A guest post from Ellen Gordon Reeves, author of Can I Wear My Nose Ring to the Interview?
“Last week, an e-mail from CBS popped up: “Would you have five minutes to speak with Katie Couric today? She’s writing a graduation speech and has a couple of questions for you…” I have to admit, my first thought was that somebody was yanking my chain. But no. It was really Katie. She was gathering as much advice as she could from everyone she could think of before giving the Commencement address at Case Western Reserve in Ohio: Al Gore, Attorney General Eric Holder, Michael J. Fox, Queen Rania of Jordan, Condoleezza Rice, quarterback Drew Brees, Chelsea Handler, General Ray Odierno, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, Anna Quindlen, Sheryl Crow—and me. Sunday morning I watched the address via live webcast and basically had an out of body experience.”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kDWjZkdW3g[/youtube]
(Nose Ring mention starts at 7:26!)
-Ellen Gordon Reeves (caniwearmynosering@gmail.com)
1 Comment
Jodie
May 13, 2011 at 8:17 amWay to go Ellen! Congratulations not only on Katie calling you for advice but also on her mentioning you and your book. Great to see good things happening to good friends.