Category Archives: Presentations

There was a receptive audience at the Osher Institute for Lifelong Learning at North Carolina State University on Monday of this week to learn about “How Boy’s Corn Clubs and Girl’s Tomato Clubs Changed Rural America.” The audience asked some … Continue reading →

Speaking at the New York Chautauqua Institution is great way to close out the summer. But if you speak at both the New York Chautauqua and at the Lakeside Chautauqua in Ohio, that is double the pleasure, double the fun. … Continue reading →

The Chautauqua Institute in New York likes to brag about how an opera, ballet, play or some other creative activity was first developed and showcased at Chautauqua before it premiered on Broadway, at Carnegie Hall, etc. I reversed that process … Continue reading →

I am sort of tired. On Monday I made two workshop presentations (teaching with humor, time management for ag teachers) in Roanoke, Virginia for the Virginia Agricultural Teachers Association. On Tuesday my luncheon keynote presentation was Searching for the Wizard … Continue reading →

It was a pleasure speaking at the Fountain Park Chautauqua in Remington, Indiana earlier this week. This permanent Chautauqua was established in 1895 and is one of few Chautauquas in the nation that did not close during the great depression … Continue reading →

I always enjoy making the “Give Me That Old Time Religion: Camp Meetings” presentation. Yesterday, I delivered this talk to the Cardinal at North Hills community. As part of the presentation I circulated my collection of hand held fans used … Continue reading →

I enjoyed speaking to 50 high school minority students about opportunities in agriculture this past Monday. Often minorities have negative views about agriculture and are not aware that agriculture is much more than farming. For this presentation, I identified a … Continue reading →

I enjoyed speaking at the Master Gardener College on the North Carolina State University Campus last week. The title of my presentation was Growing Plants, Growing People: Land Grant Colleges, the Extension Service, and Master Gardeners. The presentation was basically … Continue reading →

I spoke at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at North Carolina State University last week. As people were coming in you would think it was a “real” college class because the students were avoiding the first row of seats. … Continue reading →

It was enjoyable (and educational for me) to make a presentation to the Senior University group at Temple Beth Or in Raleigh last week. The topic of my presentation was the History and Evolution of the Outhouse. I started with … Continue reading →