TED Community » Lonnie Hodge

About Me

Disabled veteran, human rightist, poet, retired professor of literature and King of Nothing,
20 yr. resident of Asia, and online consultant for SMEs & Multi-Nationals for 8 of those years. Degrees in Communications, Fine Arts, Education & Engineering and East-Asian Studies.
Rabid Blogger traveling the country with service dog Gander...
Widely published and anthologized, is also a past recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and has edited books in English, Chinese and Japanese....
Working on a new book of poetry, a crowd sourced book on dogs, and a mystery set on the Silk Road...
Hosted TEDxGuangzhou, and curated TEDxCanton, sponsored the 2009 China Blogegrcon.
In past incarnations: professional actor, hospital clinical administrator, anthologized poet, professional archer, martial arts instructor & military officer.

Specialties:
Volunteerism, Veterans, Free Speech, Digital Branding, Editing, Content Management, Social Networking, Education, EAP, SEO/SEM and Analytics, China Consulting, Cultural SEO/SEM, Cultural Branding, Cultural Marketing, Public Speaking


TEDCRED 500+ TEDx OrganizerTED Attendee

More About Me

I'm passionate about

Censorship, Human Rights, China, Friendships, Veterans Health Care and TEDx

An idea worth spreading

Traveling the country to raise awareness about Veterans issues, particularly suicide.

Talk to me about

Poetry, veterans issues, China,dogs

People don't know that I'm good at

Taekwondo, Archery, Close-up Magic

My TED Story

I have been on the organizing committees for TEDxGuangzhou and TEDxSunriver and have curated TEDxCanton and soon TEDxPueblo.

Comments

  • TEDCred score: +2300.00 TEDCred reflects your contribution to the TED community.

This user has not yet posted any comments.

Favorite talks

This member doesn't have any favorite talks yet.