Keynote: DeWitt Jones July 11, 2006
Posted by lrjohnson in : NECC2006 , trackbackImmediately get the video online of his presentation. The web site is http://www.DewittJones.com The beauty of his photography behind him as he presented was awesome! What he had to say was very inspiring. Before he spoke they used Turning Point, an immediate response system that polled the audience on what we thought was needed for the transformation of education to meet the needs of the digital generation and almost half said Visionary Leadership.
Jones was a great follow up for that! He spoke of having a vision, passion, creativity and a dream. He himself read National Geographic by flashlight as a kid. He had a dream and he persisted in spite of the family push for business through acceptance at Harvard. He spoke of National Geographic’s passion for sharing what is right with the world. (Don’t we need to change our focus in the news?) He spoke of hearing Robert Frost’s poems and the impact the words had on him.
One thing that really hit home was discipline and commitment are non-issues when you have passion. He spoke of the view we have, is it seeing the possibilities? The stone chipper vs the cathedral builder?
He talked about in photography there is more than one right answer. Nature is beauty and possibility. We need to be willing to take a risk. Open ourselves to the possibilities and remember that is is not what will I take but what will I be given.
Celebrate our journey in life with gratitude and grace. He ended it with know our purpose, have passion, vision and values!
What a perfect opening session!
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