Speakers

2023 Florida Tiny House Festival Speakers

Update (November 15, 2023): Please join tiny living enthusiasts from around the world for a weekend of INSPIRATION and INSIGHT with the INCREDIBLE line-up of SPEAKERS who will be PRESENTING and SHARING during the 8th Annual (2023) Florida Tiny House Festival.

2023 Florida Speaker:

Yvan Lacroix

Sunday 1pm

Yvan and his wife Sylvie have built 3 busses for themselves and have helped countless others to design and build theirs. Full time nomads for over 5 years they have travelled the USA and Canada extensively in their Lacroix CruiserLacroix Cruiser.

2023 Florida Speakers:

Amy & Joe Rogan

Sunday 3pm

Amy & Joe Rogan, aka the Rolling RogansRolling Rogans, are a couple of crazy 40 somethings that made a decision to change their lives from the corporate world to a life of adventure and freedom. After 30+ years of Amy’s chronic pain, mental & physical health challenges, surgeries, and hospitalizations they realized life is too short to be “normal” or what society says you should be. They sold their house in Orlando, FL in 2019 and have been full-time traveling in their self built van conversion ever since, embracing as much joy as they can in between the pain. Together for over 27 years, you’ll find these two artists are inseparable. As published illustrators, they are currently in the final stages of writing and illustrating their own first book, a memoir called Happy Medium – Finding Balance in an Unbalanced World. No matter what happens these two keep on rolling. Find them at RollingRogans on social media and YouTube.

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Robin Butler is the CEO of NOAH, a third-party inspection & certification company. He is co-chair of an ICC (International Code Council) subgroup working to recognize Best Practices and Innovation in Code Administration. He has presented to hundreds of Tiny Houser’s and has always proven to be informative & enlightening.

2023 Florida Speaker:

Suzy Beckwith

Sunday 11am

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2023 Florida Q&A:

Homeowners Panel

Saturday 3pm

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John is the co-founder, along with his wife Fin, and the Chairman of the United Tiny House Association.  John and Fin are two of the truest examples of the tiny house movement… living full-time for 12 years in their DIY, off-grid 304sqft Beloved Cabin and the owners of their 16-acre Beloved Cabin Tiny House Homestead & Stay.  They also own their World-famous towable Tiny Firehouse – Station No. 9, two additional towable tiny houses on wheels, a 14’ yurt, a skoolie, two 20′ geodesic domes, three 16′ bell tents, and they are currently building a tree house with a grain silo.  John is a known DIY and re-purposing expert, and as an off-grid specialist.  He is also a tiny house and affordable housing advocate, and has been invited to speak at HUD in our Nation’s Capital, numerous colleges, and many events around the Country, as well as with local state and Federal governments… including HUD in Washington DC… on the subjects of affordable housing solutions.  John and Fin have been featured on A&E, HGTV, The DIY Network, Apartment Therapy, Hobby Farms, TODAY, The Rachel Ray Show, JEOPARDY!, AOL, Yahoo, and MANY other networks and media outlets around the World.  John, along with his wife Fin, are not only Airbnb Superhosts, but they are also members of the exclusive Airbnb Ambassadors.  In May 2023, John and Fin were signed by a Los Angeles-based production company for the creation of their own unscripted television series.

Founders of the United Tiny House Association; Organizers of the 30 for-charity tiny house festivals, including the 2023 (8th Annual) Florida Tiny House Festival; Owners of Tiny House Rescuers; Owners of the Tiny Firehouse – Station No. 9; Featured on HGTV’s “Tiny House Big Living”, the DIY Network, TODAY, The Rachael Ray Show, JEOPARDY!, AOL’s “Dream Big-Live Small“; A&E’s “Living Smaller”; Living 11.5+ years full-time in their Off-Grid 304sqft tiny cabin on their 16-acre Beloved Cabin Tiny House Homestead & Stay; DIY & Re-purposing Experts; FREE Off-Grid Consultants; Philanthropists; Full-Time Tiny Lifestyle Advocates; Public Speakers; and authors of “Tiny Talks: Communicating BIG with Love & Laughter”.  In May 2023, John and Fin were signed by a Los Angeles-based production company for the creation of their own unscripted television series.

Yvan and his wife Sylvie have built 3 busses for themselves and have helped countless others to design and build theirs. Full time nomads for over 5 years they have travelled the USA and Canada extensively in their Lacroix CruiserLacroix Cruiser.

2023 Florida Speaker:

John Kernohan

Date & Time TBA

John is the co-founder, along with his wife Fin, and the Chairman of the United Tiny House Association.  John and Fin are two of the truest examples of the tiny house movement… living full-time for 11.5+ years in their DIY, off-grid 304sqft Beloved Cabin and the owners of their 16-acre Beloved Cabin Tiny House Homestead & Stay.  They also own their World-famous towable Tiny Firehouse – Station No. 9, two additional towable tiny houses on wheels, a 14’ yurt, a skoolie, two 20′ geodesic domes, three 16′ bell tents, and they are currently building a tree house with a grain silo.  John is a known DIY and re-purposing expert, and as an off-grid specialist.  He is also a tiny house and affordable housing advocate, and has been invited to speak at HUD in our Nation’s Capital, numerous colleges, and many events around the Country, as well as with local state and Federal governments… including HUD in Washington DC… on the subjects of affordable housing solutions.  John and Fin have been featured on A&E, HGTV, The DIY Network, Apartment Therapy, Hobby Farms, TODAY, The Rachel Ray Show, JEOPARDY!, AOL, Yahoo, and MANY other networks and media outlets around the World.  John, along with his wife Fin, are not only Airbnb Superhosts, but they are also members of the exclusive Airbnb Ambassadors.  In May 2023, John and Fin were signed by a Los Angeles-based production company for the creation of their own unscripted television series.

2023 Florida Organizers:

John & Fin Kernohan

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Founders of the United Tiny House Association; Organizers of the 30 for-charity tiny house festivals, including the 2023 (8th Annual) Florida Tiny House Festival; Owners of Tiny House Rescuers; Owners of the Tiny Firehouse – Station No. 9; Featured on HGTV’s “Tiny House Big Living”, the DIY Network, TODAY, The Rachael Ray Show, JEOPARDY!, AOL’s “Dream Big-Live Small“; A&E’s “Living Smaller”; Living 11.5+ years full-time in their Off-Grid 304sqft tiny cabin on their 16-acre Beloved Cabin Tiny House Homestead & Stay; DIY & Re-purposing Experts; FREE Off-Grid Consultants; Philanthropists; Full-Time Tiny Lifestyle Advocates; Public Speakers; and authors of “Tiny Talks: Communicating BIG with Love & Laughter”.  In May 2023, John and Fin were signed by a Los Angeles-based production company for the creation of their own unscripted television series.