Here is background and links to just some of my many areas of interest:
- speaking engagements from coast to coast (kept records of over 500 engagements just since 2005 to an audience count of 50,000+ and didn't keep records of many more for 1995 through 2004)
- author (book: A Gift from the Heart) <-- click to link to this free online book
- readings (author of 100+ published book reviews)
to view a listing of those books/reviews <-- click here
- collector of transplant movies
to view a listing with detailed information of 150+ movies <-- click here
- videography (Almost 3,500 YouTube videos posted, with close to 200,000 viewings as of June 2019)
to view them, go to http://YouTube.com/gleasonjim01
- church - Asbury UMC, Cinnaminson, NJ
... web master for church web site: http://MyAsburyUMC.com
... president of Asbury United Methodist Men (check out our men's cooking demonstration at http://myasburyumc.com/2012MensCookingdemonstrationfortheAsburyChurch
- with almost 40 years career in the corporate IT industry (with Unisys) in retirement, I enjoy being a web technology hobbyist (webmaster to seven organization and personal web sites)
(see Contact on the menu for personal web & blog sites)
- on the non-technical side, I enjoy over 65 years working with freshwater tropical fish with still three active tanks (2 fifty-gallon and 1 thirty-gallon tank) in our small condominium - come
share that with me by linking to http://youtu.be/g5vZQMiwOgw and watching a video show of one of those tanks set to relaxing music
and view https://youtu.be/n8N-6enyVd0 for a more current video of this hobby
- Community volunteerism including . . .
(click on each to link to their web site)
- Gift of Life Donor Program
... Liaisons for Life volunteers since '95
... Presenter to promote organ donor awareness & registration since '95
... Athlete on Team Philadelphia for US Transplant Games event since '95
- Gift of Life Family House
... a receptionist at the front desk
- UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing)
... member Thoracic Transplantation Committee 2005- 2008
... member Membership and Professional Standards Committee 2008- 2011
... member Patient Affairs Committee 2011- 2013
... member board of directors 2012- 2015, re-elected 2015-2018
... member executive committee of the board 2013- 2014
... member & later chairman IT Advisory Committee to the board 2012- 2016
... awarded UNOS 2019 National Donor Memorial Award for Excellence June 2019
(see video of acceptance at https://unos.wistia.com/medias/5joz8ix68c
- - Second Chance Heart transplant Support Group
... chapter president 2004- 2016
... board treasurer 2005- 2010, 2012- 2016
... web master - see http://schtsgi.com/wordpress/
... organization was closed after 30 years in 2016
- TRIO (Transplant Recipients International Organization)
... national board member 2005- open
... web master - see http://trioweb.org and now https://TRIOwebPTC.org
... treasurer for the board 2005- 2010
... board president 2010- (still as of 6/2019)