Résumé and ReferencesEarly accomplishments: • 1959 - 1963, BA Sociology &
Anthropology, • 1963 - 1966, US Army officer stationed
in • 1966 - 1969, Population/Family Planning
Education advisor to • 1969 - 1970, Masters in Public Health Education, UC Berkeley; • 1970 - 1975, Family Planning consultant in Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Nepal and Turkey with USAID, UN agencies, World Bank, Ford Foundation; • 1975-1977, PhD program at • In 1975 at the age of 34 Dave learned to juggle! Since learning to juggle, Dave has: • Personally taught over one million people to juggle, in over 2,000 schools and 30 camps in 41 states; • Presented hundreds of in-service workshops for educators in 36 states; • Presented workshops in • Started JUGGLEBUG, leading manufacturer of juggling equipment, sold to Sportime in 1994; • Written 40 songs and produced the JUGGLETIME™ video series, winning two Parent's Choice Awards; • Started The Juggling Institute/Juggling for Success, worldwide networks of professional instructors; • Published in 1984 The Complete Juggler, 575 page instruction book, the "bible" for juggling in 6 languages; • Published in 1977 The Joy of Juggling, which has sold over 200,000 copies in English alone; • Published in 1990 The Zen of Juggling, a spiritual and philosophical adventure story; • Published in 2002 Juggling From Start to Star, Human Kinetics Press, coauthored with Dorothy and Ben Finnigan; • Produced a prize-winning film, The Juggling Lesson, which appeared on Showtime nationwide; • Written and produced a two hour advanced instructional video, Juggling Step by Step; • Created the Juggle JAR winning a 1998 Early Childhood News Directors' Choice Award. • Been featured in Money, Smithsonian, Ford Times and Sports Illustrated; • Attended 1997 Project Zero at Harvard with Howard Gardner and David Perkins; • Attended 1997 Kagan Cooperative Learning Workshop with Spencer Kagan; • Taught the host to juggle on over two dozen television shows from Mike Douglas to Regis Philbin; • Received the first Excellence in Education Award of the International Jugglers' Association in 1991. • Received the Funny Face Award from National Clown Arts Council at Clownfest 2000 As a speaker Dave has been a presenter with over 200 organizations including: • Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AHPERD) in 28 states and 3 Canadian provinces including AK, AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, HI, LA, MA, MD, MI, MT, NC, ND, NJ, NV, NY, OR, SC, SD, TX, VA, VT, WA, WV, BC, Ontario, Quebec & 4 District conferences, often as opening keynote speaker. • ’01 Learning Brain EXPO, Eric Jensen, Director, Jensen Learning, (800)325-4769 • ’01, '00, IAL (International • '00, '99, '98, '97 & '96 ASCD (Assn. for Supervision and Curric. Dev.), Robin McDougal, (703) 578-9600 • '00, '97 NAESP (National Assoc. of Elementary School Principals) Marguerite Leishman (703) 684-3345 • '98, '97 & '96 NAEYC (National Assn for the Education of Young Children), Barbara Bossé (800) 424-2460 • '00 CAEYC (CA Assn. for the Education of Young Children) Susan Buntjer, Conf. Manager (916)442-8053 • '00 SCKC ( • '99, '98, '97, '96, '95, '94 &
'93 STW (Share the Wealth),
• ’00, ’99, '98, '97, '96, '95, '94 & '93 NCAC (National Clown Arts Council), Vince Pagliano • '98 Carolina SDA Conference Keynote, closing and 6 hour workshop, Pamela Forbes (704) 596-3200 • '98 Duval • '98 NLTC (National Leadership Training Conference), Boy Scouts of • '98 & '97 ACA (American Camping Association) National Conference, Connie Coutellier (317) 342-8456 • '97 & '96 REC LAB, (Recreation Laboratory) Myrna Gregory (601) 267-4036 • '97 FCEE ( • '97 CA GATE ( • '97 Mid-Hudson AEYC (Association for the Education of Young Children), Laura Fraher (914) 565-6025 • '99, '96 CSAC ( • '96 ASTRA (American Specialty Toy Retailers) Keynote, Janet Koerner, Executive Director (515) 282-8192 |