Are You Looking for an Inspirational Speaker with a Sense of Humor?
See my favorite keynote speech topics:
- Making Smarter Babies without Baby Einstein
- Missing Seinfeld: A Humorous Look at Overcoming TV Addiction
- Finding Time to Write a Book without Running Away from Home
- Getting Through a Midlife Crisis (mostly by avoiding mirrors and Botox ads)
- Saving the Planet (or how I finally learned to compost the banana peels)
- Creating Miracles: Bringing the Ashram Home (even for only five minutes a day)
My media and speaking experience:
- The United Methodist Portal
- The Herald
- iVillage.co.uk
- Newsweek
- The Bellingham Herald
- The Dallas Morning News
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Atlanta Parent
- Tampa Tribune
- Good Housekeeping
- Times Daily
- Memphis Business Journal
- The News-Review
- Bellingham Herald
- Kids Guide
- BBC Radio Humberside, UK
- BBC Radio Three Counties, UK
- BBC Radio Bristol, UK
- BBC Radio Berkshire, UK
- BBC Radio Wales
- Oregon Public Broadcasting
- WXII Public Broadcasting Council
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- 55KRC
- KBSG
- KWMR "Parent Talk"
- 1370 Connection with Bob Smith
- WSB Radio Atlanta, GA
- KJAQ Seattle, WA
- KMPS-AM Seattle, WA
- KSFR-FM Santa Fe, NM
- KEX Portland, OR
- KMOX St. Louis, MO
- KPCW Utah
- WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio
Meet others in Portland who are limiting television or raising their kids TV-free at our monthly group meeting.
- 6:30 p.m. on the first Monday of every month
- St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Portland
Enjoy a lively discussion, make new friends and help each other navigate through a media-saturated world.
- Share the successes and challenges of TV-free living.
- Brainstorm ways to build community and help children feel included without using television and video games.
- Learn about the advantages of being TV-free (or almost TV-free), including improvements in health, social skills, academic performance, connection to nature, imagination and ability to focus.
- Help your kids become more media literate.
Parents, caregivers, healthcare providers, teachers and anyone interested in the issue are all welcomed.
Join the online TV-Free Parenting Yahoo Group and chat with others who are raising kids with little or no TV and video games. Group is open to parents and non-parents alike.