Art & Leisure Speakers
Gary Baney
Top 100 IT Leader (and Dragon Boat Racer)
Topics include:
- – The Joys of Speaking Vietnamese, Drywall Hanging, Writing Software, Dragon Boat Paddling, and an Inter- racial Relationship (Fun for anyone!)
Greg Bell
Court Jester for the Harlem Globetrotters
Lawrence Boston
NBA Basketball Star drafted by the Washington Bullets
Marc Canter
Software entrepreneur, musician, blogger, thought leader
Topics include:
- – Story Telling
Miriam Carey
Author, Writer and Editor
Topics include:
– Write a Book in 24 Blogs – How to develop content, build an audience, and write and sell a book one year
– Write your Autobiography in 12 Blogs – Leave a Legacy for your Children and Grandchildren – use this Method to Write the Story of Your Life
– Become a Freelance Travel Writer – How to Launch and Manage a Freelance Travel Writing Business
Tim and Mary Louise Daley
Antiquarians, Lecturers and History Presenters
Topics include:
- The American Citizen Soldier
- The American Civil War: An Overview
- Billy Yank & Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier in the Civil War
- Meet Me at the Fair: The Northern Ohio Sanitary Fair of February 1864
- Mount Vernon: Preservation of a Nation’s Treasure During the American Civil War
- The Moon Walkers
- All’s Fair in Love and War – Women in the Civil War: The legacy of their labors
- Julia Gardiner Tyler: Washington Socialite, First Lady, Mistress of Sherwood Forest & Confederate Civil War Widow
- Thomas Jonathan Jackson: The Man, the General and the Women in His Life
- A Victorian Christmas: Santa Claus and the Civil War
- Civil War Williamsburg
- Adventures with Eleanor of Aquitaine: Wife and Mother of Kings
- Richard the Lionheart: Warrior King and the 12th Century
- Moses Cleaveland: From the American Revolution to the Connecticut Land Company
- Oliver Hazard Perry: Hero of the Battle of Lake Erie – A Life of Courage and Honor
- Christmas in the Trenches: History of Commemoration and the Influences of Wartime
- And Many More
Dan Hanson
Great Lakes Geek and Entreprenerd
Topics include:
– Cleveland 101 – Some interesting monuments, statues and places you may not know about
– Where am I? – Cleveland Landmark Photo Quiz
– 12 Cleveland Seniors you should know about
– 12 Cleveland Women you should know about
Debbie Hanson
ClevelandWomen.Com, ClevelandSeniors.Com & ClevelandPeople.Com
Topics include:
– Interesting Cleveland People – Famous and Not
– Cleveland Pets and their People
Wendy Hoke
Story Teller and Survivor
Topics include:
Manny Leaks
Former ABA and NBA Basketball Star
Tom Mugridge
Certified Arborist
Topics include:
– The varied plant life in NE Ohio
– Diagnosing insect and disease problems of trees and shrubs
– Proper care of trees and shrubs
– Famous Cleveland Trees and Shrubs
Derick Polk
7′ Basketball Legend from Cleveland to Ohio Sate and the Harlem Globetrotters
Les Roberts
Cleveland’s Favorite Writer
Topics include:
– Getting away with Murder – About writing mysteries.
– We’ll always have Cleveland – Why I love the city so much.
– How Show Biz turned my hair gray at Thirty – Ghastly stories about surviving in Hollywood.
Kevin Spencer
NFL Special Teams Coach
Topics include:
– Eight Principles that I have Learned Along the Way
– Ten Things that Require No Talent that if practiced can lead to Success
– The Patriot Way As I See It
Karen Vuranch
14 Historical Women Characters
Her repertoire of famous American women includes
- Novelist Pearl S. Buck,
- Labor Activist Mother Jones,
- Humanitarian Clara Barton,
- Irish pirate Grace O’Malley,
- Indian captive Mary Draper Ingles,
- Civil War soldier and spy Emma Edmunds,
- Wild West outlaw Belle Starr,
- the First Lady of Food, chef Julia Child,
- Hollywood gossip columnist Louella Parson,
- Beloved children’s author Laura Ingalls Wilder,
- Writer and humanitarian Edith Wharton,
- Singer Mama Cass Elliot
- And her newest character in the works is Mae West.
Johnny Wu
Filmmaker, Asian Community Leader, Festival Producer, Martial Arts Hall of Famer
Topics include:
– Filmmaking
– Martial Arts