2010 Events:

December 16, 2010
Duke Lung Transplant Support Group
Duke Center for Living, Durham, NC


December 10, 2010
6th Annual Duke Patient Safety Conference
Durham, NC

December 9, 2010
APHON (hematology/oncology) Nursing Conference
Chapel Hill, NC


November 12, 2010
Nursing Students at Gaston College
Dallas, NC

November 11, 2010
OLLI Continuing Ed
Durham, NC

November 10, 2010
School of Nursing
UNC Wilmington


November 3, 2010
Keynote Address for 25th Anniversary
Hospice of Scotland County, NC


October 28, 2010
Nursing Grand Rounds
Portsmouth Naval Hospital, VA

October 27, 2010
TeamSTEPPS Master Training
Portsmouth Naval Hospital, VA

October 26, 2010
Wayne Memorial Hospital
Nursing Grand Rounds and Chaplain Lunch
Goldsboro, NC

October 22, 2010
Moore Regional Hospital, Nursing Grand Rounds
Pinehurst, NC

September, October, November TBA
Finding Your Voice, Project Compassion
Throughout North Carolina

September 29, 2010
Seton Medical Center Grand Rounds
Austin, TX

August 26 and 27, 2010 from 9:00-4:00
Finding Your Voice, Project Compassion
Carolina Meadows, Chapel Hill NC

August 3, 2010
Stanford Hospital Lung Transplant Support Group
Palo Alto, CA

July 29, 2010 from 3:30 to 4:30
Duke TeamSTEPPS Master Training
Durham Hilton, Durham NC

July 28, 2010 from 12:30 to 2:30
Duke TeamSTEPPS Master Training
Durham Hilton, Durham NC

June 9, 2010
Carolina Donor Services
Winston-Salem, NC

June 18, 2010
Hope for Breath Foundation Fundraiser
Long Island, New York

May 20, 2010
SAS Work/Life Program
SAS Campus, Cary, NC

May 13, 2010
Primary Children's Medical Center
Salt Lake City, Utah

May 7, 2010
Project Compassion Spring Symposium
Carol Woods, Chapel Hill NC

May 6, 2010
Rex Hospital Nurse Excellence Conference
Raleigh, NC

May 5, 2010
Wake Forrest Nurse Appreciation Day
Winston-Salem, NC

April 30, 2010
NC AWHONN Conference
Gaston Memorial Hospital, NC

April 22, 2010
Pediatric End of Life Conference
Lumberton, NC

April 24, 2010
Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas
Austin, TX

April 13, 2010 from 3:00 - 5:00
Duke Patient Advocacy Week
Searle Center, Durham NC

April 17, 2010
Fourth Annual Midwest CF Nutrition and
Social Work Consortium
Indianapolis, IN

April 12, 2010
Hospice of Scotland County Appreciation Banquet
Laurinburg, NC

April 1, 2010
Duke End of Life Nursing Education Conference
Duke Hospice, Durham NC

March 25, 2010 from 3:00 - 4:00
Duke Lung Transplant Support Group
Durham, NC

March 25, 2010
NC State University
Masters of Social Work Class
Raleigh, NC

March 17, 2010 from 7:30 - 8:30
East Carolina University Grand Rounds
Brody School of Medicine
Greeneville, NC

March 11, 2010 from 9:00 to 12:00
Durham VA Social Work Conference
Searle Center, Durham NC

March 9, 2010 from 3:30 to 4:30
Duke TeamSTEPPS Master Training
Durham Hilton, Durham NC

March 8, 2010 from 12:30 - 1:30
Duke TeamSTEPPS Master Training
Durham Hilton, Durham NC

March 2, 2010 from 10:00 - 12:00
UNC School of Medicine
Capstone Course
Chapel Hill, NC

February 19, 2010
"The Elephant in the Room" Conference
Brunswick County Community College, NC

February 12, 2010 from 10:00 - 12:00
Doctor Of Physical Therapy Students
Duke Medical School, Durham NC

February 10, 2010
Duke Hospital Social Work Grand Rounds
Durham, NC

January 20, 2010 from 2:00 - 4:00
Duke School of Nursing
Durham, NC

January 27, 2010
"The Elephant in the Room" Conference
Wilmington, NC



Selected 2009 EVENTS:

October 23, 2009
Mountain Air Respiratory Therapy Conference
Asheville, NC

September 25, 2009
National Hospice and Palliative Care
Organization Clinical Conference
Denver, CO

September 23, 2009
CSHCI Professional Patient Advocate Conference
Myrtle Beach, SC

September 12, 2009
UNC Chapel Hill CF Education Day
Chapel Hill, NC

September 10, 2009
UNCW School of Nursing
Wilmington, NC

September 3, 2009
End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium
Duke Hospice, Durham NC

August 31, 2009
Cardinal Chapter of the Emergency Nurses Ass.
Raleigh, NC

August 26, 2009
Pediatric Grand Rounds
Mission Hospital, Asheville NC

August 19, 2009
Pulmonary Resident Grand Rounds
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

August 18, 2009
Adult CF patient Education Night
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

June 5, 2009
A Day of Symptom Management:  
Clinical Pearls for Those Caring for Patients
with Chronic Disease
HPNA  Triad NC Chapter and Greensboro
AHEC at Moses Cone Hospital, Greensboro, NC

May 5, 2009
Guild Nurses Recognition Day
Rex Hospital, Raleigh NC

May 1, 2009
Hope for Breath Fundraiser
Long Island, New York

April 22, 2009
Chaplain Student Conference
Atlantic Beach, NC

April 18, 2009
LAM Foundation National Conference
Cincinnati, OH

April 17, 2009
LAM Foundation National Conference
Cincinnati, OH

April 8, 2009
UNC Lung Transplant Patient Support
Chapel Hill, NC

April 4, 2009 9:00am-3:00pm
Durham Center for Senior Life
Hosted by Council for Senior Citizens

April 1, 2009
S.A.S. Software Corporation
Cary, NC

March 21, 2009 9:00 - 2:00
Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCare Center
"In Sickness and in Health" Community Conference
UNC Wilmington School of Education

March 11, 2009  10:00-12:00
UNC Capstone Series
Graduating Medical Students
Old Clinic Auditorium, Chapel Hill NC

March 9, 2009
UNC Pediatic Pulmonary Team
Chapel Hill, NC

March 3, 2009 4:00-5:00pm
ELNEC Conference
Duke Hospice

February 28, 2009 3:00-5:00pm
DSI Comedy Theater
Carrboro, NC

February 19, 2009 8:30-11:00am
Duke Divinity School
Durham, NC

January 22, 2009 8:30-10:30am
WakeMed, Andrews Conference Center
Raleigh, NC


Selected 2008 EVENTS:

December 12, 2008 12:30pm-1:45pm
Nurse Leader's Association
Durham Regional Hospital

December 6, 2008
"Miracle Mission"
CF Foundation Fundraiser, Chicago IL

December 4, 2008
Sweet Melissa Fund
Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill NC

November 22, 2008
CF Education Day

November 21, 2008
University of Kentucky Medical School
Lexington, KY

November 20, 2008 9:00am-12:00pm
John's Hopkins Hospital Grand Rounds
Baltimore, MD

November 18, 2008 5:30pm
Caregiver's Appreciation Dinner
Durham Center for Senior Life
Durham, NC

November 14, 2008
Pediatric Neonatal Update Conference
Greenville Children's Hospital, NC

October 27, 2008 12:00-1:00
UNC School of Social Work
Chapel Hill, NC

October 24, 2008, 12:30pm-1:15pm
UNC Nursing End of Life Conference
Friday Center, Chapel Hill NC

October 23, 2008 12:30pm-2:00pm
Women Heart Group
Carrboro, NC

October 2, 2008
Project Compassion Fundraiser
Carolina Club, Chapel Hill, NC

September 28, 2008, 2pm-5pm
North Carolina Transplant Foundation
Duke Gardens, Durham NC

September 19, 2008, 6pm
Carolina Donor Services Banquet
Durham, NC

September 8, 2008, 4pm-5pm
Duke End of Life/Palliative Care
Regional Conference

September 6, 2008, 9am-2pm
Project Compassion
Seymour Center, Chapel Hill NC

September 4, 2008, 7pm
Regional Nurse Executive Conference
Marriott, Raleigh NC

August 13, 2008
Duke Medical School

August 12, 2008
The Forrest at Duke

August 4-8
CFRI Adult CF Retreat
Redwood City, CA

August 1, 2008
CFRI National Conference  
Redwood City, CA

July 29, 2008
Duke Medical School

July 24, 2008
Duke Palliative Care Conference
Duke Hospital South, Durham NC
                                      
July 10, 2o08
Family Hospice and Palliative Care
Pittsburgh, PA

June 21, 2008
Starlight Starbright Foundation

June 11, 2008                                                
UNC Lung Transplant Support Group                                    

June 5, 2008
The Cedars of Chapel Hill

June 3, 2008
Duke University Medical School

June 3, 2008
UNC Nursing School


Spring, 2008
Cornucopia House Day Workshop Series                              

May 31, 2008
Mount Vernon Baptist Church Health Fair
Durham, NC

May 1, 2008
UNC Nursing and Psychology School
Dr. Theresa Raphael-Grimm

April 24, 2008
Legal Aide Conference
Raleigh, NC

April 28-30, 2008
La Crosse, WI

April 18, 2008
UNC 8th Annual End of Life Care Conference

April 15, 2008
Carolinas Center for Hospice and
End of Life Care Clinical Conference
Plenary Speaker

April 3, 2008
Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship, Raleigh NC
7:15-9:30 pm                  

April 7-9, 2008
Southeastern Regional Parish
Nurse Coordinator Retreat

April5-May3 2008                                        
Duke Continuing Studies Workshop Leader                     

March 18th                                                                          
UNC Nursing School                     

March 7, 2008                                                     
Project Compassion Spring Symposium               

March 6, 2008
Duke Medical Center "Transplant Lab"

March 4, 2008                                                                
Cornucopia House workshop                                  



Selected 2007 EVENTS:

Dec. 19, 2007                                                        Nurse Leader's Meeting, keynote speaker                                                                 Title TBA

Nov. 17, 2007                                                                     
  Evening of Miracles                                                                                 Book Signing

Nov. 4, 2007                                Co-Creator, Speaker:
Community Pet Memorial Service                                 "Pets as Witness"

Oct. 23, 2007                                          Guest Speaker for
UNC Chaplain Residents                                     " Loving Through Illness,
                                                                                                                                                                                    A Patient Perspective on How
                                                                                                                                                                                    Illness Impacts Relationships"

Oct. 22, 2007                                          Guest Speaker for
UNC Chaplain Residents                          "From Diagnosis to Acceptance,
                                                                                                                                                                              A Patient's Emotional
                                                                                                                                                                             and Spiritual Journey"

Sept. 29, 2207                                         
 Project Compassion's  Seeking Relief from Pain                       "Alternative Medicine
and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Patient Advocacy"

Sept. 28, 2007                                          UNC Chapel Hill
Psychiatry Grand Rounds                                "The Art of Good Grieving"

June 6, 2007                                                
   Duke University Medical School Panel                                                "Healing vs. Curing"

May 24, 2007                                              UNC
Psychiatry Residents In-Service                                                "The Difficult Patient"

April 28, 2007                                          
Project Compassion's Spring Symposium                                         "PhD in Patientology"

Jan. 24, 2007                     
UNC Medical School talk for internal medicine residents                     "Practice: A Patient Perspective
                                                                                                                                                   on Being a Good Physician"

Dec. 4, 2006                                  
UNC Medical School talk for alternative medicine class               "The Compassionate Bedside:
                                                                                                                                                         A Patient Perspective"

Oct. 18, 2006                                
Community Home Care and Hospice                                                                 "Hospice Caregivers
                                                                                                                                                                          as Death Walker"

Sept. 26, 2006                        Project Compassion's
Pain Forum with Dr. Richard Payne                "The 4 E's of Pain Management"

Various and Many
dates in 2006
             Carolina Donor Services outreach to high school students                 "Organ Donation Saved My Life"

May 24, 2006                                Duke University's
OLLI Continuing Education                                                   "Patient Advocacy 101"

May 10, 2006                               
 Bridges to Healing Series at UNC Hospital                                        "Expanding Your Compassion;
                                                                                                                                         Stories from an Illness Ambassador"

April 10, 2006       
                                       UNC Hospice Staff In-Service                                              "Expanding Your Compassion;
                                                                                                                                                                         Stories from an Illness Ambassador"

Jan. 25, 2006                                UNC Hospital
Lung Transplant Support Group                                "Making the Waiting Count"
Upcoming and Past Events
(Please note: due to volume of presentations, not all events are listed)

Event / Date                                            Title of talk, workshop or reason for participation



"Patient to Patient: Advance Care Planning"



"Partnering with Patients: A Bed's Eye View of Patient Safety"



"Growing Up Dying"



"Finding Your Voice as a Caring Professional"



"Finding Your Voice in the Healthcare Maze"



"Finding Your Voice as a Caring Professional"



"Mortal Musings: Life in the Deathbed"



"Caring for You, Caring for Me"



"Partnering with Patients: A Bed's Eye View of Patient Safety"



"Finding Your Voice as a Caring Professional"




"Finding Your Voice as a Caring Professional"



Train the Trainer Certification



"Caring for You, Caring for Me" with Healthcare Professional Improv



Train the Trainer Certification



"Patient to Patient" Advance Care Planning



"A Bed's Eye View of Patient Safety: Partnering with Patients"



Modules 4 and 5



"Donate Life: A Recipient's Perspective"



"Breathing with Gratitude"



"Finding Your Voice in the Healthcare Maze"



"Growing Up Dying: Shifting the Pediatric Patient Paradigm"



"Growing Up with Illness: Partnering with Pediatric Patients"



"Caring for You, Caring for Me: A Nurse Improv!"



"Caring for You, Caring for Me: A Nurse Improv!"



"Partnering with the Difficult Patient"



"Growing Up Dying"



"Living and Thriving with CF"



"Building Stronger Patient/Providor Relationships: Finding Your Voice"
With Dr. Charles Smith, Q and A to follow both lectures



"A Bed's Eye View: The Patient Perspective on Lung Transplant"




"Life in the Deathbed: Honoring Those Who Step Forward"



"Life in the Deathbed"


"Patient to Patient" Advance Care Planning



"Finding Your Voice as a Caring Professional"




"Finding Your Voice"




"Finding Your Voice as a Caring Professional"



"A Bed's Eye View of Patient Safety: Partnering with Patients"



Module 4, "Situation Monitoring"



"Finding Your Voice as Caring Professional"




"Finding Your Voice in the Healthcare Maze"



"Finding Your Voice as a Caring Professional"



"Finding Your Voice as a Caring Professional"



"Finding Your Voice as a Caring Professional"



"Finding Your Voice in the Healthcare Maze"







"A Recipient Perspective on Lung Transplant"



"Growing Up Dying: Shifting the Pediatric Patient Paradigm"




"Being Patient: Pulling Back the Curtain"



"Living and Thriving with CF"



"Finding Your Voice as a Caring Professional"



"Life in the Deathbed"



"Chronic Emergency: The ED Through the Eyes of a Life Long Patient"



"Growing Up Dying: Sick Girl Speaks"



"Life in the Deathbed; A Patient Perspective"



"Living and Thriving with CF"



"Sick Girl Speaks: Shifting the Patient Paradigm"





"Caring for You, Caring for Me" a patient/nurse improv!



Keynote: Title TBA



"Finding Your Voice as a Caring Professional"



Break Out Session, "The Opportunities of Illness"



Keynote Address, Title TBA



"Patient to Patient: Why Advance Care Planning is a Gift"



"Finding Your Voice: Navigating the Healthcare Maze"



"Sick Girl Speaks!"



"Finding My Voice" Keynote Presentation
"Finding Your Voice" Break Out Session



"Finding Your Voice as a Caring Professional"




"Finding Your Voice" Professional In-Service



"Life in the Deathbed"



Filming of "Finding Your Voice"
Audience Members Needed!



"Spirituality and Illness: The Divine Healing of Dying"



"Life in the Deathbed"






"See What You Made Me Do?"
A Patient and Nurse Improvisation


Keynote: "The Legacy of Today"



Keynote: "Grateful for Every Day"



"Living and Thriving with CF"


"Defining Good Medicine; Humanizing Healthcare"



"Life in the Deathbed" with professional/patient improv!



"Finding Your Voice" Communicating with Medical Professionals




"Growing Up Dying" and Book Signing


"Finding Your Voice"




"Life in the Deathbed"



"Finding Your Voice" Brass Tacks



"An Evening with Compassion"



"Walk and Rock!" Transplant Speaker



Keynote Speaker: "Grateful for Every Day"



"Life in the Death Bed" Part II   (A more in-depth look)



"Being Alone by Choice or by Chance; Crafting a Meaningful Life"



"Battle of the Medical Mindsets: Doctor and Patient Get Real" with Dr. Tony
Galanos


"Medical Mistakes" Panel


"The Other Side of the Curtain: Patient and Dr. G Get Real"


"Rap Session" Leader and participant



"The Permanent Me" (A One Woman Show)



"The Power of Kindness; Defining Good Medicine"


"Life in the Death Bed"



"Life in the Death Bed"



Online Chat with CF Teens


"Top 10 Things I Know Now After Having Double Doubles!"


"Advance Care Planning at a Glance" with James Brooks


"Healing vs. Curing" Panel with Dr. Mike McLeod


"Finding Your Voice as a Caring Professional"
Dr. Black has made "Sick Girl Speaks!" required reading for her nursing class!
What a great idea!

"I Am Not Illness: Finding the Way Back to Me"  Dates & Time TBA


Patient Advocacy Workshops



A Patient Interview followed by Q & A



"Advance Care Planning: Communicating with Loved Ones about End of Life
Wishes"


Respecting Choices Instructor/Facilitator Certification



"Mortal Musings: Life in the Death Bed"


"Remember Me:  Patient Advocacy and Quality Care"



"The Divine Healing of Dying"



Three Day Keynote Speaker and book signing



"10 Opportunities of Illness"


"Finding Your Voice as a Caring Professional and "The Art of Good Grieving"
(Two programs back to back)    

"Advocacy In Action: Being a Self-Advocate"


Tiffany's Top 10 Tips and Tricks for Navigating the Medical Maze


"Navigating the Medical Maze: Advocacy and Empowerment
for the Modern Patient"