Edited sentence: For decades he has been a consistent presence on local media in Maryland as well as Fox regional television -- commenting on political persuasion issues -- wherein recently (2013) he participated in a Town Hall Meeting with Ben Carson of the Johns Hopkins University.His ground-breaking redefining of persuasion in his aforementioned book, /The Only Authentic  Book of Persuasion/, has been honored by a featured speakership at the University of Richmond (2012),  a seminar on his work at the National Communication Association (2012), a speech at Hillsdale College in Michigan (2013) and the keynote address at the Southern States Communication Association annual convention (2013).In 2014 Vatz presented a seminar on the book, tiled "Persuasion: a Revolt," co-chaired by Prof