Please contact the speaker directly for additional information and to make all speaking arrangements. 

Patrick B. Ball, G.G.
Director, GIA Education Training
Gemological Institute of America
The Robert Mouawad Campus
5345 Armada Drive
Carlsbad, California 92008

Work phone: 760-603-4009
Fax: 760-603-4003
E-mail: pball@gia.edu

Area(s) of expertise: Diamond grading methodology, digital technology, GIA education and services, electronic delivery systems, training methods and public speaking.

Presentation topic(s):
"Education for Life" 
"Digital Delivery - Using GIA on iTunes U"
"GIA History and Services"
"Improve Your Public Speaking"
GIA cut seminars

Location and date of past presentation(s):  Patrick spoke to every GIA Alumni Chapter domestically and internationally from 1997-2003.

Will speaker offer items for sale? No.

Does speaker ask for an honorarium?  No.

Will speaker travel? Yes.

AV equipment needed? PowerPoint projector and screen.

Note: Patrick travels the globe as instructor trainer, guest speaker and ambassador for GIA. He is the creator and host of Inside GIA Education, an audio podcast delivered bi-monthly to GIA staff, students and Alumni worldwide through GIA on iTunes U.