As a speaker and trainer, I am noted for my ability to inspire and entertain while also educating. For nearly 20 years I have been a professional member of the National Speakers Association. My graduate degrees are from the University of Michigan and Columbia University.

My teaching and research experiences include being on the faculty of Columbia University, the University of Washington, Fordham, and New York Universities. I am an advanced certificate holder of the Family Firm Institute and a founding member of the Northwest Family Business Advisors. Both focus on multi-disciplinary support and advising individual and family enterprises. My writing includes the authoring of dozens of articles and several books.

I am a highly trained and experienced coach, mediator, educator, and, more recently, a ballroom dance instructor. I find people, communications, and relationships fascinating and love to help enhance and strengthen all three. I draw upon all the above and combine creativity and humor to present educating, motivating, and fun presentations.

Personally, I love the outdoors. I'm a skier, hiker, climber, camper. Love ballroom dancing including the waltz, tango, swing, and tap dancing. I am a veteran having served in the medical corps, a former marathon runner, and a cancer survivor for over 10 years having survived several close calls with death. I live with my wife and our two dogs in the Pacific Northwest.

Dr. John on Aging
• Dancing and High Performing Brains
• Managing Professional and Family Caregiver Stress and Compassion Fatigue
• Growing Older with Poise, Power, Grace & Humor
• Sandwich Generation Challenges: The Dance between Aging Parents and Children
• Creating & Choreographing Care-Sharing-Teams
• Dealing with Family Conflict around Health Care Decisions
• In Praise of Health Care Providers: Professional & Personal Perspectives
• Living, Loving and Dancing with Cancer
• Ballroom Dancing: New Research - Positive Impacts – Parkinson's, Alzheimer's

Business Series
• Bringing Out the Best in Our Aging Workforce
• Understanding and Maximizing Effective Cross-Generational Communication
• Collaboration and Synergy: What Tango and Mediation Can Teach Us
• Pose Power and Grace in Leadership

Advisor/Client/Prospects Series
• As a Trusted Advisor: Is Your Practice Elder Friendly?
• Happiness! The New Science of Wellbeing and Fulfillment
 

Additional Reasons to Consider Dr. Gibson

John can provide expert coaching or training prior to and/or after his presentation that specifically addresses key needs of members of your organization or business.

John is an expert on communication. He is a certified mediator and mediation trainer. He is a graduate of the Peer Resources Personal Coaching Program and Corporate Coach University Executive Coaching Program. He holds a Certificate in Family Business Advising - the Behavioral Science Division and works extremely well in complex personal and business overlapping settings. He holds a Certificate of Specialization in Gerontology from the Institute on Aging at the University of Michigan. He is currently preparing for certification in Ballroom Dance Instruction. He is also a professional member of the National Speakers Association and has co-led a "coaching to enhance speaking" program within his local Northwest Chapter of the Association.