Jen gives a speech about her fight against Brain Cancer

For the past few months Jen had been giving a lot of thought to the idea of preparing a speech on brain cancer and her experiences.  About a month ago she decided to pursue it and thought her old employer would be a great place to first give the presentation.  Her old company, Deutsch, has been very supportive of Jen and they often have speakers present to the company on a variety of topics.  Deutsch was enthusiastic about having Jen speak before the company and Jen began working on her speech.  She learned to use PowerPoint and spent several weeks working on what she wanted to say.  She wanted the speech to educate people as well as to inspire.  With his permission, I would like to share the memo that the CEO for the entire North American operation of Deutsch advertising wrote about Jen's upcoming speech.

Friends,

Do you know Jen Miller? If you don’t, you need to. Jen has been part of our print production family at Deutsch since January of 2006, and she is one of the truest and most awesome examples of how incredible our people are.

For those of you who haven’t had the fortune of knowing our dear friend’s story, Jen has been fighting Glioblastoma Multiforme, an aggressive form of brain cancer, for two damn years. And she’s been going at it every day with strength and fortitude that is completely and totally inspiring. To get to know more about Jen and her story, take a look at her blog: http://jenscancerfight.blogspot.com/ 

On Monday afternoon at 4pm, Jen has offered to come into the office and speak to the agency for our July Town Hall. Please take the time out of your day to spend time with this incredible warrior of a woman. We will all be better for it.

Mike

Mike Sheldon
CEO, North America

Mike has said it far better than I can.  I hope his letter begins to show you how much Jen is loved and respected in her work and what a great environment her company has.  Jen gave the presentation last week before a packed house.  Jen was amazing and I am so proud of all the work she put into it and the awesome presentation she delivered.  She crushed it!

Below is a video of Jen's presentation.  Unfortunately, the phone that was being used ran out of space.  Another was made available, but some of the presentation was lost.  There are 2 gaps during the speech totaling about a minute.  Due to time constraints, Jen quickly glossed over a few of the slides and talking points.  You can read the entire text from the full PowerPoint below the video if you choose.

 

Below is the PDF of Jen's PowerPoint presentation.