Last night I had the opportunity to hear Robin Roberts speak at the SMU Tate lecture series. She was one of the best speakers I have heard at the Tate lecture series. I really enjoyed hearing about her life and how she has gone through so many trials in her life and beaten the odds against her not once with cancer, but twice.
She was a great speaker, funny and really made the audience feel that she was talking directly to them. She talked about what it was like the day she was diagnosed with breast cancer and how she did not want anyone to know at first, to eventually telling the GMA audience, and the world about her diagnosis in hopes to help others going through the same trials she was about to go through. She talked about her childhood and the influence her parents had on she and her siblings. She talked about her second diagnosis and how hard it was to go through that as her own mother passed away from complications of a stroke, and how she was in the room at that very moment and the impact that experience has had on her life. She told about her low points while she was in isolation and the decision to go forward with treatment after the loss of her mother and how her sister was a bone marrow match and how their bond strengthened after this experience. She said no one wishes to get cancer but has been able to use her job to be there for people as a messenger of hope. She also shared about how she came out to the world via social media and how fast the word spread as she wrote in an innocent tweet thank you to my partner who has been there for me. Many people commented and it was trending in a matter of hours.
At the end they had questions that were submitted by Twitter for the first time and a few live audience questions. One of the most interesting questions was how does she decide what to share on social media about her life and what to not share. I thought that was an excellent question when we are living in a time when so many people overshare information and learning what they should and should not share and how to decide.
It was so fun to see and hear her speak and it is easy to see her passion is sharing her life experiences with those around her in hopes of just saving one life. This was one of my favorite lectures because she was interactive with the audience and really wanted people to understand and know where she had come from and how those early years helped to form her into the woman she is today.
My favorite Tate lecture series talks I have seen are
Michael J. Fox- click here for my review
Martin Sheen- click here for my review
Dian Keaton- Click here for my review
Tony Blair- Click here for my review
George W. Bush-
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