2007: Humor in the media: If the news Media Struggles to be funny- How Can We Help?
Dave Lieber, a humorist and storyteller, works as The Watchdog columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He is a member of the National Speakers Association.
Audiences consistently rate him at conferences where he speaks as one of their favorite speakers. With more than three decades as a newspaperman, Dave has a unique ability to combine real-world experiences with outstanding storytelling skills to move your audience to emotional peaks they won’t forget.
His specialty is to customize his talk to match the needs of your conference. What do you want your audiences to know? How do you hope to help them grow? And how can you do this with loads of fun?
Dave is the winner of the coveted Katie Award from the Dallas Press Club as the Best Columnist in the U.S. Southwest.
He has a strong background as a volunteer. He is co-founder of one of North Texas' largest children's charities, Summer Santa, which serves thousands of children each year through a volunteer service that has no office or paid staff.
His work for Summer Santa earned him the Will Rogers Humanitarian Award. This honor goes to the U.S. newspaper columnist whose work produced positive effects on the lives of readers.
His third book, The Dog of My Nightmares: Stories by Texas Columnist Dave Lieber, was recently released as a CD audio book.
- Columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram 1993-Present
- Staff Writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer 1983 to 1993
- Author of 3 books and one CD audio book
- Owner of a publishing company
Keynotes:
- Marketing You: Ways to Make Your Brand Leap Out in a Cluttered World
- (After-dinner) comedy speech: “If a New Yorker Can Make it in Texas, Imagine What You Could Do!"
- Changing the World One Child at a Time (aimed at volunteer/non-profits, etc.)
Workshops:
- The Secrets of Storytelling: How to Get on the Front Page and the 6 o’clock News
- How to Self-Publish: Live Your Writing Dream and Make a Profit
- How to Bring Humor to Your Writing (or Workplace)
- Using the Other Side of Your Writer’s Brain: New Styles of Creativity
- The Best Kept Secrets of Writing: How New Journalism Techniques Make You a Better Writer
- Bringing Out the Best of Your Board (training on creativity, management, motivation for non-profit boards of directors)
Seminars:
- Jumpstart Your Dream: How to Achieve Your Personal and Business Goals When You Have a Full-Time Job/Life
- Marketing You: Ways to Make Your Brand Leap Out in a Cluttered World
- Customer Service, Taught by a Hateful Yankee Turned Reformed Polite Texan
Book and CD Audio Book:
The Dog of My Nightmares: Stories by Texas Columnist Dave Lieber
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