Randy Pausch
Pausch delivered his "Last Lecture", titled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", at CMU on September 18, 2007. He gave an abridged version of his speech on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in October 2007. The talk was modeled after an ongoing series of lectures where top academics are asked to think deeply about what matters to them, and then give a hypothetical "final talk", with a topic such as "what wisdom would you try to impart to the world if you knew it was your last chance?" Before speaking, Pausch received a long standing ovation from a large crowd of over 400 colleagues and students. When he motioned them to sit down, saying, "Make me earn it", someone in the audience shouted back, "You did!"
Metro Maryland Youth For Christ
Since 1990, over 75,000 students and youth workers have attended Metro Maryland Youth For Christ’s conferences held in Ocean City, Maryland. The ALIVE Middle School and IMPACT High School conferences have provided hundreds of churches and youth groups with high energy, inspirational weekends featuring outstanding national Christian motivational speakers, leadership trainers, musicians and performers. Among the speakers, musicians and performers: Darrell Scott, Bob Lenz, Joel Sonnenberg, Greg Speck, Mark Yaconelli, Steve Fitzhugh, Reggie Dabbs, Lori Salierno, Leonard Sweet, Josh Weidmann, Sharon Hersch, Brennan Manning, Robbie Seay Band, Kutless, Pocket Full of Rocks, Lincoln Brewster, Audio Adrenaline, Fusebox, Sandtown Children’s Choir, Skillet, David Crowder Band, Jars of Clay, Coastalrise, Jennifer Knapp, Supertones, Big Tent Revival, onetimeblind, Jesus Painter, Curt Cloninger, Taylor Mason, Dave the Horn Guy, Skit Guys, and more.