Masonic Model Student Assistance Program, Eastern Star Lodge #55, Franklin, OH, December 2025
Trains, Tracks & The Brotherhood that Built Them (Revised), Eastern Star Lodge #55, Franklin, OH, December 2025
I Planned a Perfect Lesson… Then the Kids Showed Up, Tri-County Toastmasters Club #870, Mid-Pointe Library, West Chester, OH, December 2025
The L.E.O.'s Secret Weapon: The Clipboard That Teaches, 2nd Masonic District of Ohio's Annual Lodge Education Officer Training, Hamilton, OH, December 2025
The Life of Dr. Joseph Warren, Sons of the American Revolution, Mason Middle School, November 2025
Trains, Tracks & The Brotherhood that Built Them, Buckeye Corridor #810, High-Twelve, West Chester, OH, November 2025
Why Should I Join the Knights of St. Andrews? Valley of Dayton Scottish Rite, November 2025
When No One Believes In You, Tri-County Toastmasters Club #870, Mid-Pointe Library, West Chester, OH, November 2025
Update on Being Legendary--Did we Build our Brotherhood Brick by Brick this Past Year????, Washington Lodge #17, Hamilton, OH, November 2025
The Bee Line March, Herman H. Lawrence Council No. 82, Allied Masonic Degrees, Middletown, OH, October 2025
The Bee Line March, Tri-County Toastmasters Club #870, Mid-Pointe Library, West Chester, OH, October 2025
Leading from the Front, Walking Beside, and Lifting Up, Tri-County Toastmasters Club #870, Mid-Pointe Library, West Chester, Ohio, October 2025
A Wrinkle in Time: Timing Is Everything, Tri-County Toastmasters Club #870, Mid-Pointe Library, West Chester, OH, September 2025
The Day My Clock Almost Stopped, Tri-County Toastmasters Club #870, Indiana Wesleyan University, West Chester, Ohio, September 2025
Set Sail with Masonry: Life Lesson's from Kipling's Captains Courageous, Washington Lodge #17, Hamilton, OH, September 2025
Review of Masonic Movie Night (The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling) and Washington's 5th Annual Summer of Fellowship and Education, Washington Lodge #17, Hamilton, OH, August 2025
8 Seconds, Tri-County Toastmasters Club #870, Indiana Wesleyan University, West Chester, August 2025
I was Ready to Quit--Then This Happened, Tri-County Toastmasters Club #870, Mid-Pointe Library, West Chester, OH August 2025
Can a Mason Also Be a Stamp Collector? A Journey through Masonic Philately, Herman H. Lawrence Council No. 82, Allied Masonic Degrees, Middletown, OH, July 2025
Four Chaplains: A Legacy of Faith, Sacrifice, and Brotherhood, Table Lodge, Washington Lodge #17, Hamilton, OH, June 2025
Hot Diggity-Dog, Table Topics Winner, Tri-County Toastmasters Club #870, Mid-Pointe Library, West Chester, OH, June 2025
A Celebration of Dr. Joseph Warren’s Life, Hamilton High Twelve Club #414, Hamilton, OH, June 2025
How Do We Use the Trowel? Washington Lodge #17, Hamilton, OH, June 2025
Masonic Memorial Night: In Solemn Remembrance, Washington Lodge #17, Hamilton, OH, June 2025
Dr. Joseph Warren Remembered: Who Was He, Really? Washington Lodge #17 and Washington Chapter of Eastern Star #195, and Millenium Rainbow Girls, and Hamilton DeMolay, Hamilton, OH, June 2025
On Track: What's Next? Tri-County Toastmasters Club #870, Mid-Pointe Library, West Chester, OH June 2025
Let Us Honor Dr. Joseph Warren, Knights of St. Andrew, Valley of Dayton Scottish Rite, Fairborn, OH, June 2025
The Upcoming Dr. Joseph Warren Cachet, George Washington Masonic Stamp Club, Virtual Meeting, Alexandria, VA, June 2025
Celebrating the Life of Dr. Joseph Warren, Tri-County Toastmasters Club #870, Mid-Pointe Library, West Chester, OH, May 2025
What is a Hat? Washington Lodge #17, Hamilton, OH, May 2025
Masonic Philately, Dayton High Twelve Club #69, Dayton, OH, May 2025
Celebrating the life of our Bro. Past Grand Master, Dr. Joseph Warren, Ohio Lodge of Research, Reynoldsburg, OH, May 2025
Who are the Knights of St Andrew? New Candidates for the Valley of Dayton, Scottish Rite, Dayton, OH, April 2025
The State of the Lodge: Are We in Harmony? Washington Lodge #17, Hamilton, OH, April 2025
Ashes, Ashes We All Rise Up, 2nd Place, Annual District Speech Competition, Toastmasters District, Fairfield, OH, March 2025
Why are You Here?, 2nd Place, Annual Speech Competition, Tri-County Toastmasters Club #870, Mid-Pointe Library, West Chester, OH, January 2025
Rhetoric: Talk, Talk & More Talk, Washington Lodge #17, Hamilton, OH, January 2025
A Brief Overview of Freemason's Flourish in Forging Freedom's Path from Britain, as told through Philately, Working Lunch Group, Ohio Lodge of Research, Reynoldsburg, OH, January 2025
Speaking my Way from Fearful Lamb to Roaring Lion: A Toastmaster's Journey, Tri-County Toastmasters Club #870, January 2025
What Difference Does It Make? Washington Lodge #17, Hamilton, OH, January 2025
Book Discussion: Chapter 2 of Joseph Fort Newton's Book The Builders, Virtual, Washington Lodge #17, Hamilton, OH, December 2024
The Feast of St. John the Evangelist, Washington Lodge #17, Hamilton, OH, December 2024
The Plan: Awarding Excellence--Failure or Success--Success or Failure, part 2, Tri-County Toastmasters #870, Mid Pointe Library, West Chester, OH, December 2024
Growing as a Mason, Washington Lodge #17, Hamilton, OH, December 2024
What is a Mason?, Washington Lodge #17, Hamilton, OH, December 2024
The Plan: Awarding Excellence, part 1, Tri-County Toastmasters #870, Mid-Pointe Library, West Chester, OH, November 2025
Giving and Receiving Instruction, Washington Lodge #17, Hamilton, OH, November 2024
Book Discussion: Chapter 2 of Joseph Fort Newton's Book The Builders, Virtual, Washington Lodge #17, Hamilton, OH, November 2024
Duty Calls, Tri-County Toastmasters #870, Mid-Pointe Library, West Chester, OH, November 2024
Building Brotherhood Together Brick by Brick through Excellence: Learning More, Doing More, Achieving More, and Having More Fun, Washington Lodge #17, Hamilton, OH, November 2024
Duty Calls--The Newly Formed American Navy, Young Marines of Northern Kentucky, Sons of the American Revolution, Kentucky, November 2024
Stop Throwing Bricks, Tri-County Toastmasters #870, Indiana Wesleyan University, West Chester, OH, October 2024
The American Revolution and Freemasonry, Education Day, Hamilton Chapter of DeMolay, Hamilton, OH, October 2024
The Class Toast, Royal Scofield Society, Induction Ceremony for the 2024 Class, RSS Grand Lodge of Ohio, Dayton, OH, October 2023
The Wolcott Foundation, Awareness Month for the Wolcott Foundation, Hamilton High Twelve Club #414, Hamilton, OH, October 2024
Dream Big, Speak Boldly: Define Your Brand, Tri-County Toastmasters Club #870, West Chester, OH, September 2024
The American Revolution and Freemasonry, Table Lodge, Oxford Lodge # , Oxford, OH, September 2024
What Does the Wolcott Foundation Do? Hamilton, High Twelve Club #414, Hamilton, OH, September 2024
How Masonry Guided Our Brother Harry S. Truman, Washington Lodge #17, Hamilton, OH, September 2024
Carl Claudy's book: Introduction to Freemasonry vol. 1--Entered Apprentice, part 5, Hamilton's 3-5-7 Square and Compasses Craftsman Club, Hamilton, OH, August 2024
The Buck Stops Here! Tri-County Toastmasters Club #870, Indiana Wesleyan University, West Chester, OH, August 2024
Freemason’s Flourish in Forging Freedom’s Path from Britain, as told through Philately, AIRPEX 2024, Dayton Stamp Club, Stamp Exhibit Displayed, IBEW Hall, Dayton, OH, August 2024
Carl Claudy's book: Introduction to Freemasonry vol. 1--Entered Apprentice, part 4, Hamilton's 3-5-7 Square and Compasses Craftsman Club, Hamilton, OH, August 2024
The I in Ohio, Tri-County Toastmasters Club #870, Mid-Pointe Library, West Chester, OH, August 2024
Carl Claudy's book: Introduction to Freemasonry vol. 1--Entered Apprentice, part 3, Hamilton's 3-5-7 Square and Compasses Craftsman Club, Hamilton, OH, August 2024
Building Brotherhood Together Brick by Brick--Striving for Excellence through Learning More, Doing More, Achieving More, & Having More Fun, Presumed Officers and their Significant Others, Washington Lodge #17, Hamilton, OH
Carl Claudy's book: Introduction to Freemasonry vol. 1--Entered Apprentice, part 2, Hamilton's 3-5-7 Square and Compasses Craftsman Club, Hamilton, OH, July 2024
Breaking the Chains: A Burger Boiler or Conqueror, A Flop or Flourish, A Bum or Champion, Toastmasters #870, Mid-Pointe Library, West Chester, OH, July 2024
Carl Claudy's book: Introduction to Freemasonry vol. 1--Entered Apprentice, part 1, Hamilton's 3-5-7 Square and Compasses Craftsman Club, Hamilton, OH, July 2024
Building Brotherhood Together Brick by Brick--Striving for Excellence through Learning More, Doing More, Achieving More, & Having More Fun, Tri-County Toastmasters Club #870, Mid-Pointe Library, West Chester, OH, July 2024
Soldiers, Statesman, and Surveyors, Table Lodge, Millenium Lodge #779, Dayton, OH, June 2024
Masonic Philately, Dayton Stamp Club, Christ United Methodist Church, Kettering, OH, June 2024
The Mentorship Equation: LOVEE & Growth, Tri-County Toastmasters #870, Indiana Wesleyan University, June 2024
Masonic Memorials and the Three Stalwarts of Our Lodge, Washington Lodge #17, Hamilton, OH, June 2024
The American Revolution and Freemasonry: The Events leading up to the American Revolution through Evacuation Day in Boston, High Twelve Dayton Club #69, Dayton, OH, June 2024
Frog Tails, Football Feasts & Other Stories Reveal How to Connect to Your Audience, Tri-County Toastmasters Club #870, Mid-Pointe Library, West Chester, OH, May 2024
From Tracks to Temples: Building a Masonic Journey through the Passion of Philately, Ohio Lodge of Research, Reynoldsburg, OH, May 2024
Looking Back and Looking Forward--What Our Masonic Stamp Club Has and Will Accomplish, George Washington Masonic Stamp Club, Alexandria, VA, February 2024
Leslie's Retreat, Monroe Elementary School 4th Graders, Sons of the American Revolution, Monroe, OH, February 2024
He Said, She Said, I Said, Tri-County Toastmasters #870, West Chester, OH, December 2023
To Train one Up, Tri-County Toastmasters #870, West Chester, OH, September 2023
One Mason's Connection to Freemasonry and the American Revolution, Stamp Exhibit Displayed, MedTalks, Ohio Lodge of Research, Hamilton, OH, September 2023
One Mason's Connection between the American Revolution and Freemasonry, AIRPEX 2023, Dayton Stamp Club, Stamp Exhibit Displayed, IBEW Hall, Dayton, OH, August 2023
The Blazing Surveyor of Ohio, Tri-County Toastmasters #870, West Chester, OH, August 2023
The Individual Known as Rocky, Tri-County Toastmasters #870, West Chester, OH, August 2023
Freemasonry and the American Revolution, Table Lodge, Millenium Lodge #779, Dayton, OH, June 2023
Freemasonry and the American Revolution, 2nd Masonic District Officer's Association Education Meeting, High Point Lodge, Monroe, OH, April 2023
Revitalizing the George Washington Masonic Stamp Club, George Washington Masonic Stamp Club, Alexandria, VA, February 2023
Creating a Masonic Journey and Legacy, Royal Scofield Society, Washington Lodge #17, Hamilton, OH, April 2022
Background History on Singapore Math, Sam Rayburn Elementary School, Grand Prairie ISD (TX), November 2008
Applying Phil Schlechty's Principles to Improve Science Instruction, Seguin Elementary School, Grand Prairie ISD (TX), October 2006
Taking the World by Storm: Singapore Math’s Rise and Fall in American Schools, 6th Annual College of Education’s Educational Research Exchange, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, Feb. 2006
Hats Off to Math, Place Value Strand, Math-A-Rama, Dallas, TX, Summer 2005
Geometry in a Geo-World, Conference for the Advancement of Math Teachers, Dallas, TX, Summer 2005
Math in the Midst of Medieval Times, Conference for the Advancement of Math Teachers, Dallas, TX, Summer 2005
Jamie Escalante’s Stand and Deliver: Alternative Mathematics Techniques, Conference for the Advancement of Math Teachers, Dallas, TX, Summer 2005
Making a Difference Next Year: Calendar, Earrings for Boys, and District Dress Code, Amber Terrace Intermediate, DeSoto ISD (TX), May 2005
Teacher Moves and Strategies that Work, Conference Call--1 of 4 panelist speakers, Quantum Learning, California, April 2005
Survey on School Climate, Amber Terrace Intermediate, DeSoto ISD, March 2005
Don’t Have a Cow: Using the Dell Cart Easily, Staff Development Technology Day, Amber Terrace Intermediate, DeSoto ISD (TX), February 2005
Creation of Clubs to Foster Positive Campus Environment and Reduce Discipline Referrals, DeSoto Independent School District Safety & Discipline Committee, DeSoto ISD (TX), Spring 2005
Developing an Intervention Plan for At-Risk Students, Math Department, Amber Terrace Intermediate School, DeSoto ISD (TX), January 2005
Math Strategies and Problem Solving, Student Achievement Night, Amber Terrace Intermediate School, DeSoto ISD (TX), January 2005
Scope & Sequence for Special Education Teachers in the NCLB World, Special Education Department, DeSoto Independent School District (TX), Fall 2004
Using Prime Factorization to Reduce Fractions, Math Department, Amber Terrace Intermediate School, DeSoto ISD (TX), October 2004
Analyzing Mini-Benchmarks and Assessments, Math Department, Amber Terrace Intermediate School, DeSoto ISD (TX), September 2004
Chess Improves Student’s Math Abilities, Parent Teacher Association, Amber Terrace Intermediate School, DeSoto ISD (TX), August 2004
Olympiads, a Rigorous Math Program, Parent Teacher Association, Amber Terrace Intermediate School, DeSoto ISD (TX), August 2004
An Overview of the New Math TAKS—The Tick-Tack-Toes of Math TAKS, Cockrell Hill Elementary, DeSoto ISD (TX), Spring 2003
Talking TAKS, 3rd & 4th Grade Parent Night, Cockrell Hill Elementary, DeSoto ISD (TX), Spring 2003
Math District Problem Solving and Using Non-Standard Math Problems, Back to School Staff Development (K-6 grade teachers), DeSoto Independent School District (TX), August 2002
Inspiring Stories Together
Bringing Lessons to Life
Talks
Engaging Audiences
My talks connect historical narratives with contemporary lessons, igniting inspiration in audiences of all ages. I strive to make history relatable, encouraging attendees to appreciate their own stories and how they intertwine with the larger tapestry of our shared human experience.
Workshops
Interactive Learning
Through interactive workshops, participants engage deeply with historical themes and personal stories. My aim is to create a space where curiosity thrives, and meaningful discussions lead to personal reflection and growth, fostering a sense of community among participants.
Exhibits
Historic Insights
I present thematic exhibits that blend history with art, showcasing stories that may otherwise be forgotten. My exhibit, 'Freemasons in the Crucible of Revolution: My Family’s Story,' provides a unique lens through which to view pivotal events and their lasting impacts.
