lonnie Hodge

Blogger, Concerned citizen, Educator/Teacher, Global soul, Journalist, Performer, Social entrepreneur, World traveler, Writer/Editor

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

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

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

Acting & Theatre, Digital + Social Strategy/Implementation, Journalism, Citizen Journalism, Culture Change, Radio Production, Mind Body Medicine, Poetry, Poetry, Storytelling and Creative Process, Social Media

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

Taekwondo, Archery, Close-up Magic