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Dave Finnigan (born Oliver Davis Finnigan 3rd in 1941) is an American educator and social entrepreneur, considered to be one of the most significant figures in the worldwide popularization of recreational juggling. He is the founder of Juggling for Success, an educational program, which, as Professor Confidence, he delivered from 1976 through 2006 in over 2,000 elementary schools in 46 states and in schools in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. He also presented workshops and keynotes at over 200 state, regional and national physical education and recreation conventions in the US and Canada. Dave is the author of The Complete Juggler, the Joy of Juggling, and The Zen of Juggling, which have been translated into numerous languages. With his children, Dorothy and Benjamin, he wrote Juggling from Start to Star. Dave has produced 38 instructional songs and four hours of instructional videos on juggling, winning a Parents’ Choice Award among other honors. In the late 1970s Finnigan designed, developed and marketed the first commercially successful line of juggling props under the Jugglebug® brand, which he sold to Sportime in 1994. In 2007 he was trained by Al Gore and became a presenter with The Climate Reality Project. Finnigan focused on climate change education for elementary students with his program, Climate Change is Elementary.
Early Years
Finnigan lived during World War II with his grandfather, three-term Pennsylvania US Congressman, William R. Coyle (R). He then traveled with his parents, Jane Finnigan and Captain O. D. Finnigan, Jr, living on US Naval bases all over the World. After graduating in June 1963 from Cornell University with a BA in Sociology and Anthropology, Dave served as a US Army Officer, graduated from Airborne and Ranger schools and rose to the rank of Captain. He took an overseas discharge in South Korea and worked from 1966 through 1976 as a consultant to the Family Planning Directors of the Ministries of Health in Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines, with additional assignments in Indonesia, Thailand, Nepal and Turkey. Dave’s work was in Information, Education and Communication, particularly on the use of door-to-door field workers and positive incentives to reward families for accepting family planning and achieving small family size. Dave took one year off to earn a Masters in Public Health Education (MPH) from the University of California Berkeley. In 1976 he advanced to candidacy for a Special Individual PhD in Population and Development Planning at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Marriage and Children
Dave is married to Thelma Finnigan (nee Cafino) from Cabangahan, Siaton, Negros Oriental, Philippines. They have three children - Davy (b. 1968), Dorothy (b. 1984) and Benjamin (b. 1988).
Because his son, Davy has severe cerebral palsy, Dave could not return to the less-developed World to work in family planning, so he focused on his hobby, and began bringing recreational juggling into popular culture with his books and videos and by teaching physical education teachers to teach the skill, starting with slow-moving nylon scarves.
Honors and Awards
Dave’s work was recognized in 1991 when he was awarded the first Excellence in Education Award by the International Jugglers Association. Dave also has been presented with highest earned award from the National Speakers Association (NSA) the designation Certified Speaking Professional (CSP).
Current Work
During the Covid pause, with the help of over 60 interns studying Sustainability at University of Central Florida, Dave created the Green Actioneers Family Action Guide, a 246-page bilingual manual with 100 steps a family can take to become sustainable. It is designed to be distributed at Green Actioneers family night in elementary and middle schools starting in the US and elsewhere starting in the 2023-24 school year. Dave also is the liaison for Transit X in Florida.
Publications in Family Planning
1. Demography, Volume 5, Number 2, pp 679-689, 1968, Within Family Planning – Korea, with John A Ross
2. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 1, No. 41, April 1969, Korea and Taiwan: Review of Progress in 1968, with John Ross, SM Keeny and George Cernada
3. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 1, No. 53, May 1970, Use of Postcards in Recruiting IUD Acceptors, with S. D. Koo
4. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 3, No. 1, January 1972, Planning, Starting and Operating an Educational Incentives Project, with T. H. Sun
5. Family Planning Association of India, Volume 19, 1972, The Effects of a Population Text on Student Knowledge and Attitudes: Taiwan
6. Studies in Comparative International Development, Vol. 8, No. 3, 324-333, 1973, Policy Guidelines for Collective Bargaining and Family Planning, with Dionisio Parulan
7. East-West Center Communication Initiative, Professional Development Module, The role of Communication in Programs that Extend Beyond Family Planning, February 1977, with Robert P. Worrall
Instructional Books and Videos on Juggling
The Joy of Juggling, 127 pages, 1976 ISBN 9781594120312 (also in German, French, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Spanish, Indonesian and Chinese)
The Complete Juggler, 576 pages, Vintage Books, 1986 (also in German, French, Italian) ISBN 9780394746784
Juggling from Start to Star, 220 pages, 2002 Human Kinetics Press ISBN 978-0736037501
The Zen of Juggling, 120 pages, ISBN 9780961552152 (also in Italian, German, Dutch and Spanish)
Juggling Step by Step, DVD series, 1979, 2 hours - teens and adults ASIN B0044SD5OW
Juggletime, video/DVD series, 1986, 2 hours - pre-teens ASIN B0044SH40S
Juggletime CD of instructional songs, 1986, 2 hours – pre-teens
Occupation Educator, social entrepreneur, songwriter, video producer, author, climate change educator
Residence Celebration, Florida, USA
Born 1941
Spouse Thelma Finnigan
Children Davy Finnigan, Dorothy Finnigan, Benjamin Finnigan
Website http://www.greenactioneers.com
Dave Finnigan (born Oliver Davis Finnigan 3rd in 1941) is an American educator and social entrepreneur, considered to be one of the most significant figures in the worldwide popularization of recreational juggling. He is the founder of Juggling for Success, an educational program, which, as Professor Confidence, he delivered from 1976 through 2006 in over 2,000 elementary schools in 46 states and in schools in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. He also presented workshops and keynotes at over 200 state, regional and national physical education and recreation conventions in the US and Canada. Dave is the author of The Complete Juggler, the Joy of Juggling, and The Zen of Juggling, which have been translated into numerous languages. With his children, Dorothy and Benjamin, he wrote Juggling from Start to Star. Dave has produced 38 instructional songs and four hours of instructional videos on juggling, winning a Parents’ Choice Award among other honors. In the late 1970s Finnigan designed, developed and marketed the first commercially successful line of juggling props under the Jugglebug® brand, which he sold to Sportime in 1994. In 2007 he was trained by Al Gore and became a presenter with The Climate Reality Project. Finnigan focused on climate change education for elementary students with his program, Climate Change is Elementary.
Early Years
Finnigan lived during World War II with his grandfather, three-term Pennsylvania US Congressman, William R. Coyle (R). He then traveled with his parents, Jane Finnigan and Captain O. D. Finnigan, Jr, living on US Naval bases all over the World. After graduating in June 1963 from Cornell University with a BA in Sociology and Anthropology, Dave served as a US Army Officer, graduated from Airborne and Ranger schools and rose to the rank of Captain. He took an overseas discharge in South Korea and worked from 1966 through 1976 as a consultant to the Family Planning Directors of the Ministries of Health in Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines, with additional assignments in Indonesia, Thailand, Nepal and Turkey. Dave’s work was in Information, Education and Communication, particularly on the use of door-to-door field workers and positive incentives to reward families for accepting family planning and achieving small family size. Dave took one year off to earn a Masters in Public Health Education (MPH) from the University of California Berkeley. In 1976 he advanced to candidacy for a Special Individual PhD in Population and Development Planning at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Marriage and Children
Dave is married to Thelma Finnigan (nee Cafino) from Cabangahan, Siaton, Negros Oriental, Philippines. They have three children - Davy (b. 1968), Dorothy (b. 1984) and Benjamin (b. 1988).
Because his son, Davy has severe cerebral palsy, Dave could not return to the less-developed World to work in family planning, so he focused on his hobby, and began bringing recreational juggling into popular culture with his books and videos and by teaching physical education teachers to teach the skill, starting with slow-moving nylon scarves.
Honors and Awards
Dave’s work was recognized in 1991 when he was awarded the first Excellence in Education Award by the International Jugglers Association. Dave also has been presented with highest earned award from the National Speakers Association (NSA) the designation Certified Speaking Professional (CSP).
Current Work
During the Covid pause, with the help of over 60 interns studying Sustainability at University of Central Florida, Dave created the Green Actioneers Family Action Guide, a 246-page bilingual manual with 100 steps a family can take to become sustainable. It is designed to be distributed at Green Actioneers family night in elementary and middle schools starting in the US and elsewhere starting in the 2023-24 school year. Dave also is the liaison for Transit X in Florida.
Publications in Family Planning
1. Demography, Volume 5, Number 2, pp 679-689, 1968, Within Family Planning – Korea, with John A Ross
2. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 1, No. 41, April 1969, Korea and Taiwan: Review of Progress in 1968, with John Ross, SM Keeny and George Cernada
3. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 1, No. 53, May 1970, Use of Postcards in Recruiting IUD Acceptors, with S. D. Koo
4. Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 3, No. 1, January 1972, Planning, Starting and Operating an Educational Incentives Project, with T. H. Sun
5. Family Planning Association of India, Volume 19, 1972, The Effects of a Population Text on Student Knowledge and Attitudes: Taiwan
6. Studies in Comparative International Development, Vol. 8, No. 3, 324-333, 1973, Policy Guidelines for Collective Bargaining and Family Planning, with Dionisio Parulan
7. East-West Center Communication Initiative, Professional Development Module, The role of Communication in Programs that Extend Beyond Family Planning, February 1977, with Robert P. Worrall
Instructional Books and Videos on Juggling
The Joy of Juggling, 127 pages, 1976 ISBN 9781594120312 (also in German, French, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Spanish, Indonesian and Chinese)
The Complete Juggler, 576 pages, Vintage Books, 1986 (also in German, French, Italian) ISBN 9780394746784
Juggling from Start to Star, 220 pages, 2002 Human Kinetics Press ISBN 978-0736037501
The Zen of Juggling, 120 pages, ISBN 9780961552152 (also in Italian, German, Dutch and Spanish)
Juggling Step by Step, DVD series, 1979, 2 hours - teens and adults ASIN B0044SD5OW
Juggletime, video/DVD series, 1986, 2 hours - pre-teens ASIN B0044SH40S
Juggletime CD of instructional songs, 1986, 2 hours – pre-teens
Occupation Educator, social entrepreneur, songwriter, video producer, author, climate change educator
Residence Celebration, Florida, USA
Born 1941
Spouse Thelma Finnigan
Children Davy Finnigan, Dorothy Finnigan, Benjamin Finnigan
Website http://www.greenactioneers.com