{"id":471,"date":"2012-02-15T23:56:01","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T23:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ericfrancis.com\/ericfrancis\/?page_id=471"},"modified":"2012-02-15T23:56:35","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T23:56:35","slug":"eric-francis-coppolino-speaking-engagements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ericfrancis.com\/ericfrancis\/eric-francis-coppolino-speaking-engagements","title":{"rendered":"Eric Francis &#8211; Motivational Speaker, Workshop Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_38285\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/pagetwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/600+web-110320-eric-by-beth_8902.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38285\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38285\" title=\"600+web-110320-eric-by-beth_8902\" src=\"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/pagetwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/600+web-110320-eric-by-beth_8902.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Beth Bagner.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I am available for impassioned, funny, relevant keynote presentations, speaking engagements and workshops. Without really trying to I have evolved into a motivational speaker; I guess I&#8217;m pretty motivated and like to talk about why. Here is a selected list of my past presentations, spanning from 1996 to present. Please contact Chelsea at (877) 453-8265 or write to us at<strong> info@planetwaves.net<\/strong> for more information. It is best to both call and email, please. Alternative daytime contact is Sarah at (845) 331-0355 and sarah@planetwaves.net.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Power Places Tours<\/strong>, Crete, April 1996, hosted by Barbara Hand Clow; New Moon presentation on tour of Athens, Crete and Egypt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Celebration of Sacred Sexuality<\/strong>, Harbin Springs, CA, September 1997, presented by Deborah Taj Anapol; keynote speaker on astrology and sexuality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Loving More National Retreats<\/strong>, East and West Coasts, 1997-2010. Workshop and lecture presenter on relationships, culminating as keynote speaker in 2010.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New York State Conference on Property Rights<\/strong>, February 1998. Keynote speaker at annual conference, on real estate fraud by land trusts including Mohonk Preserve and Open Space Institute.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Club Relate<\/strong>, Daytona, FL, 1999-2000, workshop presenter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Northwest Astrology Conference<\/strong>, Seattle, WA, 2001-2002, faculty<br \/>\n&#8212; Astrology Points to a New Sexuality<br \/>\n&#8212; Chiron at 25<br \/>\n&#8212; Born in the Sixties<\/p>\n<p><strong>Iraq War &#8211; Peace Protest in Seattle<\/strong>, Spring 2004. Allowed Tom Morello of Audioslave (formerly of Rage Against the Machine) to cut in front of me on speakers&#8217; line so he could make it to sound check on time. Promised him I would put it on my r\u00e9sum\u00e9.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38291\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/pagetwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/325+web-eric-audio-headshot1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38291\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38291\" title=\"325+web-eric-audio-headshot\" src=\"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/pagetwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/325+web-eric-audio-headshot1-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Francis, in his podcasting studio<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>National Union of Journalists <\/strong>of the UK, Paris, December 2005, An American Journalist in Paris.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Astrology Toronto International Conference<\/strong>, 2005-2006, keynote faculty, full-day presentations on working with minor planets for professional astrologers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>State University of New York at New Paltz<\/strong>, April 2006, on the history of dioxin and PCBs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Blast Astrology Conference<\/strong>, Sedona, AZ, March 2007, faculty, presentation on newspaper horoscopes as journalism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Council for Geocosmic Research Conference<\/strong> (NCGR) international conference, Baltimore, MD, March 2007, conference faculty, Pluto on Galactic Center.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Omega Institute for Holistic Studies<\/strong>, Rhinebeck, NY, May 2008, four-day workshop intensive on using Chiron in the natal chart.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gay Blogger&#8217;s Conference<\/strong> in Washington, DC, 2009. Investigative reporting for bloggers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>United Astrology Conference<\/strong>, 2009, official conference press.<\/p>\n<p><strong>American Psychological Association<\/strong>, Toronto, 2009, faculty, Women&#8217;s Psychology Section. &#8220;The Inner Gaze: Reconstructing Women&#8217;s Sense of Self.&#8221; Sponsored by Christine Farber, Ph.D.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hudson Valley National Council for Geocosmic Research<\/strong> (NCGR) Hudson Valley Chapter, Saugerties, NY, August 2009. Presentation for professional astrologers on working with newly discovered planets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Yes Men<\/strong>, 2009-2010, various appearances, presenting on the history of The Yes Men political satire troupe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Council for Geocosmic Research (NCGR) International Conference<\/strong>, Cambridge, MA, February 2010. Presentation for professional astrologers on working with newly-discovered planets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Omega Institute for Holistic Studies<\/strong>, April 2011, presentation on 2012 astrology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>United Astrology Conference<\/strong>, 2012, conference faculty, presenting as part of the expert panel on astrology in the media; and a half-day intensive on astrological writing for professionals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am available for impassioned, funny, relevant keynote presentations, speaking engagements and workshops. Without really trying to I have evolved into a motivational speaker; I guess I&#8217;m pretty motivated and like to talk about why. 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