A cartoon about editing the introduction for a speaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today’s Pearls Before Swine comic strip has Rat doing some drastic editing. The dialogue says:

 

“Pig: I have to give a speech introducing someone but I’m not sure if it’s the right length.

Rat: Lemme see.

 

Pig’s script says:

Hi, everyone, it’s an honor to introduce our next guest. If you’ll just indulge me, here is his incredible background….Four years at Berkeley, three years at UCLA, seven years teaching at Georgetown. Winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and four distinguished fellowships. An avid fly fisherman. Father of four children. Devoted collector of stamps and model trains. Hero to millions. Help me give a warm welcome to our guest, the incomparable Ned Johnson.

 

Rat changes it to just be: Hi…Here’s Ned.

 

Pig: Editing is such a skill.

Rat: Or just point and say ‘Ned.’ “

More seriously, you might try describing Topic, Importance, and Speaker, as is discussed by Kim Harrison at Cutting Edge PR on June 1, 2020 in an article titled Use this great way to introduce a speaker – it’s more important than you think.

 

The image of a pen was adapted from one at Openclipart.