecting on his successes as an event planner, Emerson emphasizes his theory that sending an invitation is almost always the first step. Sometimes the speaker will refuse, but Emerson explains the powerful incentives. “People have a desire to come here—partly because of the brand, partly because of the reputation, and partly because of the students...