Dec. 1, 2016–Lizzie Newell (freelance writer, illustrator, and self-publisher): Book design for Self-Publishing
Lizzie Newell is a self-published author who writes and designs science fiction novels. Her books Sappho’s Agency, and The Fisherman and the Sperm Thief are available online and through bookstores. The next book in the series, The Tristan Bay Accord, will go live in February 2017. She studied graphic design and literature at Colorado State […]
Nov. 2, 2016–Barbara Martin–My Journey to Self-Publishing My Powerful Hearts Book Set for Children: Junk or Joy? and Offense Get Off My Fence
Book Summaries Offense, Get Off My Fence, is about learning to guard your heart from the outside and its partner book, Junk or Joy?, is about learning to feed your heart from the inside. Even though they are very different books, they were birthed together and are intended to show children the choices they have, […]
Oct. 6, 2016–Terry Kelly–Trust in Journalism: Why So Low? What Can be Done About It?
Recent polling indicates that trust in mainstream journalism has reached an all-time low. This talk explores: (1) the nature of trust, especially the anonymous trust needed for the public to trust professionals with whom they have no personal acquaintance; (2) some of the potential explanations for the decline in trust in journalists, with particular focus […]
Sept. 1, 2016–Rebecca Goodrich–A Quick Look at the Life of a Consulting Editor
Rebecca Goodrich was raised in Los Angeles by an inventor, an English major, and a cat. She learned brainstorming, product design and marketing, and how to work on an assembly line in the family R & D business. Some family worked at Warner Brothers, so she saw new movies at the Academy. In 1994, Goodrich […]
June 2, 2016–John Nofsinger, PhD–The Biases of Investing
Dr. John Nofsinger is the William H. Seward Endowed Chair in International Finance at the College of Business & Public Policy, University of Alaska Anchorage. He is one of the world’s leading experts in behavioral finance. Professor Nofsinger has authored/coauthored ten finance trade books, textbooks, and scholarly books that have been translated into eleven languages. […]