I was able to participate in the common reading experience celebration by going to see author Colin Beavan speak. It was nice to hear an author who was a very good at public speaking because I have listened to others and they didn’t speak very well. I thought it was very interesting that he decided not to talk about his book that much. He mostly discussed about his beliefs, his ideas on why he wrote the book, and what he is still doing to help out. His mannerisms and voice sounded very different compared to  what I imagined in the No Impact Man book. When giving his speech, he mentioned that we should all wok together and utilize our individual and unique talents to improve our world. I’m glad he brought up this point because that is one of my beliefs. It was very fun to go hear him speak and I hope he can come back soon to talk to our campus again.