Dr. Chuck Wall is a published author, lecturer and motivational speaker in the fields of communications, stress management, employee motivation, leadership and "random acts of kindness."
After receiving an Associate of Arts degree from Bakersfield College, he earned a B.A. and a M.B.A. from San Francisco State University, followed by a Ph.D. in Educational Administration and Management from U.C.L.A. He has co-authored a book on organizational renewal, authored The Kindness Collection, Selling Lemonade for Free, Lessons in Kindness, a video puppet show entitled "Kindness for Kids” and Teams: The Tenneco Way. In January 2004 he published the 3rd edition of his interactive textbook entitled People Skills for Business and Industry. He has written several scholarly articles, co-authored a newspaper column series entitled “The Kindness Corner,” produced and directed a multi-media look into the 21st century for the president of the United States and hosted his own television and radio programs. Between January and December 2005 he co-hosted a weekly radio program called “Bakersfield College Today” and aired over KERN Radio. Dr. Wall has headed two of his own firms, one in publishing and the other in manufacturing.
As of December 15, 2005, Dr. Wall became Professor Emeritus at Bakersfield College. In 1992 he received the prestigious Hayward Award for teaching excellence in California community colleges. He is the President of Kindness Inc. a California Non-profit corporation and chaired the 1995 Kern County Governmental Charter Review Committee. From January to July 2004 he served as the community member of The Bakersfield Californian newspaper's editorial board. He is currently a member of The Bakersfield Californian editorial “Sounding Board.”
At this time, Dr. Wall is deeply involved in the "Random Acts of Kindness” movement which has received international attention. His work with the creation of this movement has been recognized by the United States House of Representatives, which instituted an "Act of Kindness Awareness Week for the United States. To date, some 10 nations have now adopted the kindness concept as part of their humanitarian efforts. As a result of the “Kindness” movement, Dr. Wall was the recipient of the Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce “Beautiful Bakersfield” Presidents Award for 1994.
He has appeared on some 250 television and radio programs in the United States, Canada, England, Singapore and Australia as well as special appearances on the Oprah Show, The Hour of Power, ABC Prime Time Live and CNN’s Thanksgiving Day special. He was the signature speaker for the international Million Dollar Round Table Conference held at the Dallas Convention Center. In March 1995 he was awarded the Hero of Peace Award for North America by Discovery Toys. In August of 1997 he was awarded the Shirley Trembley Distinguished Teaching Award at Bakersfield College, and the United Way/Bakersfield Centennial Foundation " From the Heart" Award for Excellence in Education. During November of 1999 he was featured in newspapers throughout Southeast Asia and was the concluding story for the BBC “World News Roundup” for Southeast Asia. In October of 2000 he was honored to be a speaker at the internationally acclaimed Bakersfield Business Conference. In 2001 he was made an honorary member of the Bakersfield Host Lions Club and made a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary Clubs for his humanitarian work. In August 2007 he was listed in the magazine Kern Life as one of the most notable individuals to live in Kern County since its beginning and was featured in the Summer issue of Bakersfield Magazine. In September 2002 he was selected by the Chevrolet Division of General Motors and Coca Cola to be one of those to carry the Olympic torch as it traveled across America en route to Salt Lake City for the Winter Olympics. In the fall of 2002 he was honored to be the Grand Marshal of the Homecoming parade for Bakersfield College. In January 2003 he was once again the guest of Dr. Robert Schuller on the internationally broadcast television program "The Hour of Power." He has been profiled in the Who’s Who Among American Teachers for 2005-06. In November 2005 he was honored to be visited by Mother Antonia known as “the prison angel” for her work in the LaMesa Prison in Tijuana, Mexico. In 2006 he was listed in “My Space.Com” where students gave him a grade of A+.
In May 2007 he presented a paper to the 2007 annual conference of the American Psychiatric Association on the topic of stress and burnout in the medical community. Some 25,000 psychiatrists were in attendance. Also in May 2007 he became a member of the International Footprint Association. In August of 2007 he was the opening day motivation speaker for the Davis School District in Layton, Utah - a school district with some 64,000 students. He was part of the January 2008 issue of U.S. News and World Report cover story about ways to improve your life.
