I have a seminar in Sendai today. It takes place at Tohoku University. It's scheduled between 16:45 and 17:50. The event is promoted by IIBC, the organization responsible for the management of the TOEIC Program in Japan. The purpose of the event is to help students of the university, both of undergrad and grad school, to get their target score on the TOEIC L&R Test and/or the TOEIC S&W Tests. They need it to get the job they want in the public sector. My job is to show them how, and make them want to do it NOW! I'm going to take three steps to achieve the goal: One, have them identify weakness. Two, show them how to overcome it. Three, recommend a tool, help to set a goal, and encourage them to take action NOW. I'm addressing a very, very intelligent audience today. Tohoku University is No.1 in terms of the number of patent applications with a staggering 104 as of June 27, far ahead of the runner-up, Osaka Univ. by a large margin of 24. The university is also No.1 in terms of the number of approvals with an astonishing 34. The key to success is speaking logically with ultimate succinctness, establishing credibility with accurate data and relevant episodes, and tapping their pride and willpower to carry on with their mission till they achieve their goal. Tohoku Universtiy is where my academic supervisor studied in his younger days, and worked also in the last years of his carrier as Professor of the Graduate School of International Cultural Studies. I owe him much of what I'm capable of teaching now. How special it is that the day has finally come when I can give back something in return to the students of the school he loved so much.
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