Hovey Smith | SpeakerHub

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Bio

I am a child of the rural South, educated at the University of Georgia, University of Alaska, University of Arizona and University of Arkansas. I hold a MS Degree in Geology and at 76 am currently registered as a Professional Geologist in Georgia. Throughout my life I have also been interested in communications as a news reporter, magazine writer, author of 19 books and producer of over 700 YouTube videos. My most recent book is "Create Your Own Job Security: Plan to Start Your Own Business at Midlife." In this book I advocate starting a series of businesses throughout one's life to correspond with one's physical abilities, knowledge base, financial resources and goals at the time. My book has step-by-step instructions on ;how to arrive at work that you enjoy so much that you would do it for nothing, and derive significant income from it. I speak on the topics of Geologic Hazards and How to Avoid Them, Starting your Own Business, Finding the Creative People in Your Corporation or Country and How to Find a Business that You Love that Will Also Produce Income. This message is particularly appropriate for those who have recently been subjected to large-scale lay-offs as businesses adjust to the current economic climate.

Current position (1)

Author, Motivational Speaker

Whitehall Press - Budget Publications

Achievements (1)

Member Professional Outdoor Media Organization (POMA)

POMA is a national organization of outdoor writers who must derive much of their annual income from active participation in producing outdoor-related media.

Degrees (1)

Registered Professional Geologist, Writer

University of Georgia, University of Alaska, University of Arizona, University of Arkansas

1971 to 2018

Presentations

Presentations (3)

Finding the Creatives in Your Corporation or Country

Delivered in China in April, 2015, at the request of a regional development agency of the People's Government at the Third World Emerging Industries Summit held in Zhengzhou. A photo of the poster used at the conference is in the gallery. The thrust of this presentation is how to identify, train and manage the creative members of society who, as individuals, can contribute billions to a company and nation's economy. In many respects we are not identifying these individuals and are generally managing them very poorly in the workplace.

The 10,000 Year-Old Man Speaks on Climate Change

Delivered in Vienna, Austria, 2015, at a conference on sustainable cities. Seen from the perspective of Geological time, climate change is a common event in world history with dramatic sea level changes being commonly seen in the Geologic record. Although the author agrees that pumping billions of tons of polluting agents into the atmosphere is undesirable, and should be controlled, dramatic changes in sea levels are nothing new and should be anticipated.

The Billion Bottle Barrier: A World Citizen-Science Project for Mitigating Coastal Erosion

This poster and presentation presented at the Conference on Ecological and Ecosystem Restoration in 2014 (CEER 2014) in New Orleans described the use of found and local materials to create offshore barriers in third-world countries to test best practices for mitigating coastal erosion due to storm surges. The presentation advocates a central clearing house where information on techniques and results could be shared world-wide in projects largely done and reported on by citizen-scientist groups.