🆕 blog! “Discovering My Talk”
My mother, the actress Carrie Cohen, once had a blazing argument with Anthony Hopkins. He was saying that he preferred appearing in Hollywood blockbusters compared to appearing on the stage because nothing was more boring than playing Hamlet for the 100th time.
My mother's contention was that he was talking rubbish. The joy of repeated performance is…
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@Edent I'd agree with you, in that I've got a talk I've given several times last year and my renditions of it get better over time (I also have improved it with feedback from audiences).
Unfortunately when submitting it to conferences, having given it before is seen as a negative, and in security some conferences go so far as to forbid repeat talks.
So I either discard my talk and start anew or take the rather disingenuous approach and lightly rebrand it and change the title.
@Edent As a former colleague once said: I haven’t given this talk for a while, so I shall be interested to hear what I have to say.
@Edent As a performer: Your mother is spot on. 🙂
