Sedona AZ (March 1, 2012) – Yavapai College’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) of Sedona and the Verde Valley invites community members to a Lunch and Learn Series on March 8, 2012 at 12:30 PM at the Yavapai College Sedona Campus.

OLLI is a dynamic organization within Yavapai College created to meet the needs of intellectually active mature adults. What makes OLLI a unique learning experience is the lack of pressure – no tests, grades, or papers. It is a warm gathering of people who are endlessly curious and love to learn.

OLLI’s Lunch and Learn series is a free, informative, midweek event that is open to all members of the community. It is an opportunity for local residents to gather, chat, and learn the “inside story” on a wide range of topics. Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch to the event.

For the 2012 winter term, OLLI of Sedona and the Verde Valley and the Sedona Public Library are collaborating to create a new community event, Sedona I-Talks. “I” stands for “idea” – an “idea talk” is informative, inspiring, imaginative, and interesting.

The Sedona I-Talk program will bring together the community’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who will share what they know best and about that which they feel most passionate. This program is inspired by, and may some day affiliate with, the TED conference and web site www.TED.com.

Several potential I-Talk presenters will provide a condensed version of their talks at OLLI’s Lunch and Learn program, Room 34, Yavapai College’s Sedona campus, Cultural Park Road, west Sedona on March 8, 2012 from 12:30 – 2:30 PM. This enjoyable, informative, weekly community event is free and open to all.

The Sedona I-Talk presenters schedule and subject matter are as follows:

• Cindy Foss – Relationship Matters

• Paul Gazda – Weeds, Politics and Public Spaces

• Gene Garrison – Leadpipe: Proud to be a Squatter

• Jim Gandee – Compassion in Action

• Cheryl Harter – A Hidden Danger in Our Homes

• Ron Sanders – Change Sedona? Why?

• Lynne Leakey – Evolution of the African Safari

• Marianna Hartsong – The Impeded Stream Sings

• Lori Rubenstein – Forgiving the Unforgivable

• Debra Smith – Tomboy to Enchantress

• Lois Neville – I Learned New Tricks at 86

Bring your lunch or come for the complimentary coffee, tea, water, and a little snack and join the conversation at 12:30 PM and or wait until 1:00 PM and stay until 2:30 PM to hear this exciting series of 5-minute presentations.

Others who wish to participate in the Sedona I-Talks program are invited to audition at the Sedona Public Library Community Room, 365 White Bear Road, west Sedona on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 4:00 PM. For more information about OLLI or the Lunch and Learn program, call 928-649-4275.

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