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Chris Palmer is an author, speaker, wildlife filmmaker, conservationist, educator, professor, and grandfather. He dedicated his professional career to conservation but now devotes his life to end-of-life activism. Bloomsbury will publish his 10th book, Achieving a Good Death: A Practical Guide to the End of Life, on October 1, 2024. He is a trained hospice volunteer and founded and runs an aging, death, and dying group for the Bethesda Metro Area Village.
He serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Montgomery Hospice & Prince George’s Hospice (MHI), is vice president of the Board of the Funeral Consumers Alliance of Maryland & Environs (FCAME), and serves on the Advisory Council for the Maryland Office of Cemetery Oversight (OCO). He also serves on the Boards of Final Exit Network, Hemlock Society of San Diego, and Funeral Consumers Alliance. He is on the Bethesda Metro Area Village Board and, until recently, was a Board member of the Green Burial Association of Maryland.
Chris and his wife, Gail Shearer, created and funded the “Finishing Strong Award” with the Washington Area Village Exchange (WAVE) to encourage villages to hold more discussions about end-of-life issues. WAVE is the largest regional village organization in the nation.
He frequently gives presentations and workshops to community groups on aging, death, and dying issues.
Chris is also president of the MacGillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation, which produces and funds IMAX films on science and conservation issues. MacGillivray Freeman Films is the world’s largest and most successful producer of IMAX films.
For over thirty-five years, he spearheaded the production of more than 300 hours of original programming for prime-time television and the IMAX film industry, which won him and his colleagues many awards, including two Emmys and an Oscar nomination. He has worked with Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Jane Fonda, Ted Turner, and many other celebrities. His IMAX films include Whales, Wolves, Dolphins, Bears, Coral Reef Adventure, and Grand Canyon Adventure.
During his filmmaking career, he swam with dolphins and whales, came face-to-face with sharks and Kodiak bears, camped with wolf packs, and waded hip-deep through Everglade swamps.
His books include Finding Meaning and Success: Living a Fulfilled and Productive Life, published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2021. Proceeds from all of Chris’s books fund scholarships for American University students.
Starting in 2004, Chris served on American University’s full-time faculty as Distinguished Film Producer in Residence until his retirement in 2018. While at AU, he founded and directed the Center for Environmental Filmmaking at the School of Communication. He also created and taught a popular class called Design Your Life for Success.
Chris and his wife, Gail, have lived in Bethesda, Maryland, for nearly 50 years and raised three daughters. They now have nine grandchildren. Chris was a stand-up comic for five years and has advanced degrees from London and Harvard. He has jumped out of helicopters, worked on an Israeli kibbutz, and was a high school boxing champion. Chris is currently learning to juggle, draw, dance, play tennis, and play the piano. He loves standing on his hands for exercise, keeps a daily gratitude journal, and has a 30-page personal mission statement.
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Chris’s filmmaking career began in 1983 when he founded National Audubon Society Productions, a nonprofit film company and part of the National Audubon Society, which he led as president and CEO for eleven years. In 1994, he founded National Wildlife Productions, a nonprofit multimedia company and part of the National Wildlife Federation, which he led as president and CEO for ten years.
His first two published books were on wildlife filmmaking: Shooting in the Wild in 2010 and Confessions of a Wildlife Filmmaker in 2015. They were followed by Raise Your Kids to Succeed: What Every Parent Should Know in 2017 and Now What, Grad? Your Path to Success After College (First Edition in 2015 and the Second Edition in 2018). In 2019, he wrote College Teaching at its Best: Inspiring Students to be Enthusiastic, Lifelong Learners, and in 2021, he wrote Finding Meaning and Success: Living a Fulfilled and Productive Life. Rowman & Littlefield published his last five books.
His next book, for Bloomsbury Publishing, is Achieving a Good Death. Bethesda Communications Group published Love, Dad in 2018, a 700-page book of his letters to his daughters, and Open Heart: When Open-Heart Surgery Becomes Your Best Option in 2021, a book co-written with his daughter Christina (a family doctor). Chris and Christina have written half a dozen books for children on health-related issues.
Chris gives pro bono presentations and workshops on various topics, including how to live a meaningful and successful life, aging well, achieving a good death, living well to die well, medical aid-in-dying, decluttering and death cleaning, completing advance directives, writing memoirs, composing legacy letters and ethical wills, funeral planning, green ways of body disposition, and hospice care. In 2015, Chris spoke on wildlife filmmaking at TEDxAmericanUniversity. While teaching at AU, he was a stand-up comedian and performed regularly in DC comedy clubs for five years. In 2017, he founded and now directs a group on aging and dying well as part of the Bethesda Metro Area Village, where he serves as a Board member.
Chris was honored with the Frank G. Wells Award from the Environmental Media Association and the Lifetime Achievement Award for Media at the 2009 International Wildlife Film Festival. In 2010, he was honored at the Green Globe Awards in Los Angeles with the Environmental Film Educator of the Decade award. In 2011, he received the IWFF Wildlife Hero of the Year Award for his “determined campaign to reform the wildlife filmmaking industry.” In 2012, he received the Ronald B. Tobias Award for Achievement in Science and Natural History Filmmaking Education. In addition, he received the 2014 University Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching at AU, the 2015 University Film and Video Association Teaching Award, and the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Wildlife Film Festival.
In his twenty years before becoming a film producer, Chris was an officer in the Royal Navy, an engineer, a business consultant, an energy analyst, an environmental activist, chief energy advisor to a senior U.S. senator, and a political appointee in the Environmental Protection Agency under President Jimmy Carter.
Chris holds a B.S. with First Class Honors in Mechanical Engineering, an M.S. in Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture from University College London, and a master’s in Public Administration from Harvard University. He was also a Kennedy Scholar and received a Harkness Fellowship.
Born in Hong Kong, Chris grew up in England and immigrated to the United States in 1972. He is married to Gail Shearer and is the father of three grown daughters: Kimberly, Christina, and Jennifer. He and Gail have endowed a scholarship for environmental film students at AU to honor Chris’s parents and encourage the next generation to save the planet.
www.ChrisPalmerOnline.com
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Shelia M. Kennison is Professor of Psychology. She earned her Ph.D. in Psycholinguistics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and bachelor’s degree in linguistics and psychology from Harvard University. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Psychonomic Society. She has authored numerous works including academic journal articles and a textbook on the development of language. Her psycholinguistic research has focused on sentence processing in English as well as a variety of other languages, including Arabic, Spanish, German, Japanese, Chinese, and Finnish.
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https://experts.okstate.edu/shelia.kennison
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Kyle Edgell started drawing caricatures in a bar. For fun. She never considered the talent she had to capture a likeness and connect with people a product to be “sold”…until a life-changing request to draw at a company picnic as entertainment allowed her to gift the drawings to her subjects and be paid for it. Her insight and ability to encourage others through her art and humor grew into a career that has spanned over 20 years.
Edgell has a gift for presentation that instigates laughter, whether in a homeless shelter or attending conferences at 5 star Resort Hotels. Her philosophy of life and art has helped her meet the daily and unexpected challenges of cancer, the death of loved ones and ADD.
She now creates multifaceted presentations that incorporate live drawing, speaking, message visualization that will help your team translate obstacles into opportunities. When optimism is rekindled using humor and creativity it will inspire practical strategies that will energize your corporate culture.
Kyle Edgell is an Artist, Speaker and Entertainer with a little bit of wit. She received her BFA from Syracuse University and lives in Roanoke Virginia. She is a member of the Association for Applied Therapeutic Humor.
https://www.kyleedgell.com/
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Funny Man Mike Cotayo is a comedian who knows how to take the stage by storm. His unique blend of silly, smart and dark humor leaves audiences in hysterics, while making others snarf drinks through their nose. Funny Man Mike promises to have you coming back for more.
Mike Joins Jim-Bob Williams and Katy BEE to discuss comedians with disabilities, what's funny about a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), and his amazing history of standup. Have a listen to this wonderful guy! He's pretty funny!
@mikecotayo on the socials
www.funnymanmike.com
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Combining tax & humor? No tax authorities and practitioners implement that in the world, until Danny Septriadi starts it out! As a tax practitioner & academia, Danny has been using humor in his 30 years professional life. Experiencing humor as a resilience tool himself, he then founded the first world-record library of humor studies & Indonesian humor institute (IHIK3). Danny wants more Indonesians use humor as a life skills, also to enhance their creativity, critical thinking, communication, & leadership skill. Joining with Danny is Ulwan Fakhri, IHIK3's humor researcher. Both of them are the pioneers and Certified Humor Professionals from Indonesia. Danny, Ulwan, & IHIK3 have been publishing humor studies books in Indonesian language, like Humor at Work (bit.ly/HumorAtWorkIHIK3) & "Humor is a Serious Thing" (bit.ly/humorituserius). More titles coming -- like on leadership and so on! Get to know IHIK3 (and how it's pronounced, PS: it sounds like laughing) here:- ihik3.com- linkedin.com/company/ihik3- instagram.com/ihik3- x.com/ihik3
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Christiana Frank is a certified speaker, coach, consultant, program developer, and mentor. Since 1999, she has been helping corporate teams, educational institutions, and mental health facilities connect to themselves, each other, and the world at large. Founder of KidScape Productions and with a strong passion for helping all ages, you can typically find Mrs. Frank in areas of wellness and empowerment, applying evidence-based approaches that draw from modern-day neuroscience and psychology. Since 1999 she has been designing and leading training’s with a mindful approach to collaboration, communication, and creativity. Mrs. Frank’s passion is deeply rooted in facilitating teams and individuals to communicate effectively and feel confident with ambiguity and change.
https://christianafrank.com/
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Meet Stefano Iaboni, a comedic performer from Rome who turned his love for the arts into a global adventure. Starting in circus school in Holland, Stefano soon found the weather and cuisine lacking. He relocated to Barcelona, where he immersed himself in the vibrant scene of nouveau clowning, collaborating with legends like Johnny Melville and Jango Edwards. For a decade, Stefano thrived in Barcelona, engaging in theater, film, and street performances. He even launched his own sketch comedy cabaret. Ever eager to learn, he studied stage and film acting and taught at the "Nouveau Clown Institute-Barcelona." Today, Stefano splits his time between Portland, USA, and Europe. He leads team-building, experiential training and workshops, in a way that allows fun, laughter and discovery so that teams can boost creativity, bonding and over all well being. www.stefanoiaboni.com
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Known for his singing voice and impressions, Joey Gaynor is an actor, comedian and writer living in Los Angeles via Newark, New Jersey. After eight years on the road, Joey's break through came in the concert movie, "Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen" with Bill Hicks, Chris Rock and Tim Allen. A regular at the Comedy Store, Joey's performed with Richard Pryor, the Smother's Brothers, Sam Kinison, George Lopez, Billy Gardell and many many others. He's also appeared in the films "The Five Heartbeats", "All I Want For Christmas" with Leslie Nielson, the documentary "I am Sam Kinison" and the most popular episode of "Unsolved Mysteries" 'The Ghosts of the Comedy Store'. He's appeared on numerous sitcoms, "The Parenthood" with Robert Townsend and "Boy Meets World". He's also appeared on drama series like "ER" & "House MD". As a writer Joey wrote for the Tom Joyner Morning show and he co-wrote with Charles Kaufman the cult hit "Ferocious Female Freedom Fighters" and his recording of Frank Sinatra singing the theme from "The Addams Family" for Rhino Records is still is played on digital and terrestrial radio for over 35 years!
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"After spending most of his life raising kids and working in the financial industry, Roland is spending the
rest of the time here on earth focused on the Heart of the Fathers Foundation project. The foundation is focused
on helping grandparents to have an effective connection with their grandchildren. Just like FDR says, "We cannot always
build a future for our youth, but we can always build our youth for the future."
Roland's favorite place to hangout is Facebook. Follow him at the Connection Grandpa Facebook group and join him
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Join us as we chronicle the 2024 AATH Conference with first hand interviews, sounds from the actual conference and some opportunities to giggle and guffaw!
Hear from some of the keynote speakers, breakout rooms and takeaways from this year's conference!
We are unable to name all of the amazing folks that are on this, and we would like to thank all of the organizers for making this amazing conference happen!
Special thanks to INSYNC Photography and Design for their amazing photography! Our AV crew was also spectacular as usual!
For images and more info about the conference head to
https://www.aath.org/
https://www.facebook.com/healthyhumor
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Ros Ben-Moshe is a Laughter, Wellbeing and Positivity author, academic and practitioner. She is Adjunct lecturer at the School of Public Health and Psychology at La Trobe University, Melbourne, where she coordinates the Australian-first Laughter, Resilience and Wellbeing online short course for professionals. Her latest book, The Laughter Effect – How to Build Joy, Resilience and Positivity in Your Life will be translated into 8 different languages. It follows her highly acclaimed first book, Laughing at cancer – How to Heal with Love, Laughter and Mindfulness. Ros is frequently sought after for her expert opinion on radio, TV and mainstream media. She has written for publications such as The Canberra Times, Huffington Post, and Wellbeing Magazine. More: https://ros-benmoshe.com
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Richard HawkThe Leading Expert on Making Safety Fun
It’s rare to find someone who is both a safety professional and an entertaining speaker and trainer. Richard Hawk has been in the safety and health field for more than 30 years. He spent 15 of them as a safety professional in the nuclear industry and as a safety advisor on constructions projects. Richard’s background also includes theater, where he toured with acting companies and wrote a musical which was produced by Emerson College in Boston. His depth of knowledge and extensive experience make for content-rich, behavior-changing learning programs that are truly “fun.”
Safety ExpertRichard holds numerous safety and technical certifications from various organizations including the National Safety Council (NSC), the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), and The National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists (NRRPT). He stays on the leading edge of the safety industry through his interactions with thousands of leaders in hundreds of organizations in a wide array of industries. These include energy, manufacturing, chemical, construction, healthcare, technology, retail, food services, transportation, government, and education.
Safety Industry AuthorSince 1999, Richard’s bi-weekly Safety Stuff e-zine acts as a clearinghouse for the best ideas from thousands of safety professionals around the globe. He is the author of four popular books: Spice It Up! 52 Easy Ways Turn Your Safety Meetings From Bland to Grand, The Safety Leader’s Guide Book, Just Imagine!, and 250 Super Bright Safety Meeting and Promotional Ideas. His articles are regularly published in safety magazines, and he is a monthly columnist for the U.S. national safety magazine —Safety & Health.
Safety Speaker, Trainer, and CoachRichard has a talent for connecting with people from diverse backgrounds and industries. His experiences as a union and nonunion employee, manager, safety leader; and now successful business owner, give him the insight to relate to people at all levels, from new employees to CEOs, truck drivers to scholars.
He has been a featured speaker at international conventions for Fortune 500 companies’ safety leaders; he’s presented to engineers and plant managers in India and Dubai, Canadian CEO’s as well as Japanese technicians. He has been a popular keynote speaker three times at the NSC’s Annual Congress & Expo, the largest annual safety convention in North America.
Richard is an avid pool player and an accomplished musician and songwriter. He lives in Southern New Jersey with his wife, Jackie.
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.makesafetyfun.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/makesafetyfun
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/makesafetyfun
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Gina Ramsey, based in Superior, WI, is passionate about making a difference through humor, inspiration, and connection. Her book, "Burnt Gloveboxes: Embracing Life When It Goes Up In Flames," humorously navigates life's unexpected moments. Celebrated for her on-demand singing impersonations and love of screaming rubber chickens, Gina infuses her presentations with memorable charm. Let’s go on a journey of blending humor, positivity, and actionable strategies for manifesting success and well-being.
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Mike Lukas grew up in Cleveland and was a successful internationally touring comedian and improvisor (NBC, Comedy Central, Second City, CBS Radio, A&E) for twenty-four years before he decided to hang up his clown shoes and give writing a full time go.
Now hammering his keyboard out of Dallas, Mike co-raises his two babies when he’s not pumping out sports blogs, short stories, novels, and non-fiction books that unlock the secrets of the universe.
Website: https://funnymuscle.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikeLukas4
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@mikelukas
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mike.Lukas4/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-lukas-writer/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mlukas1111/
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Paul Osincup, CHP is a Keynote Speaker, Humor Strategist, and Past President of AATH. Paul's global mission for workplace happiness has provided him the opportunity to work with hundreds of organizations like the U.S. Airforce, Google, Discover, and the Harvard Kennedy School of Leadership. He's also the author of the forthcoming book The Humor Habit: Rewire Your Brain to Stress Less, Laugh More, and Achieve More'er which is available for preorder now and releases on April 23! Paul's work has been highlighted in the New York Times, Forbes, and on his mom's refrigerator. Preorder The Humor Habit now! Connect with Paul on: InstagramFacebookLinkedInXTikTok
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Our New Year Episode is a repost of Adam Williams of the Live a Beautiful Life Podcast interviewing Katy BEE about Joy First Foundation.
https://www.liveabeautifullifepodcast.com/
photo by Nick Le
A place to explore the many paths that lead to living a beautiful life.
For more information on Joy First Foundation - head on over to https://www.joyfirst.org/
Adam is a musician and vocalist who created this podcast to study emotions in an in depth way with high empathy and understanding. His podcast covered subjects like death and dying, self-doubt, addiction and recovery, trauma recovery and more.
His new song Healing is out and can be found here:
YouTube link: https://youtu.be/dN-7ge0voro
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/3hkulId6joIUevsb0ESeLE?si=78e8449d82164a12
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/healing/1606394176?i=1606394177
If you feel you need a healing, listen to the song!
His YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@adamwilliamsmusic9928?si=f9tNy-drj9bJiy7i
He has an amazing voice, and a deep interest in the human condition and connecting us.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adamreedwilliams/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@adamreedwilliams
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In the name of FUN and PLAY we repost Jess Ruggieri from episode 47 with Chip Lutz, Enjoy!!
"Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game." - Michael Jordan
Are you ready to have some fun? I am but, then again, I'm always up for having some fun. But did you know that fun can be functional in improving employee productivity and engagement?
This episode's guest, Jess Ruggieri, is the Director of Inclusion at the Fun Department and she specializes in helping organizations do just that...using play to enhance the culture and create places where people want to be. We talk about a lot of cool stuff in this episode but, more importantly after listening to it, you're going to walk away with some strategies you can employ RIGHT NOW to make a difference for you and your team.
This is our last episode of the calendar year. Thanks for being a great audience and please don't forget to register for the AATH conference, April 4-7th 2019 in Chicago Illinois. You'll get more information on how to use humor and meet cool people like Jess. Check us out at www.aath.org.
More on Jess....
Jess Ruggieri has found her place as the ambassador of inclusion at the fun dept., a training and coaching company driven by the implementation of "innovative solutions for a happier, healthier, more connected workplace.” Featured on various news and media outlets, the fun dept.’s clients range from Fortune 100 companies to those with as few as 10 employees and is partnered with Zappos’s training company, Delivering Happiness.
Jessica's history with the fun dept. goes back nine years when the founder, Nick Gianoulis, went out of his way to work from her coffee shop. “I simply wanted to create a fun and welcoming environment for both my staff and my customers,” she said. It took Jessica nine years to make a career jump. With her extensive experience in management, psychology, interpersonal communication, organizational processes, training & development, and having received her Master’s in Health Promotion and her certification as a Health & Fitness Coach, Jessica landed her dream job—utilizing her passions and skill sets to impact company culture.
“It is a simple and unique systematic approach where we teach companies how to design appropriate ‘play’ techniques to connect and de-stress employees.” Jessica and the fun dept. team have been “playing it forward” to improve work environments for customers, employees, and the bottom line!
Connect with her direct!
cell 302-383-9934
thefundept.com
@jdruggieri
www.linkedin.com/in/jdruggieri
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Roberta is the 2023-2024 president of AATH! Hail to the Chief! LOL
Sign up for her free weekly newsletter, Laughter Rocks! at: www.laf4u.com
Roberta Gold is a Recreation Therapist and a Certified Humor Professional who founded Laughter for the Health of it in 1985 with one mission: To empower everyone to have a more positive outlook by seeing the humor instead of the horror in our world.
Roberta’s BackgroundRoberta Gold is a Recreation Therapist and uses humor therapeutically. Her proprietary program, Laughter for the Health of it has helped countless businesses, healthcare facilities, schools, organizations, and many others to realize that laughter truly can be the best medicine for whatever ails you, your colleagues, your associates, your family, your staff and your friends.
She is a Certified Humor Professional (CHP) with more than 30 years of experience as a keynote and breakout speaker, as well as a consultant which many have come to rely on, for her insight and instruction on how to invoke humor into personal or professional settings in order to improve communication. Roberta facilitates interactive staff retreats, and has served as a de facto conflict resolution assistant for dozens of organizations. Roberta is an advisor for the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor’s Humor Academy (www.aath.org).
Roberta also:
Teaches classes for domestic violence survivors providing ways to laugh again.Custom tailors her presentations to the specific needs of each organization, such as:Life Is An AttitudeGame Changing Tactics For Life Changing MomentsThe Family That Laughs Together Stays TogetherHumorizing Ways to Resolve Classroom Conflicts and Build Self EsteemToo Many Hot Peppers? Use Humor to Cool the Fire and Improve CommunicationFear Factor Breakthrough: Using Humor to Face your Fears and PhobiasRoberta’s Writings
Her book:
The Family that Laughs Together… A Quick Guide to Sanity When You Feel Like ScreamingLaughter Rocks! Tips & Tools to Keep Your Cool and Have a More Positive MindsetA published author of numerous articles and a contributing author in over 12 books including:
The Power of Transformation: Reinventing YourselfThe Community Book Project – 20/20 VisionYour Glasses Are on Top of Your Head: Tales of Life, Longevity and LaughterSee more books she is a contributor in on her author page: https://www.amazon.com/author/robertagold
To learn more about Roberta, or more importantly learn how to nurture your own “Humor Bone” contact us today.
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Dave, an award winning film and television writer, cartoonist, author, musician and voice actor, has had his writing compared to the likes of Ray Bradbury and David Lynch and his cartoon work to that of Charles Schulz, one of Dave’s idols. As senior writer and head of cartoons at National Lampoon, he put out two best-selling cartoon collections while handling writing and cartooning for the flagship magazine. He was also involved with Comic Relief. His early work includes art for Tim Allen and Robert Wuhl’s HBO specials and, as cartoonist and writer for Tiger Beat's Superteen Magazine he created the popular cartoon Toon Groupies©. Dave’s character Snuggy Bear© was licensed for multiple brands including children’s eyewear by Crystal Clear Vision Group, selling out worldwide after a highly successful premiere in NYC at the International Vision Expo. Dave is also the creator of the popular Hackidu characters for Everybody Loves Raymond.
Dave has illustrated several popular children’s books including Bellaboo, the Purple Princess written by General Hospital star Nancy Lee Grahn and The Lemming Shepherds, distributed throughout China and Taiwan and is being adapted into a feature film. He illustrated and helped edit the book Full Frontal Tenudity from famed comedienne Judy Tenuta. Dave’s own book, Brain Explosion (Bear Manor Media Publishing), a collection of his cartoons and writings from his National Lampoon days has become a best-seller and is available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Dave's kids show, Professor Creepy's Scream Party(c) had huge premieres at the 2013 Phoenix Comic Con and Son of Monsterpalooza convention in Burbank, CA. It has been receiving rave reviews and was written up in iconic Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine (April, 2013). Professor Creepy won the Bronze trophy at the 2014 International Independent Film Awards and was an official selection in the 2014 R.I.P. Horror Film Festival. The pilot was picked up for airing on the Monster Channel, August, 2017 and in 2018 was the top show on Roku's Around the World in 80 Screams, airing on 28 networks on Halloween. Dave’s documentary, From Cheesecake to Cheesecake: The Joy Harmon Story (WGAw), about the life of 1960's film/TV icon Joy Harmon, won the 2013 Hollywood & Vine Film Festival and was a top five finalist in the prestigious 2014 Taste Awards and won the Silver trophy at the 2014 International Independent Film Awards.
Dave’s sitcom pilot Against Type, starring Roland Kickinger (Terminator Salvation), Stephen Furst (Animal House) and ICarly's Jennette McCurdy, aired domestically in over forty US markets and was picked up for international distribution by the Global Broadcasting Company in Spring, 2010, CETV (Chinese Entertainment Television) and The Dish Network's Simply Kids channel in 2011. It was also a finalist in the 2015 Taste Awards. Dave is a successful infomercial writer/director in China and his voice work can be heard on the SyFy Channel films Path of Destruction and Lake Placid vs. Anaconda and in the animated series Alien House, co-starring Kim Possible’s Christy Carlson Romano and the new series Cozmo's. Dave was also a celebrity judge on ICN TV China’s top rated talent competition show, American Stars. He is in the classic rock documentary What is Classic Rock (2018) and entered his documentary Ask Me if I C.A.R.E. into festivals. In October, 2016, Dave's song, I am A Zombie, charted on kids syndicated radio network JenniRadio. In June, 2018, Dave's script for the short film, Selfie, was selected for the 2018 AT&T Create-A-Thon, beating out over 500 scripts to get into the finals. The film was shot at Warner Bros. In 2019, Dave played guitar on the single, Running, by actor Larry Thomas (Seinfeld's The Soup Nazi). Dave's weekly national horror radio show, Cemetery GoGo, began airing on WRSG 91.5 FM December 14th, 2019. In December, 2020, and was picked up in June, 2021 by WAKI FM radio. Dave's children's book, Bag Boy and Sweet Slob(c) was released by Headline Books Inc publishers and is now available worldwide on Amazon and wherever books are sold. In February, 2021, Bag Boy and Sweet Slob won the Reader's Favorite 5 Star Award and honorable mention at the 2021 San Francisco Book Festival in June. Against Type and Professor Creepy's Scream Party were picked up by Amazon Prime TV in December, 2020. In September, 2021, Bag Boy and Sweet Slob won the Bronze Medal at the 2021 International Book Awards sponsored by Readers' Favorite.
UPDATE: Dave's syndicated hit radio show, Cemetery GoGo(c), airs on radio stations around the country including WAKI Radio out of Anapolis, Maryland, Classic WJEG in West Virginia, WBNY 91.3 FM out of Buffalo, NY and WCMO 98.5 FM out of Marietta, Ohio. His hit Spotify podcast, Bitching with Bitchy the Clown(c), is on multiple platforms and is being adapted into a TV talk show. Brain Explosion is being adapted into a TV sketch comedy show. Dave's original songs, The Visitor and Elementary in the Cemetery (recorded by Bitchy the Clown) are included in the soundtrack of the indie horror movie, Slice, which premiered at the legendary Chinese Theatre in Hollywood November 16, 2022.
Other credits:
Wrote theme song for Special Olympics, which named several of their teams after Snuggy Bear©. His cartoon work is part of the Charles M. Schulz (Snoopy) museum in Santa Rosa, CA and the Haig Museum of Cartoons in New York. Former song writing partner of the late Albert Hague (Fame, How the Grinch Stole Christmas). A direct descendent of Vlad the Impaler (inspiration for Dracula). An avid golfer, Dave has been sponsored by Roger Dunn Golf Shops. On the board of the prestigious Environment of People Foundation. Coached basketball with legendary UCLA coach Jim Harrick and former LA Lakers and Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy.
website and more info:
https://psychedelia1.wixsite.com/snuggybear
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Katy has always used humor to diffuse stress and anxiety of patients but was intrigued to learn more of the practice of Laughter Yoga when her work started an Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation Program. She traveled three hours to participate in several programs before taking the leap into becoming a Laughter Leader, and then after a few years to become a Laughter Teacher. Katy is known as the Laughing Nurse. With a quick wit that creates laughter, patients and staff feel welcomed and engaged in their own journey. With a magnetic, captivating and high spirited style, participants after a session comment on how they feel calm but energized through the use of this Mirthful Medicine.
Katy believes in education and that stress management is important as stress is a risk factor for job satisfaction. Working in healthcare has always been stressful but since COVID started it has elevated the stress and disconnect to new levels never seen before. For this reason, healthcare teams are currently at high risk and needing tools in order to survive these trying times.
Laughter is a simple and fun tool for reconnecting teams, reenergizing staff, and reducing stress for health professionals in the workplace. Three separate studies have shown that regular laughter sessions increased Workplace Wellbeing by connecting people. It increases oxygen in our lungs by 25% which when distributed to the body cells improves energy levels and also to the brain which helps us think more effectively. And a 45 minute session of Laughter Yoga decreased participants' stress by up to 65%. A Sgori study on using comedy to make participants laugh and be happy showed that they work more productively due to improved morale.
Katy Maag BSN, RN, CCRP is a Registered Nurse in a Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit where she assists heart patients in stress management and heart health education. She is a Stress Management Coach, Laughter Therapist and Teacher, a Member of the American College of Cardiology, American Association of Cardiac Pulmonary Rehabilitation, and active in advocating for Heart Health and Mental Health for healthcare teams and patients at a national level. She has been nominated as a Nurse of Hope and presented several times for The Ohio American Association of Cardiac Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
https://www.kmwellnessconsulting.com/
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