Dan Gediman

Dan Gediman is a long-time writer, editor, and public radio producer whose work has been heard on All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Marketplace, Jazz Profiles, and This American Life. During his 30-year radio career, he has won many of public broadcasting’s most prestigious awards including the duPont-Columbia Award. Dan is currently the Executive Director of This I Believe, Inc. (www.thisibelieve.org), a non-profit organization based in Louisville that is dedicated to helping people explore, write about, and share short essays about the core beliefs that guide their daily lives. Over 150,000 people worldwide have submitted these essays, which have been anthologized into several This I Believe books, co-edited by Dan, including the New York Times Bestseller This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women (2006), This I Believe II (2008), This I Believe: On Love (2010), This I Believe: On Fatherhood (2011), This I Believe: Life Lessons (2011), This I Believe: On Motherhood (2012) and their latest book, This I Believe: Kentucky (2013). Dan has also co-edited an anthology of essays from the original 1950s This I Believe radio series entitled Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe (2009). Dan is currently working on a biography of famed radio icon Norman Corwin, to be published in fall 2016.Dan is also an accomplished public speaker who has delivered scores of speeches and training workshops for schools, businesses, and community organizations. For more information or to book Dan as a speaker, please visit www.dangediman.com/public-speaking.