Speaking Engagements of Joseph Turner

• EXPERIENCES AS EXPERT WITNESS, GUEST LECTURER AND IN TEACHING
  • 1988 & '89 Guest lecturer at Michigan State Police "Damage Assessment Workshop"
  • 1989-1991 Taught six hour Federal Emergency Management Course "Emergency Management, USA"
  • 1990 Michigan State Police "Current Trends in Emergency Management" spring workshop guest lecturer
  • 1993 Guest lecturer for a "Community Forum" sponsored by Saginaw Township Hispanic Advisory Council
  • 1994 Guest lecturer at Delta College
  • 1996 Guest Speaker - ARRL National Convention, Peoria, IL.; Guest Speaker - Leadership Saginaw program
  • 1997, 2009 Taught entry level amateur radio licensing course - electrical theory and Morse code
  • 2000- Present Guest lecturer for Merrill Park 3rd grade classes - "Jobs in my neighborhood" (Gotcha ! I find these lists boring too!!)
  • 2001-2003    Instructor for the 2001 Michigan Assessor's Short Course "Abatements, Authorities and Special Assessments" ( tax capturing authorities - Brownfield, DDA, LDFA, and TIFA laws)
  • 2003-2005 Guest Lecturer, Michigan State University, Property Taxation and Economic Development, Graduate and Undergraduate students
  • 2004-Present     Instructor for the Michigan Assessor's Short Course "Special Assessments"
  • 2006-Present     Instructor for the Michigan Assessor's Short Course "Authorities and Abatements"
  • 2006-Present     Presenter for Lorman Educational Services on Economic Development and Taxation
  • 2009 Presenter, Special Topics Seminar, International Association of Assessing Officers, "Values associated with a lake and used for special assessment purposes"
  • 2010 Presenter, The Historical Society of Saginaw County,January 12, 2010, "Oil and Coal in Saginaw: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"
  • 2013 Presenter, International Association of Assessing Officers 79th International Conference on Assessment Administration, "The Geographic Distribution of Values From a Lake"

• ORAL TESTIMONY AND EXPERT WITNESS BEFORE:
  • Michigan Tax Tribunal Referee
  • Saginaw County District Court
  • City of Saginaw Board of Review
  • Gladwin County Circuit Court
  • Testimony (March 2014) at the request of the Michigan House of Representatives Local Government Committee: "The history and utilizaton of Michigan's Special Assessment procedures"