Opening Comments - Dave Kelly

THAT INTRO THO...

*ahem*

Dave opens up with a straight up acknowledgment of everyone who supports him...never himself (humility to the Nth degree).  The alternate ending was amazing, too ;-)

Dave welcomes everyone to the 15th anniversary (has it been that long) and gives full credit again to the folks creating the powerpoint decks, etc. (Tiffany). Dave enters one slide in the deck as a placeholder for his intro story, and here it goes:

One day he was working on the deck at home, soemthing happened at the house, and was dealing with it.  He came back to his PC and the slide changed: Instead of it saying "Insert Intro Story" it said "Insert a Bunch of Dad Jokes". When he looked at the slides, there were a lot more...a number of suggestions...a lot of feedback.

He goes downstairs to dinner and tells his kids "Good job with the slide deck"...his kids laugh. His daughter asks if he'd like her to change it back, and he said "Oh no...that's the way it's going to stay"  Dave navigates through a number of other kid/parent influenced notes: Look down/make sure fly is zipped, say something that scars your children for life, do a Fortnite emote dance, Do the robot dance...with the robot (he's not allowed), Tell the mashed potato story...

He left us to fill in the gaps with the Potato story...probably better that way.

Dave covers the logistics and FAQs, mentions the ambassadors (so many good people up there!), and reviews all the resources available to attendees.  So much to use, so much to share.

Thanks, eLearning Guild and DK, for another PHENOMENAL kickoff!!