Andy Goodman

Author/Speaker

After founding and running the American Comedy Network, an international radio syndication company, Andy moved his family to California and launched a successful career as a television writer. As president of the Environmental Media Association (EMA) from 1993 to 1998, Andy worked with members of the film and television industries, encouraging them to incorporate environmental messages into their work. Now a communications consultant and trainer based in Los Angeles, Andy specializes in helping nonprofits, foundations, government agencies and educational institutions communicate more effectively through print, broadcast media, and the Internet.

As a nationally-recognized public speaker, Andy regularly delivers presentations including, "The Four Connecting Points," "Storytelling as Best Practice," "Why Bad Ads Happen to Good Causes," "Dramatically Better Meetings," and "Why Bad Presentations Happen to Good Causes." He publishes a monthly newsletter, free-range thinking, that profiles best practices in public interest communications and is author of the books Why Bad Ads Happen to Good Causes and Why Bad Presentations Happen to Good Causes. Andy also serves on the advisory board of VolunteerMatch, as a senior fellow for Civic Ventures, and was selected by Al Gore to train 1,000 volunteers who will deliver presentations about global warming around the US in 2007.