Biography

Arnold, anthor of Lincoln 365, holds an MA in history and brings impressive enrichment to the speaker's podium: teacher, school administrator, business owner, professional musician, free-lance journalist, grants writer, house painter, Hospice volunteer. His professional public speaking career began with "Life Skills in Prison: Strategies to Make Freedom Happen" and "Life Skills: How to Fire Up 'Hardened' Kids," talks he has presented at national conventions from Los Angeles and San Francisco to Scottsdale and St. Louis.

Arnold has fine-tuned his speaking skills with Toastmasters International. His Lincoln presentations, as well as his recently published Lincoln 365, arose out of his award-winning speech entitled "Lincoln Was a Loser."

Whether his message centers on the life skills a convicted felon must master to stay out of prison or Lincoln's sense of vision that our leadership-starved world cries out for, Arnold's delivery is timely and inspiring, enticing as a warm, glowing fire in a cold, dark room. A riveting story-teller, Arnold empowers people to push their various envelops as a matter of course - who would have guessed life could be this exciting?