Christina Mosteller of Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne recently gathered three dozen of her career development colleagues for a Bunko Breakfast in the American midwest. Christina writes:

"I had the privilege of presenting on The Adventures of Johnny Bunko to 39 career development professionals in two different sessions at the Career Development Professionals of Indiana conference in Fort Wayne, Indiana. I was able to not only share my love of Bunko, but also my secret life as a manga fan. Who knew my passions for manga and career development would ever coincide?

"I started off my presentation by explaining how I learned about DIY Bunko Breakfasts and encouraging my colleagues to seek connections with their favorite experts via the Internet. I showed them the awesome video from Tom King of Dan at a Seattle BB. Dan's discussion of the career book genre could be its own career conference presentation!

"Conference attendees seem really pleased to have discovered a brand new resource to share with students. I'm going to use Bunko in my career planning class next year and have plans on swapping lesson plans and discussion questions with other colleagues who are interested in the book.

"I was able to dedicate a small portion of the end of my presentation to discussion. I wish I'd had longer. The comments were very insightful. My two favorites were that 'There is no plan' could be viewed as a very positive thing. Instead of thinking of it in terms of the scary instability of the new economy, think of it in terms of the fabulous serendipity inherent in life. The other comment that I really liked was that a key element to understanding that 'It's not about you' is a mentor.

"At the end of my presentation, I raffled off free copies of the book and handed out some of the cool Johnny Bunko chopsticks. The attendees who didn't win free books were glad to learn they could read the first half of the book online.

"My PowerPoint presentation is available below and on the CIPD blog.

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"If anyone wants a copy of my handouts, they can email me.

P.S. My boss loved my presentation and thought I should consider submitting it to a larger nearby conference. Yay!"

[Emphases and some links added -- Ed.]