Rebecca Adamson, Founder and President of First Peoples Worldwide, Joins ZOOM’D Leadership Radio Program

Pioneer in the financial connections between indigenous communities and today’s modern corporations and co-author of The Color of Wealth, Rebecca Adamson reviews priorities for restoring the relationship between sustained stewardship of resources and the sustainable productivity of our planet.

 Rebecca Adamson is a leader, activist, and ground-breaking indigenous woman who encourages all to recognize the wisdom of First Peoples and the importance of their contributions to transformation of economic, social, and environmental pathways into the future. She joins host John Schmidt on VoiceAmerica’s ZOOM’D Leadership on Monday, June 18 at 2 p.m. Eastern (11 a.m. Pacific / Noon Central) for Part II of a two-segment series that explores realities of change needed across the planet today. Rebecca brings forward clear and distinct perspectives about how indigenous people’s systems thinking can transform business models of today, and how wisdom and paradigms of indigenous economics and the advocacy and engagement of corporate social responsibility can be used to catalyze change. Rich with stories and anecdotes, Rebecca’s experience shows how one woman and an organization with clear focus—from a remote rural office—takes on global giants using finance- and market-based strategies for change—and realizes decisive gains.

ZOOM’D Leadership, which airs at 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern, Noon to 1 p.m. Central, and 11 a.m. to Noon Pacific, on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel ( www.voiceamericabusiness.com) explores the importance of changing the way we pursue the future. ZOOM’D takes listeners out to the big picture, in to the up-close-and-personal, and toward a future of constant renewal. Whether focused on the economic crisis, energy, climate change, or sustainability at large, the show examines patterns at play, drivers behind them, and perspectives of leadership. The show has exponentially gained popularity since it began airing on May 4, 2009.

The VoiceAmericaTM Network offers the latest conversations in a talk radio format, providing education, interaction, and advice on key issues live, on demand as well as through pod cast download. If interested in hosting a talk radio show on VoiceAmerica Network, contact Jeff Spenard, President of Internet Radio at 480-294-6417 or at jeff.spenard @ voiceamerica.com.

Contact Senior Executive Producer Scott Duffy at 480-294-6405 for advertising / sponsorship information or other show details.

About ZOOM’D Leadership Host John D. Schmidt and Avastone Consulting:
John D. Schmidt is founder and CEO of Avastone Consulting ( www.avastoneconsulting.com/), an international consultancy committed to the vitality and sustainability of client organizations and the larger global community. John serves as advisor to global corporations and nongovernmental enterprises and is a thinker, designer, and practitioner in integral approaches to complex challenges and human development. Avastone provides executive, leadership, and organizational development services to Fortune 500 companies and other complex organizations, enabling them to realize the potential of people and the human system at work.

About VoiceAmerica/World Talk Radio, LLC:
World Talk Radio, LLC is the world leader in online media broadcasting and the largest producer and distributor of live internet based talk radio and TV, delivering over 1,000 hours of programming weekly on its VoiceAmerica™ Network ( www.voiceamerica.com) and WorldTalk Radio Network ( www.worldtalkradio.com) as well as live and on-demand video content on VoiceAmerica.TV ( www.voiceamerica.tv). Featuring more than 200 hosts broadcasting to eight niche community based channels: its flagship VoiceAmerica™ Variety Channel, VoiceAmerica™ Health & Wellness Channel, VoiceAmerica™ Business Channel, VoiceAmerica Sports, 7th Wave Channel, The Green Living Channel, VoiceAmerica Kids Channel and World Talk Radio Variety Channel. VoiceAmerica™ TV offers targeted and exclusive video programming channels. World Talk Radio, LLC is one of the pioneers in internet broadcasting, producing and syndicating online audio and video, offering an innovative, effective and comprehensive digital broadcast platform. Digital Publishing through its 10 years of broadcast and media experience along with our seasoned staff of Executive Producers, Production and Host Services Group, World Talk Radio, LLC provides an internet radio and video platform for new, emerging and veteran media personalities to expand and monetize their business and brand in an online digital medium.

Tony Samara, Spiritual Teacher and Author of the Book Shaman’s Wisdom, Joins ZOOM’D Leadership Radio Program

Teacher of Zen Buddhist philosophy and author of several books, Tony Samara, reviews his new book, Shaman’s Wisdom, and how intention “animated by the heart and our inner being” can inform leadership toward a more sustainable future.

 Tony Samara is a spiritual teacher who encourages all to lead their lives actively in a noble way in order to realize the evolution of human consciousness. He joins host John Schmidt on VoiceAmerica’s ZOOM’D Leadership on Monday, April 30 at 2 p.m. Eastern (11 a.m. Pacific / Noon Central) to discuss the messages in Shaman’s Wisdom, which presents in a simple and practical way universal shamanic knowledge that Tony learned and experienced throughout his path to initiation. From the consumption of food to working with dreams, the four elements and the cardinal points, the presentation of some respiratory and physical exercises which support spiritual development, as well as many other topics, this book reminds us of positive ancestral wisdoms, more useful than ever in today’s world.

“Contrary to willpower, which brings into play the ego,” Tony explains, “intention is animated by the heart and our inner being. It is simply an expression of the pure love we have for all things and for all people. Its reference is not the past or future rather a deep presence to the fullness of life itself. When the ego does not have anything to want, there is no more situation of stress. When there is pure intention, the mind, the body and the breath are released. The more this intention relaxes us, the more we are present to the pure joy and happiness which is a part of all Life and which we should not be seeking outside of ourselves.” Tony and host John Schmidt cull this philosophy to inform the ongoing discussion on ZOOM’D Leadership about how one’s inner life and transformation truly underpins wisdom in leadership and actualization of substantive change across the planet.

Tony Samara, author of Shaman’s Wisdom, From the Heart, Different Yet the Same, and Deeper than Words, was born in England and grew up in Egypt and Norway, where he discovered the Zen Buddhist philosophy. This discovery led him to the Mount Baldy Zen Center in California, where he learned the spiritual teachings of Kyozan Joshu Sasaki. He explored further the essence of spirituality and thus went to live and learn with shamanic communities around the globe, including a period with some highly influential shamans in the Amazon River region and the Andes Mountains. Now people from all over the world visit Tony for spiritual guidance. He is active mainly in Europe but with the assistance of the Internet is attracting a global audience with frequent online interviews and live satsangs (gatherings where minds unite through music, meditation, and wisdom to experience a higher state of consciousness). As a spiritual teacher, Tony encourages all to lead their lives actively in a noble way in order to realize the evolution of human consciousness.

ZOOM’D Leadership, which airs at 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern, Noon to 1 p.m. Central, and 11 a.m. to Noon Pacific, on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel ( www.voiceamericabusiness.com) explores the importance of changing the way we pursue the future. ZOOM’D takes listeners out to the big picture, in to the up-close-and-personal, and toward a future of constant renewal. Whether focused on the economic crisis, energy, climate change, or sustainability at large, the show examines patterns at play, drivers behind them, and perspectives of leadership. The show has exponentially gained popularity since it began airing on May 4, 2009.

The VoiceAmericaTM Network offers the latest conversations in a talk radio format, providing education, interaction, and advice on key issues live, on demand as well as through pod cast download. If interested in hosting a talk radio show on VoiceAmerica Network, contact Jeff Spenard, President of Internet Radio at 480-294-6417 or at jeff.spenard @ voiceamerica.com.

Contact Senior Executive Producer Scott Duffy at 480-294-6405 for advertising / sponsorship information or other show details.

About ZOOM’D Leadership Host John D. Schmidt and Avastone Consulting:
John D. Schmidt is founder and CEO of Avastone Consulting ( www.avastoneconsulting.com/), an international consultancy committed to the vitality and sustainability of client organizations and the larger global community. John serves as advisor to global corporations and nongovernmental enterprises and is a thinker, designer, and practitioner in integral approaches to complex challenges and human development. Avastone provides executive, leadership, and organizational development services to Fortune 500 companies and other complex organizations, enabling them to realize the potential of people and the human system at work.

About VoiceAmerica/World Talk Radio, LLC:
World Talk Radio, LLC is the world leader in online media broadcasting and the largest producer and distributor of live internet based talk radio and TV, delivering over 1,000 hours of programming weekly on its VoiceAmerica™ Network ( www.voiceamerica.com) and WorldTalk Radio Network ( www.worldtalkradio.com) as well as live and on-demand video content on VoiceAmerica.TV ( www.voiceamerica.tv). Featuring more than 200 hosts broadcasting to eight niche community based channels: its flagship VoiceAmerica™ Variety Channel, VoiceAmerica™ Health & Wellness Channel, VoiceAmerica™ Business Channel, VoiceAmerica Sports, 7th Wave Channel, The Green Living Channel, VoiceAmerica Kids Channel and World Talk Radio Variety Channel. VoiceAmerica™ TV offers targeted and exclusive video programming channels. World Talk Radio, LLC is one of the pioneers in internet broadcasting, producing and syndicating online audio and video, offering an innovative, effective and comprehensive digital broadcast platform. Digital Publishing through its 10 years of broadcast and media experience along with our seasoned staff of Executive Producers, Production and Host Services Group, World Talk Radio, LLC provides an internet radio and video platform for new, emerging and veteran media personalities to expand and monetize their business and brand in an online digital medium.