When I graduated, Pierre Omidyar, gave my commencement speech. Nowadays, you can get read his stream of conscious through his blog (which mostly contains tweets).
With a little bit a humility, dash of wit, and highlights of humor, commencement speeches, at its best, are inspirational and empowering.
Here are some of my favorite ones from this year:
- JK Rowling at Harvard
- Barbara Kingsolver at Duke
- PJ O'Rouke via LA Times
- Samantha Power at Pitzer-Claremont College
And of course, who can ever forget Conan O'Brien's speech from back in 2000. You can find ten of gawker's favorite commencement speeches here.
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