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Author of Where Are We Going So Fast?
Author Speaker Musician
Author of Where Are We Going So Fast?
Writing
Books
Book Contributor
Book Contributor
Author of Where Are We Going So Fast?: Finding the Sacred In Everyday Moments.
Book Contributor
Book Contributor
Book Contributor
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
Coincidental Conversations™
Foreword writer for Turn Enemies into Allies: The Art of Peace in the Workplace and The Sequoia Seed.
Coincidental Conversations™
Communications and Marketing
Coincidental Conversations™
Interview series about serendipity and the power of coincidence as a portal. The series includes a conversation with Ted Neeley, who played Jesus in the 1973 film version of Jesus Christ Superstar.
Columnist and Blogger
Communications and Marketing
Communications and Marketing
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
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
Magazine and Web
Magazine and Web
Contributor/writer for websites, including American Marketing Association Chicago and the Institute of Internal Communications, and magazines , including The Works.
Job Search
Magazine and Web
Magazine and Web
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
Magazine and Web
Disney
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.
Speaking
Keynotes, Conferences and Workshops
Keynotes, Conferences and Workshops
Keynotes, Conferences and Workshops
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
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 and appear on WRLR 98.3 FM in the Chicago/Milwaukee market.
Webinars on Communications
Keynotes, Conferences and Workshops
Webinars on Communications
Guested on webinars, including "Communicating Bad News" for Groupe.io and "Putting Humanity Back into the Job Search" for Project Help You Grow.
Webinars for Job Seekers
"Chicken Soup for the Soul" Speaker
Webinars on Communications
Guested on webinars, including "How Creative Professionals Can Use the Strengths They Already Have to Get that Next Role"
Adjunct Professor
"Chicken Soup for the Soul" Speaker
"Chicken Soup for the Soul" Speaker
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
Background as Chicken Soup for the Soul "Souperspeakers" member, to include speaking to leadership in the U.S. Navy.
Music
Solo Artist
Upcoming Shows
Upcoming Shows
Former frontman for Mickey Finn and The Groove, now a solo artist playing originals, and funk, rock and blues covers, often in ways you haven't heard them before.
Upcoming Shows
Upcoming Shows
Upcoming Shows
- May 8, 2021: Black Lung Brewing, Round Lake, IL
- June 25, 2021: Harbor Brewing, Winthrop Harbor, IL
- September 17, 2021: Harbor Brewing, Winthrop Harbor, IL
"Home Again"
Upcoming Shows
"Do you remember?"
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?"
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?"
"Black Cat Bone"
Wrote this song as a letter to our country as an old friend who is hurting. As a reminder of what we can be.
"Black Cat Bone"
"Do you remember?"
"Black Cat Bone"
My version of the iconic blues song, "Black Cat Bone," originally written by Texas bluesman, Hop Wilson, in the 1950s.
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.”