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Linda Dobson - Keynote Speaker  Linda Dobson and family
began their homeschooling journey in 1985. They were having so much fun together that she wanted to share news of this educational
approach with as many other families as possible. She co-founded a local homeschooling support group that now offers support
and learning activities to a growing membership. She helped found and for the first two years served as coordinator of the
New York (State) Home Educators' Network. Upon creation of the National Home Education Network (NHEN) in 1999 she served
as its first public relations advisor as a media contact providing reporters, journalists, and researchers with background
information and interviews. She was also Homeschool.com's early years' advisor. Linda's articles have appeared in dozens of magazines, including Good Housekeeping,
but her favorite stint was as Home Education Magazine news reporter and analyst for almost a decade. She still regularly
contributes a commentary column, "Notes from the Road Less Traveled," and is acting columns editor. She has authored
eight books, and contributed essays and forewords to many more. She has enjoyed diversity in writing, from a children's
column for an Atlanta-based alternative newspaper to mail order copy, as well as consulting and market studies for companies
such as Barnes&Noble.com and Grolier's. Linda is experienced with the media having provided scores of interviews for
radio talk shows, feature stories, including German Public Radio, and publications including The Wall Street Journal,
U.S. News & World Report, Reader's Digest, Better Homes & Gardens, and "Live Online"
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