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Little Miss Merit Badge
A Memoir
Langbeschreibung
"I was hooked by the age of 6."
So begins the memoir of a girl whose 17-year-old parents dropped ice cubes down her diapers to make her dance, whose bare-chested grandmother gave her singing lessons, whose brother tried to get rid of her with a strategically dropped boulder, and who moved so many times she barely got desk assignments at school, let alone had time to make any friends.
The on-going, outrageous dysfunction, and denial in her life was enough to turn anyone into an addict.
Nationally recognized university professor and internationally renowned speaker Ronda Beaman confesses her drug of choice was earning Girl Scout badges. Lots of them. And she never quite kicked the habit.
LITTLE MISS MERIT BADGE takes readers through oddball adventures Beaman had earning her many badges as she explores the nature of resilience and the accomplishment addiction many young girls develop to compensate for growing up in a challenging environment.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Former Girl Scout, Dr. Ronda Beaman was the first recipient of the National Education Association's "Excellence in the Academy: Art of Teaching" award, as well as mother of USA Today's Most Creative Family, and is a faculty resource for the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) University. A highly regarded speaker, she also directs leadership studies at California Polytechnic University and is Chief Creative Officer at PEAK Learning, Inc. She is a national thought leader for The American Health Network and her work has been featured on major media including USA Today, CBS, NBC and Fox. Dr. Ronda Beaman is available to speak at troop meetings, book clubs and readings, writing seminars, find her at LittleMissMeritBadge.com.
REVIEWS
"...a warm and wise account of what it takes to build a life of merit and then pay it forward." -- Catherine Ryan Hyde, Author of PAY IT FORWARD and 16 other novels
"...proves you can have the best of everything, even in the worst of circumstances, if you are willing to work at it." -- Barbara Hannah Grufferman, Author, THE BEST OF EVERYTHING AFTER 50
"...beckons you to look at life and learning in a whole new way and by the end makes you better at both." -- Nanci Bell, M.A., Co-founder of Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes
"Funny, poignant and meaningful." -- Jerry Scott, Co-creator, internationally syndicated comic strips
"...a journey of resilience, hard work and hope that can reawaken our own exceptional selves." -- Dr. Paul G. Stoltz, Bestselling Author, ADVERSITY QUOTIENT
So begins the memoir of a girl whose 17-year-old parents dropped ice cubes down her diapers to make her dance, whose bare-chested grandmother gave her singing lessons, whose brother tried to get rid of her with a strategically dropped boulder, and who moved so many times she barely got desk assignments at school, let alone had time to make any friends.
The on-going, outrageous dysfunction, and denial in her life was enough to turn anyone into an addict.
Nationally recognized university professor and internationally renowned speaker Ronda Beaman confesses her drug of choice was earning Girl Scout badges. Lots of them. And she never quite kicked the habit.
LITTLE MISS MERIT BADGE takes readers through oddball adventures Beaman had earning her many badges as she explores the nature of resilience and the accomplishment addiction many young girls develop to compensate for growing up in a challenging environment.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Former Girl Scout, Dr. Ronda Beaman was the first recipient of the National Education Association's "Excellence in the Academy: Art of Teaching" award, as well as mother of USA Today's Most Creative Family, and is a faculty resource for the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) University. A highly regarded speaker, she also directs leadership studies at California Polytechnic University and is Chief Creative Officer at PEAK Learning, Inc. She is a national thought leader for The American Health Network and her work has been featured on major media including USA Today, CBS, NBC and Fox. Dr. Ronda Beaman is available to speak at troop meetings, book clubs and readings, writing seminars, find her at LittleMissMeritBadge.com.
REVIEWS
"...a warm and wise account of what it takes to build a life of merit and then pay it forward." -- Catherine Ryan Hyde, Author of PAY IT FORWARD and 16 other novels
"...proves you can have the best of everything, even in the worst of circumstances, if you are willing to work at it." -- Barbara Hannah Grufferman, Author, THE BEST OF EVERYTHING AFTER 50
"...beckons you to look at life and learning in a whole new way and by the end makes you better at both." -- Nanci Bell, M.A., Co-founder of Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes
"Funny, poignant and meaningful." -- Jerry Scott, Co-creator, internationally syndicated comic strips
"...a journey of resilience, hard work and hope that can reawaken our own exceptional selves." -- Dr. Paul G. Stoltz, Bestselling Author, ADVERSITY QUOTIENT
Dr. Ronda Beaman has been Chief Creative Officer for the global research and solution firm PEAK Learning, Inc., since 1990. As a national award-winning educator, Dr. Beaman is Clinical Professor of Leadership at The Orfalea School of Business, California Polytechnic University. She is Founder and Executive Director of Dream Makers SLO, a non-profit foundation granting final wishes to financially-challenged, terminally-ill adults, and serves on the Board of Directors for the National Pay It Forward Foundation.Her national award-winning book, You're Only Young Twice, has been printed in five languages. Her memoir, Little Miss Merit Badge was an Amazon bestseller and was featured at The Golden Globe Awards. Her new book, Seal With a Kiss, is designed to improve skills for beginning readers and is offered at Lindamood-Bell Learning Centers internationally.
Dr. Beaman is an internationally recognized expert on leadership, resilience, fitness, education, and life coaching. She has conducted research in a host of areas, written many academic articles and books, and won numerous awards. She was selected by the Singapore Ministry of the Family as their honored Speaker of the Year and named the first recipient of the National Education Association's "Excellence in the Academy: Art of Teaching" award. She has been selected as a faculty resource for the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) university in Argentina, Kyoto and India, where she received the highest speaker ratings among 36 elite faculty. She has been featured on major media including CBS and Fox Television, USA Today, and is a national thought leader for American Health Network.
Dr. Beaman presents to groups from 10 to 10,000 and ranging in ages from 5-105 on a broad range of substantive and inspiring topics. She is described by business and government leaders as "an exceptionally original, dynamic, inspiring, and thought-provoking presenter."
Dr. Beaman earned her doctorate in Leadership at Arizona State University. She is also a certified executive coach and personal trainer with multiple credentials from the Aerobic Research Center. Her family was named "America's Most Creative Family" by USA Today and she was recently named SCW National Fitness Idol.
Dr. Beaman is an internationally recognized expert on leadership, resilience, fitness, education, and life coaching. She has conducted research in a host of areas, written many academic articles and books, and won numerous awards. She was selected by the Singapore Ministry of the Family as their honored Speaker of the Year and named the first recipient of the National Education Association's "Excellence in the Academy: Art of Teaching" award. She has been selected as a faculty resource for the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) university in Argentina, Kyoto and India, where she received the highest speaker ratings among 36 elite faculty. She has been featured on major media including CBS and Fox Television, USA Today, and is a national thought leader for American Health Network.
Dr. Beaman presents to groups from 10 to 10,000 and ranging in ages from 5-105 on a broad range of substantive and inspiring topics. She is described by business and government leaders as "an exceptionally original, dynamic, inspiring, and thought-provoking presenter."
Dr. Beaman earned her doctorate in Leadership at Arizona State University. She is also a certified executive coach and personal trainer with multiple credentials from the Aerobic Research Center. Her family was named "America's Most Creative Family" by USA Today and she was recently named SCW National Fitness Idol.
ISBN-13:
9781936214471
Veröffentl:
2012
Erscheinungsdatum:
18.02.2012
Seiten:
242
Autor:
Ronda Beaman
Gewicht:
347 g
Format:
216x140x14 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
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