I’ve added an EVENTS tab to the navigation bar above which will bring you to a list of all the speaking gigs I have coming up. Looks like I’ll spend a lot of October speaking to cool folks and I am really excited about that! Check out the EVENTS page here!
Category Archive for 'speeches'
Rockin’ the Mic
Posted in daily, Opportunity, Rotary International, speeches, The Book, words, writing on Apr 26th, 2009
In an incredible stroke of good luck, I got to be the keynote speaker at the Rotary District 6270 Conference this weekend. The poor guy who was supposed to be the speaker had his flight canceled and couldn’t make it. When I had finished speaking at my workshop and overheard the conference organizers worrying [...]
Is this what morning people are trying to sell?
Posted in autumn, Rotary International, speeches, Wisconsin on Oct 10th, 2008
This morning I had to wake up at an ungodly hour and somehow managed to get up the first time my alarm clock went off without the normal pain of fatigue that mornings bring. I picked a favorite work outfit, declared today a good hair day, and had enough spare time to drink a cup [...]
Turning a Profit with Your Passion
Posted in 9-5, dreams, grant writing, love, project japale goune, speeches, writing on Feb 15th, 2008
Do what you love and the money will follow. This is a maxim I really want to believe, but it just takes so much courage. And quite possibly, a lot of sleepless nights wondering how long behind “rent” is following you… Still, life is short enough that I can accept the first part (do what [...]
The last few days have been so chalk-full of goodness that I have been too busy to take time and write a meaningful blog post. Visitors. Traveling. Lecturing. Reading. Long runs. The good, albeit busy, life. When life gets busy, I think its a perfect time to take a step back and appreciate something simple… [...]
Stand Up and Clap Your Hands, Its Easy.
Posted in Rotary International, speeches on Jan 25th, 2008
One of the gifts from my Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship has been the frequent invitations I still get (four years later) to speak about my experiences to Rotary clubs all over the country. I’ve mostly spoken in Wisconsin, but have also had the opportunity to speak in New Hampshire, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, North Carolina, and most [...]

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