Get to Know the Hosts and the Podcast

26/05/2025 7 min

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The HostsRon BonnstetterDr. Ron Bonnstetter serves as the Senior Vice President of Research and Development for TTI Success Insights and Executive Director of the MindScience Center. He is also a professor emeritus of University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Ron has amassed an arsenal of recognition and research even before entering the field of cognitive neurology, including the first recipient of the National Senior Outstanding Science Educator of the Year Award and the only secondary science preparation program recognized in the national Search for Excellence in Science Education. His current gamma asymmetry electroencephalography (EEG) research has resulted in two patents. Plus, he was honored with the 2019 Joe Kamiya First-Person Science Award during the annual conference of the International Society of Neurofeedback and Research (ISNR).Ron was also honored with the 2024 Gold Medal by the National Book Awards Association for his co-authored book titled The Five Sciences of Self in the category of Entrepreneurial Business, as well as a Bronze medal for Inspirational literature.  Dave GosselinDr. Dave Gosselin is a collaborative leader, educator, and coach who has over 30 years of professional and practical experience connecting people and resources, working across organizational boundaries, and positively impacting the development of individual students, athletes, and teams.    His “Why”, to employ the concept from Simon Sinek’s work, is to help others positively impact the people and places where they live. Dr. Ron introduced Dave to the importance of understanding the science of the brain and its application to the development of effective learning, collaborative and coaching environments. Coaching, teaching, and leading all build on the often unacknowledged premise and goal of helping individuals, teams, and organizations move from where they are to some place new. Employing knowledge of how the brain works and processes information to learn along with the importance of understanding self and others, Dave has developed the concept of the Collaborative Team Action Model as a guide to increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of coaching, teaching, and leading.Dave has been honored by Nebraska Association of Teachers of Science from which he received the 1999 Catalyst Award in appreciation for his dedicated service to science education. During his 28 years of involvement as a youth and high school soccer coach, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Nebraska State Soccer Association in 2007 and the 2009 Regional Coach of the Year from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (now United Soccer Coaches). In recognition for his service to the YMCA and its youth sports programs he was honored as the 2005 Volunteer of the Year Award. For his work at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, he received the Omtvedt Innovation in Education Award in 2014 and was nominated by his employees for the 2013 Boss of the Year Award.  Many of Dave’s ideas have been captured in numerous publications including two books, Focus On Them – Leading the Mindset Revolution for Coaches, Educators, and Business Leaders (Aloha Publishing), and A Practical Guide for Developing Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration Skills (AESS Book Series – Springer).