Making a difference,
one book at a time!
Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Survivor Giving Back
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5/19/12
Book signing--Flint Public Library
2/25/12
Speaking @ Mt. Morris Library, 11:00 am
2/22/12
Speaking to Flint Rotary Club @ Sarvis Center, 7:00 a.m
2/19/12
2/18/12
2/2/12
Interview, two hours live on Healing Journeys with Jaentra Gardener, 8:00-10:00 pm EST
1/28/12
NOT MY EVENT: Don't forget to watch Dr. Sonjay Gupta's concussion special on CNN
1/26/12
Speaking to Davison Optimists' Club @ Apollo, 6:30 am
1/24/12
Speaking to Genesee Valley Rotary Club @ Redwood Lodge, Noon
1/17/12
Speaking to Lapeer Rotary Club, Noon
1/14/12
Pages Bookstore's featured author during Flint Artwalk, 6:00-9:00
1/11/12
Interview on The Brass Ring, 9:30 a.m. EST
1/10/12
Interview with Debbie Glickman
1/5/12
Speaking at West Bendle Elementary
12/30/11
2:00-3:00 pm EST Interview on Liberated Living
Part I:
12/19/11
6:00 pm EST Internet TV (podcast viewable ANYWHERE in the world) hosted by Nic Custer and Jeanie Moench
12/16/11
1:30-2:30 pm EST-- Interview w/Lynn Kindler
6:00-9:00 Flint Artwalk (in The Lunch Studio)
12/5/11
7am-4pm McLaren Regional Medical Center's First-Ever book signing
12/3/11
Davison Public Library (Speaking & Book signing following speech)
12/1/11
Burton Rotary Club (Speaking & Book Signing following speech)
11/29/11
Book Signing, downtown Flint @ Gabriella Salon
11/23/11
11/22/11
11/19/11
Pages Bookstore (Speaking & Book Signing following speech)
11/9/11
Interview on Spain's Radio Talk Europe with Hannah Murray:
Booksigning at Elmer Knoff Learning Center's Countryside Craft Show
10/17/11
UPDATE video at Pages Bookstore
10/7/11
Book Signing at Genesee County Literacy Coalition
9/30/11
Padman: A Dad's Guide to Buying . . . Those and Other Tales (world book premiere)
Book Premiere @ Bendle High School’s homecoming football game, 6:00-8:30.
Will be signing and selling books along w/fellow Bendle grad. and amazing children’s author Carrie Shay Mattern. Any book sold by her or me that night only will be under $10.
Stock up for Christmas! Where else are you going to find a worthwhile gift for someone under $10…heck, where are you going to find a GIFT for under $10? . . . @ Bendle’s homecoming, Sept. 30.
9/15-16/11
Phone interview (9/15) with Flint Journal (newspaper) about my book and me. The paper is sending a photog. out tomorrow (9/16) to take a picture of my daughter and me. Unsure when the article will appear--yet.
9/13/11
On Sept. 12, 2011, I kicked off my public speaking career to promote TBI awareness and my book(s). That Monday, at the Bendle Public Schools school board meeting, I was overwhelmed w/the audience’s response during and after my speech. Laughter, tears, more laughter, hugs, and handshakes followed; I was blown away. After this first run, I’m more confident than ever imaginable about spreading awareness. At a h.s., Mr. Gil Trenum assisted me in part I. Unfamiliar w/that name…please listen and you WILL be moved. . . .
Part III, 9/16/11(Friday)--Full Version:
9/8/11
Interview w/Sandra Frasier and her parents for 1-of-4 Traumatic Brain Injury stories in Padman: A Dad's Guide to Buying . . . Those and other tales (released worldwide, Sept. 30, 2011)
Me sharing a fact from braininjury.com with Sandra, as we discuss our similar upbringing in Burton, MI (Bendle H.S.).
Chris Frasier, Sandra's mother, explaining how the "Go-er" mentality helped Sandra's rehabilitative climb.
Sandra and I talking about where she learned to fight/struggle and BEAT predictions
of living a life of complete dependency.
Remember, her and I went to the same high school, Bendle, just two years apart.
Sandra and I sharing TBI stories.
Me explaining the purpose of Padman, leading up to March , 2012, Traumatic Brain Injuries: Milestones in Recovery.
8/25/11
10 am CST, 11 am EST
8/17/11
Interviewed on the Morning Show with Harley
94.3 REV FM, Kerrville, TX
8/10/11
Interviewed by Reader Views
