1. To The Graduating Class of W+K 12. Thank You.
- Author
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Spanbauer, Tom
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COLLEGE orations , *ADVERTISERS , *MARKETING , *PUBLIC relations , *CONDUCT of life , *EXPLOITATION of humans - Abstract
This article presents the commencement speech for the Wieden + Kennedy's 12 advertising school. The speech, entitled "To the Graduating class of W + K 12. Thank You," by Tom Spanbauer. The speech talks about how the author learned gratitude through his battle with AIDS and a stroke that he had a few years before. The author states that suffering allows one to grow closer to humanity and to understand people. The author comments on how television and advertisers are perceived as the definers of truth, and exhorts the graduates to be careful about what they create advertisements for. The author thanks the graduates for respecting his position as a human being and by not exploiting him.
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- 2006