Professional Career and Life Coach Jory Fisher Interviews Renaissance Man David Nevue
December 31, 2009 by Jory · Leave a Comment
A gift from God.
That’s what solo pianist and composer David Nevue calls his ability to touch hearts and souls with his sound of music. How else can we explain the creative genius behind his musical gems? His compositions can be heard on over 220 radio programs worldwide.
Since 1992 David’s released eleven albums including “Adoration,” and “Overcome,” which won the title “Best Instrumental Piano Album of 2005” at the Lifestyle Music Awards. His music will calm you, inspire you, delight you, move you, and challenge you.
Listen to this self-taught pianist from Eugene, Oregon describe how he composes, why he composes, and what inspires him to create piece after piece of sheer magnificence. Not simply a take-your-breath-away musician, David is also a businessman par excellence. His book, “How to Promote Your Music Successfully on the Internet,” is a valuable resource for musicians around the world.
Enjoy his music. Enjoy this interview. Enjoy David Nevue, Renaissance Man.
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David Nevue
David Nevue is a self-taught pianist who resides in Eugene, OR. In 1992, David released his first album of piano works called “The Tower,” written as a soundtrack for one of his short stories. In the years since, he has released nine other albums including his most recent, “Adoration.” David’s 2005 release, “Overcome”, won the title “Best Instrumental Piano Album of 2005″ at the Lifestyle Music Awards. Today, David promotes his music almost exclusively via the Internet. He is the program director for Whisperings: Solo Piano Radio (www.solopianoradio.com), a hugely popular Internet radio broadcast. He is also the author of the book “How to Promote Your Music Successfully on the Internet” and the founder of The Music Biz Academy, an online resource for musicians. David tours three or four times a year and has performed concerts with David Lanz, Wayne Gratz, Peter Kater, Suzanne Ciani and dozens of other pianists. David’s music can be heard on over 220 radio programs world-wide.
Please listen to this beautiful sampling of some of David’s music. Enjoy.
Jory Fisher Interviews Luke Hingson, President of Brother’s Brother Foundation
December 23, 2009 by Jory · Leave a Comment
Brother’s Brother Foundation (BBF), a 50-year-old Pittsburgh-based international charity, promotes health, education, and hope through the efficient and effective distribution of donated medical, educational, agricultural, nutritional, and other resources.
BBF has helped tens of millions of people in over 140 countries, working in association with local agencies that want to help their own people. Together with partners in the United States and other affluent countries, BBF has provided over $3.4 billion in goods and services including over 88,000 tons of medical supplies, text books, seeds, and food.
Its President, Luke Hingson, has guided the growth and development of BBF for over 30 years. Luke will share with us his secrets to managing this highly successful charitable organization as well as how BBF makes such a considerable difference around the world.
Hear what motivates him and his staff to persevere in their tireless efforts to connect people’s resources with people’s needs.
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Luke L. Hingson
For more than 30 years Luke L. Hingson has guided the growth and development of Brother’s Brother Foundation, an international humanitarian aid organization dedicated to “Connecting People’s Resources with People’s Needs”. BBF helps people in over 140 countries by working through partnerships with local agencies, government institutions, hospitals, universities, faith-based groups and social clubs. Together with partners in the U.S. and other countries, BBF has provided over 88,000 tons of donated, requested pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, textbooks, food, seed and humanitarian supplies to help those in need. BBF’s International Education Program has sent over 82,485,000 donated requested books to schools and libraries in 104 countries. Under Luke’s leadership, BBF has become one of the most efficient and effective non-profit organizations in the U.S. with low administration and fundraising expenditures noted by Forbes Magazine, Chronicle of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Times.
From the Ashes of Despair Interview with Shane Phillips
December 16, 2009 by Jory · Leave a Comment
Can you imagine what it’s like to be orphaned at age 16?
Shane Phillips had just begun a year of study abroad when he received news that his parents and sister had been killed in a plane crash in Washington, D.C. Though Shane’s aunts, uncles, and grandparents urged him to return immediately to his childhood roots in Colorado, he chose to remain in McLean, Virginia to complete his junior and senior years at Langley High School. He moved back to his home state upon graduation to attend the University of Denver.
This episode of Heart & Soul epitomizes purpose, passion, and perseverance. Shane, knocked flat by tragedy, has risen to become a shining star in his profession; a devoted husband and loving father of four; and co-founder of the Children’s Grief Education Association, which helps hundreds of grieving children around the world.
If you seek encouragement to overcome whatever difficulties you may be facing, listen to Shane. You will be inspired.
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Shane Phillips
In 1993 Shane began his career in financial services as an intern for one of Colorado’s largest privately held financial services firms. He became a two-time national Top 10 producer, starting his own financial service business in 2006. He sold his company to a Denver-based Private Wealth Management Bank where he now directs residential lending nationally. Shane’s managed nearly $250 million in transactions and counts elected officials, professional athletes, and industry captains among his clientele. In 1989 Shane lost his parents and sister in a plane crash. In 2004, as a tribute to them and to help other children work through the loss of loved ones, he co-founded the Children’s Grief Education Association where he serves as board chair. The CGEA provides low cost and pro bono grief counseling to hundreds of children in the Denver area as well as web-based services for children nationally and internationally. Shane and his wife Valerie have four children and reside in Highlands Ranch, CO.
Courage & Calling: Embracing Your God-Given Potential with Dr. Gordon T. Smith
December 9, 2009 by Jory · Leave a Comment
What is the most crucial question in discerning or determining vocation? How does vocation change or evolve through the stages of an adult’s life? Where do we find the courage to follow God’s call and embrace our God-given potential?
Author and theological educator Gordon T. Smith asserts that it is through vocation that we come to a deep appreciation that God takes us seriously. While we all have a general call to love God and neighbor, for each individual there is a specific call—a defining life purpose or mission.
“Each individual is called of God to respond uniquely through service in the world.” Rev. Dr. Smith describes three expressions of vocation: the general call to follow Jesus, the specific call to a unique mission in the world, and the immediate call to our current duties and responsibilities.
If you long to hear and follow God’s call, listen to this dynamic discussion of the key themes in Rev. Dr. Smith’s book “Courage & Calling: Embracing Your God-Given Potential.”
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Gordon T. Smith
Gordon T. Smith is president of reSource Leadership International, an agency that seeks to foster excellence in theological education in the developing world. Before assuming this position in 2003, he served as Vice President and Academic Dean of Regent College in Vancouver, B.C., where he continues to teach part time. Gordon also served as Dean of Canadian Theological Seminary in Canada and of Alliance Biblical Seminary in the Philippines and has had several pastoral appointments including senior pastor of a congregation in Ontario and of an international congregation in the Philippines. His work as an academic administrator is complemented by extensive research, writing, and teaching in systematic and spiritual theology, particularly the theology of religious experience. His numerous publications on topics such as the place of vocation in the life of a Christian and the place of the Lord’s Supper in the life of the church include Courage & Calling: Embracing Your God-Given Potential.
Releasing Children From Poverty with Mark Hollingsworth
December 2, 2009 by Jory · Leave a Comment
For the past 57 years, Compassion International has been the leading international advocate for children living in conditions described as the poorest of the poor.
Its one-to-one child sponsorship program has been recognized as the best in its field by publications like Smart Money magazine, Consumers Digest, The Wall Street Journal, and the Chicago Tribune. This Christ-centered ministry is now working in 26 countries and has linked over 1.1 million needy kids in developing nations with sponsors who not only provide for their needs, but who also speak directly into their lives.
Radio Marketing Manager Mark Hollingsworth illustrates how children, families, communities, and sponsors are transformed by the relationships created through the efforts of Compassion International. Mark works with Christian musicians such as Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Petra, and Rich Mullins, and he creates partnerships with broadcasters who want to share this dynamic ministry with their listeners.
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Mark Hollingsworth
Mark Hollingsworth has been Radio Marketing Manager for Compassion International since 2001; he served as Manager for Artist Relations for six years before that. He’s not just an employee of this child development ministry, however. He’s been a sponsor for over 30 years and has met most of the children he’s sponsored in the 40+ trips he’s led for Compassion. Mark has traveled to 49 countries and all 50 states and considers himself a citizen of the world looking for ways to best assist the poor in finding workable solutions to their social, economic, and spiritual plight. Mark has also been heavily involved in the entertainment world as an artist manager for Petra, Sixpence None the Richer, Steve Taylor, and Smalltown Poets. Those artists sold millions of albums and won dozens of Grammy and Dove Awards while he served them. Also a recognized journalist, Mark has written for over 25 publications and is currently working on his memoirs about his travels abroad.