Professor Lonnie Hodge and David Degeest share the background story on The China Dreamblogue and give us insight into the purpose and motivation for traveling through 22 provinces in China in support of The Library Project and The Reading Tub.
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About Professor Lonnie Hodge
"Professor Lonnie Hodge is a writer, educator and SEO consultant with over 20 years of experience working and living in Asia. He is a past recipient of the American government's highest honor given to a poet: A National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Writing. Lonnie's blog, OneManBandWidth, [http:onemanbandwidth.com/wordpress], is regularly syndicated throughout the internet and recently won the annual Weblog award for Best Asian Weblog. Because of the courage he saw in his students' struggle with cancer, Lonnie, along with David, were compelled to create The China Dreamblogue.
"Lonnie has done SEO for corporations and bloggers large and small. His work for non-profit groups is done without charge. To date his clients hold over 30,000 keywords indexed in the #1 position in major search engines worldwide.
"Lonnie has been a lecturer worldwide on topics related to Humor and Wellness, Personal Communication, Asian Culture, International Trade, Search Engine Optimization, Marketing, ESL and Personal Growth and Development for Universities, small and large businesses, The Kellogg Leadership Program, The Fetzer Institute and more.
"He is a Professor with over thirty years of teaching experience at Universities worldwide including: Baylor University, The University of North Carolina, The U.S. Army Academy of Health Sciences (while he was a soldier during a few of the Vietnam years), The University of Maryland and Business/Technical Colleges in Asia. He is currently one of China's leading Trade Specialists and Consultants. He is one of only two peer- reviewed and accepted SEO specialists in China. He teaches global culture at Zhongshan University."
About David Degeest
"David DeGeest is a teacher, blogger, and educator in China who regularly assists in the editing and writing of OneManBandWidth. He holds a degree in mathematics and English from Grinnell College. He came to China on ten days' notice, selected as the recipient of a fellowship to study in Macau for year.
He currently lives and teaches in Guangzhou. In the past year, he has edited a motivational memoir and an international Bonsai book and written articles for Blogger News Network and Google News. He has devoted his time to learning Chinese, studying martial arts while promoting the Dreamblogue and improving his SEO abilities. "