During the next two weeks, my coworker Dana Russo and I will train the communication coaches for our upcoming summer project. These Keynote and Impact staff members will coach our project students as they practice public speaking during daily workshops called “comm drills.” Dana and I want to equip and encourage our coaches as they […]
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Spiritual Freedom Behind Prison Bars
Several weeks ago Keynote’s comedian-ventriloquist David Pendleton performed 8 shows in a “lock down” setting in San Bernardino, CA. Picture him in an open room with metal tables. On the upper deck surrounding him, inmates peered through a tray hole in the glass door of their locked, windowless cells to see and hear the show. […]
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Keynote has had a long-standing partnership with Chaplain Bill Bennett at Fort Jackson. From 1999 to 2007, seven Keynote teams (both full-time artists and summer student bands) and one Impact band (in partnership with Keynote) performed there. In those 22 shows, over 5500 soldiers heard the gospel and 550 indicated decisions for Christ!
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