Editor david enrich talking about his book, the spider network. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. We are delighted that you are participating in the 11th annual savannah book festival presented by georgia power. David and nancy sin terror, the Sheehan Family foundation and mark and pat [inaudible] many thanks to jack and mary romanos for this glorious venue, the Trinity Baptist church. Wed also like to extend thanks to our individual donors who have made and continue to make Saturdays Free festival events possible. In fact, 90 of the revenue for the savannah book festival comes from donors just like you, so thank you. We are very excited to have a savannah book festival app available this year. Please look in your program for information on downloading it to your phone. Before we get started, please let me go over a couple of housekeeping notes. Immediately following this presentation, our speaker, david enrich, will be signing festivalpurchased copies of his book in telfair sq
Good afternoon and welcome to the historic Trinity United Methodist church. We feel fortunate to be in this beautiful space which was made possible by the generosity of jack and mary, im honored to serve as volunteer for the 11th annual savanna book festival and so glad you also participated in this years festival. It is presented by george power, david and nancy cintron, the shia Family Foundation and mark and hats. We want to thank our literary members and individual sponsors and donors who made and continue to make saturday at the book festival a free event. 90 of the revenue comes from donors like you so thank you very much. We are excited to have a savanna book festival apps available this year. Look in your program if you would like information on downloading that apps to your telephone. A couple housekeeping notes. Following this presentation, our author, deanne stillman, will sign festival purchased copies of this book. If you want to stay in this venue for the presentation tha
And by being heard. We have about 25 minutes left. I can keep talking, but there are usually a lot of questions. [laughter] so im going to go ahead and take questions if you have them. If there arent any, i will keep going. Celeste, over here. Far back. Oh, i see you. Here. [laughter] a couple years ago you came to savannah, and you did a ted talk, and it was one of the best ever. Thank you. Thirteen million views, ladies and gentlemen. [laughter] [applause] tell us, if you would, something you learned doing a ted talk. Next time get a haircut and put on makeup. [laughter] [applause] that is what i learned. [laughter] other people will be watching this. Brush your hair. [laughter] yes. Oh, wait, they want me to here and here. Theyre going to bring you a microphone. [inaudible] okay. You talked a lot about the challenges to great conversations, but you didnt say anything specific about how to have great conversations. Well, thats because i wrote a book about it. [laughter] and it took m
Good afternoon. And welcome to the historic Trinity United Methodist church. We feel so fortunate to be in this beautiful space which has been made possible by the generosity of jack and mary romanos. Im honored to serve as a volunteer for the 11th annual savannah festival,o and im so glad you also are participating in this years festival presented by georgia power, by david and nancy citron, the Sheehan Family foundation and mark y and pat suen. Wed also like to thank our wonderful literati members as well as individual sponsors and donors who have made f and continue to make saturday at the book festival a free event. 90 of the revenue for the savannah book festival, in fact, comes from donors like you, so thank you very much. Were excited to have a savannah bookik festival app available year, so please look in your program if you would like information on downloading that app to your telephone. Before we get started, a couple of housekeeping notes. Immediatelys following this presen
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