The Old Mill, also in North Little Rock, is a true reproduction of an old water-powered grist mill and was featured in the movie “Gone With the Wind.” The park features many sculptures and a tree-branch-entwined bridge and is also on the National Register of Historic Places.
Heifer International offers visitors a look at Heifer Urban Farm, a three-acre garden behind Heifer’s headquarters building. It has grown from a simple community garden into a booming farming operation that provides fresh food for the needy in the area. Heifer’s staff uses eco-friendly farming techniques in its fields and stockyards. Guests will see the animals that are helping families around the world feed themselves. In turn, those people then pay it forward by passing animal offspring to others with similar needs in their villages or towns. Visitors can make financial donations that will provide such an animal for needy people somewhere in the world.
Before and after the conference, FAM tours will take participants to see other Arkansas destinations.
“The pre-FAM tour will be of northwest Arkansas, including Fayetteville, home of the University of Arkansas, along with visits to Rogers and Bentonville, the world headquarters for Walmart,” said Amanda James, a sales manager for the Little Rock CVB. It will run Friday, August 3, to Monday, August 6. “The post-FAM tour will go to southwest Arkansas and include Hot Springs and DeGray Lake Resort State Park,” James said. This tour begins after the conference on August 9.
‘The Transition Man’
The Going On Faith Conference always features interesting and inspirational speakers. This year’s keynote will be delivered by Johnny Campbell, nicknamed the Transition Man, a business speaker and the author of five books. He specializes in helping audiences to be profitable and productive in their work environments and to deal more easily with difficult people. He also preaches how to cope with these changing times “without losing one’s mind or bank account.” Campbell has become a crowd favorite because of his entertaining and informative style of speaking and for his useful suggestions for self-improvement.
One of Campbell’s topics is dealing with “enemies” that prevent us from progressing in business or in life.
“When we find and face the enemy in our hearts and minds, we now believe we can improve,” said Campbell, speaking onstage during a recent TED Talk.
Campbell says these enemies come in three forms: competitors, situations and things. If people would examine these roadblocks as the enemies that are holding them back, they “will have more intensity and desire to push back,” he said. “It is actually our enemies who take us from good to great.”
Register now for Going On Faith by calling 800-628-0993 or go to www.gofconference.com/register.
