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Speakers Bureau

18 Tuesday Oct 2022

Posted by stevewiegenstein in History, Missouri, Personal, Utopias

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One of the real great pleasures in writing books is getting out and talking to people, and for years I’ve been doing speaking engagements in a wide variety of places (this is me at the Ozarks Studies Conference in West Plains a few years ago).

But my favorite venue is a library. Whenever I speak at a library, I always come away having learned something new myself. Library-goers are a varied and curious bunch, knowledgeable about many things, and eager to share that knowledge.

So I’m excited to rejoin the Missouri Humanities Council and State Historical Society of Missouri’s joint project, the Missouri Speakers Bureau. This project provide a wide range of speakers to libraries and other nonprofit organizations around the state: civic groups, historical societies, you name it. And if your organization is located in a rural area (defined as any county outside Jackson, Greene, Boone, or St. Louis City/County), the speakers are totally free! As a kid who grew up in small-town libraries myself, I love the experience of visiting a library and meeting new people who have a love of learning and history similar to mine.

The link to my page on the Speakers Bureau website is here. I’ve put together a presentation on Missouri utopian communities that should be interesting, and am adding new material to the presentation all the time. If you have a group that needs a speaker, get in touch!

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08 Wednesday Jan 2014

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Show Me Missouri Speakers Bureau

The Missouri Humanities Council and the State Historical Society of Missouri jointly manage the “Show Me Missouri” Speakers Bureau, which provides speakers to civic groups, organizations, and libraries for a low cost. I’m pleased that I’ve been selected as one of the speakers for 2014 and hope to get out to a lot of groups and organizations! Check out the link for details.

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