Blog Post: Passing on the Passion

Zach and I took the stage.  We shared our thoughts, showed videos, received a couple applauses at unexpected times, and then jumped off the stage.  Within five minutes, we had three new opportunities to speak at other conferences.  Within the next hour, I had a guy with a beer cheers us to our goal- to effectively impact 10 million people in the next 10 years- a guy our age tell us he wanted to quit his job and pursue his passion to make a documentary film, and a foreign exchange student reenact our edgy Generation Y slide.  When things died down, Zach and I went back to our hotel room and watched the sun set from the balcony.

I suppose this is the standard experience for someone who delivers a speech to an audience of 500 people, but for us, it was all new.  Speaking at the AZ SHRM conference was not only our largest audience we’d spoken to, but was also our first time talking to HR professionals.  

And now, two days later, amidst the praise we’ve received, the most gratifying thing is that we achieved what we set out to achieve.  Hopefully our presentation will create a revival of passion throughout the Phoenix area.

Brett Farmiloe and Zach Hubbell, after their performance at AZ SHRM, are now considered ‘public speakers,’ in some worlds.  They are available to speak at any conferences, schools, or companies free of charge on behalf of the Jobing Foundation.