Neal Moore speaks at Wright State University’s annual Adventure Summit about the power of unity and the importance of coming together to achieve common goals. Stringing together rivers and the people along them to see what still connects us in divided times. Lighting out for an island called Liberty, for an experiment called America.
“Brilliant presentation.”
– THE HARVARD CLUB
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A nomad, public speaker and itinerant scribbler, Neal Moore is the author of two non-fiction books – Down the Mississippi and Homelands: A Memoir – as well as numerous news articles. His 7,500 mile cross-continent “sea to shining sea” expedition of illumination, considered a first from west to east, was covered by major media around the world. Topps Allen & Ginter honored Moore with a pop culture “Explorer & Writer” baseball card, and the Mark Twain Museum, CNN and The Times of London have dubbed him “the modern-day Huckleberry Finn.”
Speaking Topics:
Finding Bliss in Letting Go
In finding the bliss in letting go, in pushing oneself “out there,” Neal Moore provides actionable insight into the art of placing and pushing and willing oneself out and into the unknown. Through the unique stories of his journey through America, he illustrates the balance between town and country, between wildness and humanity. By encouraging audiences to truly observe, listen to, and most importantly, feel, the wonder around them, they are ultimately able to find the undercurrent, rhyme and reason in their own personal journeys.
Learning Outcomes:
-Learn to harness the power and the alchemy of vulnerability.
-Gain tools to embrace the wildness inside and around yourself
-Harness the power of release, the saving grace in “letting go.”
Plot Your Journey and See Your Way Through
On any quest, you’ve got to have a goal. For Neal, it was to paddle a canoe from West Coast to East, the hard way, the wrong way, to earn a rarefied view of the Statue of Liberty from the American side. Part of the fun – a talisman of the adventure of this life – is the map. As you unfurl your own map across your classroom or the kitchen or the boardroom table, you unfurl the map across your mind. And you get to work out your very own Point A and Point B and your crooked path in between – because we all know that it won’t be a simple, straight line.
Learning Outcomes:
-Learn the motto: Slow down – slow the hell down – and enjoy the ride.
-Understand that when we set our minds to it, we can go anywhere and we can do anything.
-Develop the courage to paddle upstream, to struggle, to fight, and realize our goals.
A Journey of Illumination into the Heart of America
On that very last day in New York Harbor – after 22 rivers and 22 states and 22 months and 7,500 miles – Neal Moore at long last approached the torch of Lady Liberty. The sensation was overwhelming. As he slowly paddled and took in the view from the American side, his journey came back in flashes – of the smiles, the simple acts of kindness, the genuine article that is the American People. Like a highlight reel, the true American spirit was illuminated in the faces of all he had met all along the journey. In his keynote speech, A Journey of Illumination into the Heart of America, Neal shows us how the characters we meet along the way – along our journey, are the characters that hold the power to transform how we look at our nation and how we see ourselves and our place in the world.
Learning Outcomes:
-Embrace that in hard times, that especially in hard times, this is when we roll up our sleeves and develop empathy. When our neighbors, our colleagues, our community have the chance to become family.
-Learn that it is open-mindedness that connects us.
-Discover that if we stop to listen and observe and, most importantly, feel, the fire is still burning.
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