I teach in a culinary school. The course I teach is typically seen as irrelevant to cooking and to their careers. The course is extremely relevant, but they don't yet have the real-world experience to know this. Sadly, most of them are convinced they'll never need this info. I have had really good results with inviting former students come in and speak to the class, but I can't always count on getting a guest speaker. Any ideas on how to have the effect of a guest speaker without a guest speaker?
