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2024 Georgia Tiny Home Festival Speakers<\/span><\/h2>\n

Update (April 22, 2024): Tiny living enthusiasts from around the world are coming out for a weekend of INSPIRATION<\/strong> and\u00a0INSIGHT\u00a0<\/strong>with the INCREDIBLE<\/strong> line-up of SPEAKERS<\/strong> who will be PRESENTING<\/strong> and SHARING<\/strong> during the 2024 Georgia Tiny Home Festival (9th Annual).
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2024 GA Speaker:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Kiammie Ortice<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday (11AM)
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Kiammie Ortice<\/strong><\/a> is an U.S. Army veteran, part time traveler, road scholar, and homeschool\/roadschool Mama.\u00a0 Kiammie is known for being dedicated to helping veterans through agricultural and environmental practices as well as agricultural enthusiasts who are nomads.\u00a0 She is nestled in the great state of South Carolina on an urban homestead, and through her budding non-profit Earth’s Healing Nature she encourages and educates both youth and adults\u00a0 through agriculture,\u00a0 environmentalism, and sustainability practices.\u00a0 She is also the CEO of Earth’s Synergetic Flow Enterprises, which is an agricultural wellness enterprise.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2024 GA Speaker:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jessica Rambo<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday (12PM)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Marine Corps Veteran, and nomad traveler, Jess + her zoo traveled through 40 states and 70,000 miles from Key West to Anchorage, AK, and everywhere in between in her DIY custom bus conversion known as The Painted Buffalo<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 On her travels she dedicated her time to helping other veterans heal through making art with The Paint Can Project<\/strong><\/a>, meeting thousands of veterans, nomads, and everyone else who stopped to say, “Hi!”\u00a0 After 4 years of full-time travel Jess and her family settled into the North Georgia Forrest and is currently remodeling a tiny A-frame, building up a beautiful homestead, and is also in the process of converting a 4th bus into another traveling home.\u00a0 She strives to continue the Paint Can Project<\/strong><\/a> and hopes to one day turn her property into a MakersSpace homestead for others to drop their pack, fill their personal care package, and tell their stories. <\/em><\/p>\n

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2024 GA Speaker:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Suzy Beckwith<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday (11AM)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a09+ years ago Suzy was 49 when she built her own DIY tiny house with the help of a few friends, and she has lived full-time in her tiny house since day one.\u00a0 Suzy was the park manager of a tiny house community in Leesburg (Florida) for the many years and has been a speaker\/presenter at numerous tiny house events and festivals around the country.\u00a0 She is a published author and wrote the world-famous book, “My Name is You”<\/strong>.\u00a0 (Fun Fact: Suzy was a professional clown for over 30 years.)\u00a0 You can following Suzy at GO LIV TINY<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2024 GA Speaker:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Robin Butler
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Sunday (12PM)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Robin Butler is the CEO of\u00a0NOAH<\/strong><\/a>, 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\u2019s and has always proven to be informative & enlightening.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2024 GA Speaker:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

John Kernohan
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Sat & Sun (2PM)<\/em><\/p>\n

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John is the co-founder, along with his wife Fin, and the Chairman of the\u00a0United Tiny House Association<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 John and Fin are two of the truest examples of the tiny house movement\u2026 living full-time for 12+ years in their DIY, off-grid 304sqft Beloved Cabin<\/strong><\/a> and the owners of their 16-acre Beloved Cabin Homestead & Stay<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 They also built\/own the World-famous towable Tiny Firehouse \u2013 Station No. 9<\/strong><\/a>, have 4 additional towable tiny houses, a yurt, a skoolie, two 20′ geodesic dome homes, and they are currently building a tree house out of a grain silo.\u00a0 John is a known DIY and re-purposing expert, and is an off-grid specialist.\u00a0 He is also a tiny house and affordable housing advocate, who has been invited to speak at schools, colleges & universities, and events around the Country, as well as with local, state and Federal governments\u2026 including HUD in Washington DC\u2026 on the subjects of affordable housing solutions.\u00a0 John and Fin have been featured on HGTV, A&E, New York Post<\/a><\/strong>, Newsweek<\/a><\/strong>, The DIY Network, Apartment Therapy<\/strong><\/a>, Hobby Farms<\/strong><\/a>, TODAY<\/strong><\/a>, JEOPARDY!, The Rachel Ray Show, AOL<\/strong><\/a>, Yahoo<\/strong><\/a>, and MANY other media outlets around the World… plus, John, Fin, and their tiny homes can be seen on 14 episodes of A&E’s 2022 series “Living Smaller”.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2024 GA Panels:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Homeowner & Builder Q&A’s <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sat & Sun (3PM)
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Listen to, and ask questions, of both homeowners & nomads who not only talk the talk, but walk the walk and have the real-life experiences of living tiny to back their words… and\/or listen to, and ask questions, of professional builders of tiny houses on wheels and other small homes.\u00a0 Whether your plans are to be full-time small space dwellers, seasonal travelers, weekend adventurers, or you’re simply curious, this is the Q&A panel for you!
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Builders Panel: Sat @ 3PM<\/p>\n

Homeowners Panel: Sun @ 3PM<\/p>\n

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2024 Solar Workshop:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Solar Fundamentals<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sat & Sun (Throughout Day)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Held throughout the weekend at the AHHA Solar<\/a><\/strong> Booth and instructed by Daniel Messick.<\/em><\/p>\n

(Times posted at AHHA Solar’s<\/a><\/strong> booth.)<\/p>\n

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Meet Daniel Messick<\/a>… the “go to solar guru” of the nomad and tiny lifestyle communities!\u00a0 Dan is both an authorized dealer & certified technician for Victron and he is also an authorized dealer & authorized technician for EcoFlow.\u00a0 <\/span>Daniel, along with his wife Rachel, have converted a van TheMessiJourney (aka \u2013 Banana Van Adventures)<\/a> , which is known as the “Swiss army knife of vans”, four times into more cost effective versions of itself.\u00a0 When on the road, their mission on the road is to empower people to regain the confidence they had in their youth and simplify their lives to focus on what really matters. They have traveled 40 states and 4 countries in their van and lived in Guatemala for 5 weeks in their van to obtain certificates to teach English across the globe. They have taken their passion for DIY empowerment and set up shop in Georgia where Dan provides full services ranging from full builds, to consultations in efforts to help others bring their tiny house dreams to life, to installer high-quality solar system on buses, vans, and in stationary homes.\u00a0 You can check Dan out through his web site at https:\/\/ahha-solar.com\/<\/a> .
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2024 Georgia Hosts & Organizers:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

John & Fin Kernohan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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John and Fin are the\u00a0Founders of the United Tiny House Association<\/a>, which is the largest tiny lifestyle advocacy organization in the World with over 78K+ members. \u00a0 They are the organizers of the 32 for-charity tiny house festivals, including the 2024 Georgia Tiny Home Festival, which have raised and donated over $788K+ to over 100+ charities & great causes.\u00a0 They own 3 tiny houses on wheels (including the World famous Tiny Firehouse \u2013 Station No. 9<\/a>), 2 yurts, 2 geodesic dome homes, a skoolie, 3 bell tents, multiple cabins and a tree house on their 16-acre Beloved Cabin Homestead & Stay<\/a>. They and their tiny home creations have been featured on HGTV, A&E, the DIY Network, GAC, TODAY, The Rachael Ray Show, Apple TV+, AOL\u2019s \u201cDream Big-Live Small<\/a>\u201c, JEOPARDY!, Living Smaller<\/a>, and numerous other media outlets around the World\u2026 plus, in May 2023 they signed with a major production company for the creation of an unscripted television series based on their life together and their adventures in helping others with their tiny living dreams.\u00a0 John & Fin have been living 11.5+ years in their Off-Grid DIY 304sqft tiny cabin, and are DIY & Re-purposing Experts, FREE Off-Grid Consultants, Philanthropists, Full-Time Tiny Lifestyle Advocates, Public Speakers; and the authors of \u201cTiny Talks: Communicating BIG with Love & Laughter\u201d<\/a>.
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Interested in learning more about the 2024 Georgia Tiny Home Festival? Please feel free to contact us at unitedtinyhouse@yahoo.com<\/strong><\/a> or by calling our office at 706-623-4332<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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