Speakers Bureau

 
 
 

 CCBC Speakers Bureau 

Looking for someone to speak at your next special event or monthly meeting? Contact the Community College of Baltimore County’s (CCBC) Speakers Bureau, a service provided free of charge to local schools, churches, businesses, civic groups, social clubs and other community organizations. Speakers Bureau members are CCBC faculty and staff who volunteer their time and share their expertise – on a wide variety of topics – with a number of interested groups and organizations.

The CCBC Speakers Bureau operates from September through May. Speakers are available for both day and evening engagements, depending on their individual schedules. Presentations vary in length and style, but many include a 30-minute presentation followed by a 15-minute question-and-answer period. Some lectures include slide or video presentations.

Since all of our speakers juggle hectic schedules and are often in great demand, please submit your request at least one month prior to your meeting or event. Although a match for your event cannot be guaranteed, the CCBC Speakers Bureau staff will make every effort to fulfill your request. Priority is given to organizations and groups in the greater Baltimore area.

Topics include: 

Art and Literature

  • Rhetoric in the Hebrew Bible
  • The Biblical Text, the Documentary Hypothesis and Who Wrote the Bible
  • The popularity of detective fiction
  • Characterization: The key to creating good short fiction
  • Jack London: Life and works
  • The art of Indonesia Archipelago
  • The world of ceramics: Contemporary and traditional
  • Contemporary Cuban ceramics

Business and Management

  • Stocks, bonds and mutual funds: the fundamentals
  • Employee training and productivity
  • Skills business owners seek in job applicants
  • Why culture matters in the business world
  • Customized employee training: The individualized solution
  • The search for qualified employees and volunteers
  • Global economy
  • Workplace harassment
  • Absenteeism and its control
  • Improving supervisory communications
  • Managing time on the job
  • Total quality management
  • Management in Japan
  • History of the labor movement
  • Will employee training fix the problem?
  • Grants development

Career Planning and Exploration

  • How to break into freelancing
  • Hard hats for women: Consider a non-traditional career
  • The skills business owners seek in job applicants
  • Getting published: A beginner's guide
  • Help - I need a career!
  • Professional Captain's Licensing Program (maritime)

Sign Language

  • The profession of sign language interpreting

Education

  • Closing gaps and opening minds
  • Education and disability
  • Teaching critical thinking skills
  • Test-taking skills
  • Study skills
  • Lifelong learning
  • The college in your community
  • Leadership, work ethic and success: Community college to medical school
  • Study skills for returning adults
  • The American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and higher education
  • College readiness skills for high school students

Family

  • What is television doing to my child?
  • How to talk to children about love, relationships
    and s-e-x
  • Maryland genealogy: How to get started
  • Family issues: Divorce

 Ethics/Philosophy

  • Applied ethics
  • The art and science of good reasoning
  • The good life: What is it?

Health and Wellness

  • Current medical practices and therapies
  • Updates on infectious diseases
  • Low vision
  • Juggling glass balls: Addressing time conflicts, prioritizing and saying no
  • Yoga for the health of it
  • Massage for the health of it
  • Simple steps to a healthy “weigh” of life
  • Exercise and a heart-healthy lifestyle
  • Exercise and aging
  • Nutrition
  • Healthy habits for surviving holiday stress
  • Winning the battle of the bulge: Is it possible?
  • Drunk driving/MADD
  • Sleeping and dreaming
  • Personality disorders
  • Impact of depression or schizophrenia
  • Developing your memory
  • The silent killers: Diabetes mellitus
  • The silent killers: Essential hypertension
  • The mysterious disease: Fibromyalgia
  • Getting the most for your health care dollars
  • Getting the most bang for your buck from your primary care provider
History and Culture
  • Amazing Baltimore women
  • Wives of Steel: A history of the Sparrows Point steel making community
  • The Holocaust and global racism
  • Maryland history resources
  • Creating a local history project
  • Leyte Gulf: Destruction of the Japanese fleet
  • The Battle of Midway: Five minutes that turned the tide of the war in the Pacific
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor: Japan’s lost gamble
  • Looking forward, looking back: Overconfidence as a weakness, humility as a strength
  • Israel/Palestine: A chance for peace
  • The other sister: Arab feminism
  • Cultural events and their impact on people
  • A Vietnam experience and afterward
  • Globalization: What is required of the college, the community and businesses
  • Mathematics in ancient India
Personal Enrichment/Community
  • Assertiveness can work for you
  • Maritime Studies and boating programs
  • Simple floral design
  • Do-it-yourself holiday decor
  • The art of "schmoozing"
  • Caring and Sharing for the Homeless, Inc.
  • Bilingual or bicultural: The difference between what you say and what you do
Science and the Environment
  • Visions of biomedical research

Criminal Justice

  • Law enforcement
  • Security

  

 

 
 
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