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Author of Where Are We Going So Fast?

Read my latest blog at ChicagoNow (Chicago Tribune Media Group)

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Author of Where Are We Going So Fast?

Read my latest blog at ChicagoNow (Chicago Tribune Media Group)

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Writing

Books

Book Contributor

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Author of Where Are We Going So Fast?: Finding the Sacred In Everyday Moments.

Book Contributor

Book Contributor

Book Contributor

James Warda Chicken Soup for the Soul, Expectant Mother's, Father's, Inspiration, Love

Columnist/writer for Chicken Soup for the Soul Enterprises, including contributing to the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul, Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother's Soul , Chicken Soup for the Father's Soul, along with The Pocket Parent

Forewords

Book Contributor

Columnist and Blogger

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Foreword writer for Turn Enemies into Allies: The Art of Peace in the Workplace and The Sequoia Seed.

Columnist and Blogger

Communications and Marketing

Columnist and Blogger

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Background includes being a regular contributing columnist for the Chicago Tribune and Pioneer Press, and also write Where are we going so fast? blog for the Chicago Tribune Media Group.

Communications and Marketing

Communications and Marketing

Communications and Marketing

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 Gold Quill Award-Winning Communications and Marketing Executive with global experience across Fortune 100 companies, who has counseled leaders, directed complex cross-functional initiatives, developed and motivated teams, spearheaded innovative marketing programs, managed PR, and led large-scale change projects.  

Magazine and Web

Communications and Marketing

Communications and Marketing

Marketing James Warda Community Coincidence

 Contributor/writer for websites, including American Marketing Association Chicago and the Institute of Internal Communications, and magazines , including The Works. 

Job Search

Job Search

Job Search

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Continues to work to help job seekers, including as a writer through 48 Lessons Learned in Job Search: How to Find a Job (and Yourself) Along the Way guide and as a speaker, through the 9-1/2 Myths of the Modern Job Search workshop.

Disney

Job Search

Job Search

James Warda, Walt Disney, One Man's Dream, Walt Disney World

 Long-time Disney fan, writer and speaker, who has written about Walt Disney, the man, and his many contributions to the entertainment industry, including in a One Man's Dream cover story for Celebrations magazine and in contributing to WDW magazine. 

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Speaking

Keynotes, Conferences and Workshops

Keynotes, Conferences and Workshops

Keynotes, Conferences and Workshops

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As a speaker, presented to over 60 organizations, ranging from the Advanced Learning Institute to healthcare systems, universities and schools, and religious organizations. In addition, I offer workshops for leaders, teachers, parents and more.

Podcasts and Radio Spots

Keynotes, Conferences and Workshops

Keynotes, Conferences and Workshops

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Guested on podcasts, including Teaching in the Arts  and The Art of Communication.  Also hosted a daily "Moments" radio segment for WXLC 102.3 FM in the Chicago/Milwaukee market.  

Webinars

Keynotes, Conferences and Workshops

Adjunct Professor

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Guested on webinars, including "Communicating Bad News" for Groupe.io and "Putting Humanity Back into the Job Search" for Project Help You Grow.  

Adjunct Professor

"Chicken Soup for the Soul" Speaker

Adjunct Professor

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Adjunct professor for the School of Communications and Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University Chicago and sit on their Communications Advisory Board, and have been a guest speaker for DePaul University of Chicago.

"Chicken Soup for the Soul" Speaker

"Chicken Soup for the Soul" Speaker

"Chicken Soup for the Soul" Speaker

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Background as Chicken Soup for the Soul "Souperspeakers" member, to include speaking to leadership in the U.S. Navy.

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Music

The Groove

"Home Again"

"Home Again"

James Warda The Groove Blues Funk Rock

Lead singer and rhythm guitarist for a funk/rock/blues band based in Chicago and Milwaukee.

"Home Again"

"Home Again"

"Home Again"

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Wrote Home Again in 2006 while with former band, Mickey Finn, that performs on this recording.  One of the highlights for the band was opening for Bob Marley's Wailers in 1989 at the Riviera Theater in Chicago.

"Do you remember?"

"Do you remember?"

"Do you remember?"

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Wrote Do you remember?  during the COVID-19 pandemic. It's about realizing that using our voice in the future sometimes means going back through our past.

"Dear America,"

"Do you remember?"

"Do you remember?"

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Wrote this (non-political) song as a letter to our country as an old friend who is hurting. As a reminder of what we can be.

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Testimonials

James Warda Testimonials

Richard N. Bolles, "What Color is your Parachute?"

"James Warda is very good at writing about human moments...”  

Jack Canfield, Co-Author, Chicken Soup for the Soul series

“James allows us to watch through his eyes as he struggles with the human condition. Then, by watching him find and lose and find his way again, we come to understand so much more about our own search.”  

Chicago Tribune

“Do you feel like you’re sprinting through life? If so, perhaps James Warda's book, Where Are We Going So Fast?, can help you step off the track for a while.”  

Gregg Levoy, Author, "Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life"

“James helps us remember life’s preciousness and brevity.”  

Michael Josephson, President, Josephson Institute of Ethics and the Character Counts Coalition

“James Warda is a father of three with the soul of a poet.”  

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