Newquist has given
speeches in North America, Asia, and Europe on a vast
array of topics.
"I've been lucky enough to give speeches all over the
world. Primarily on writing, occasionally on technology,
and once in a while on the subject of music. It's always
been interesting, and at times it's been a study in
contrasts. At one end of the spectrum, I spoke to a group
of businessmen in Kuala Lumpur on bank technology. On the
distant other end, I spent an afternoon giving a lecture
to West Virginia college kids on thinking machines.
"I've given briefings to executives at IBM, and I've told
stories to first graders. I once told a roomful of
European business executives in Frankfurt that they were
behind the times in technology, and then told a group of
librarians in Arizona to expect that technology would
change everything they ever knew.
"I still do it on occasion, if the subject matter is
right."