David Jacobson suffered many losses early in his life including a diagnosis with a severe form of arthritis at 22  in 1980. Since then, he has become a living example that you can accomplish anything if you truely believe in yourself.  

His many honors include a "President's Award" from FlashNet Marketing, Inc. , A "National Hero Overcoming Arthritis" award by the Arthritis Foundation National Office and the 1997 Wayne Washburn Memorial Award which reads as follows "We all need someone or something to inspire us to bring out our best. You are that someone."  

After receiving his Master's of Social Work from Arizona State University in May, 1989 David served as a Medical Social Worker from 1989 to 1996. It was in this position that he began teaching at the University of  Arizona, College of Medicine: The art of Communication and Interviewing. A course for new medical students  to improve relationships with patients. His last position was Manager of the Department of Volunteer Services at University Medical Center from 1996 to 1998, a teaching hospital with over 350 volunteers.

 Living in Tucson, Arizona with his wife and four children , he devotes full time to  his speaking profession, home businesses, and his autobiographical book.   Through his years of struggling with chronic pain, he developed humor techniques that got him through the  hard times. He now teaches these skills to audiences around the country in his hilarious workshop, Humor and Health: Laughing to Ease the Pain.

David is a former athlete who attributes use of humor to his conquering of severe arthritis. He is an inspirational expert in humor and health. David has been successful at healing illness and overcoming obstacles on a personal level.

David understands stress management through personal experience. After his internet business was swallowed up by a large competitor, he changed careers from being an executive director of training and top salesman for Flashnet Marketing to devoting his time to developing his speaking career into a full time business.

David's keynotes focus on using humor in many areas of experience, particularly humor and health, but also using humor to improve self-image & self-esteem. He also ties humor into stress reduction, communication and customer service education. He is a recognized leader in the field of humor and health and was selected by an international panel to appear in a documentary on the healing uses of humor by the Korean Broadcasting System.

David has spoken along side such noted colleagues as poet and author Maya Angelou, Bernie Siegal, MD, Actor Kevin Pollack, Former ambassador Andrew Young and Football legend Joe Namath.

Presentation Topics...

• Humor and Health: Laughing to Ease the Pain
• Humor and Resiliency
• The Art of Communication
• Stress Reduction: Burn Them Stress Cells Before They Burn You (Out)
• Team Building: Build a Humor Foundation and You'll Have a Great Home... Team.
• Humor in Sales & Marketing

Articles by David Jacobson:

• Laugh It Off: The Integral Relationship of Humor and Health
  

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