Providing heartfelt and professional presentations with a clear ability to captivate and connect with an audience is my main objective. I have been a Keynote speaker for a number of organizations with a compelling presentation titled, Look Closer. My Brain Injury is Invisible.

 

While I am usually the sole speaker engaging audiences with insights and stories from my TBI journey, other times audiences have the added benefit of my former speech & language pathologist, Katya Bowen, MS, CCC-SLP, CBIS, joining me on stage. Together we can offer strong presentations by weaving my personal TBI journey together with Katya's professional expertise. 

 

Here are some of my presentations to consider:

• Look Closer.  My Brain Injury is Invisible.

• Creating A Collaborative Team To Help You Return to Work 

• Turning Points to Insight and Awareness 

• Listening For Your Story: Identifying and conceptualizing your experience with brain injury for the purpose of writing or telling your story

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      Topics can also be tailored to meet the goals of your event.

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Presentations:

• Keynote - BIA of Vermont, Annual Conference, Burlington, VT, November 1, 2023

• Keynote - BIA of Connecticut Annual Conference, Hamden, CT, March 2023

• Guest on Mind Your Brain podcast - episode 16

• Keynote – BIA of New Hampshire Annual Conference, Concord, NH

• Keynote – BIA of Virginia Annual Conference, Roanoke, VA

• Keynote – BIA of Vermont Annual Conference, Waterbury, VT

• Keynote – BIA of Massachusetts Annual Conference, Marlborough, MA

• Keynote – Head Injury Community Services (HICS), Dorchester, MA

• Keynote – BFAIR Annual Meeting, North Adams, MA

• Keynote – Department of Development Services, Holyoke, MA

• Keynote – Vinfen’s Annual Celebration, Norwood, MA

• Guest Speaker – Public school athletes, coaches, teachers, parents, North Adams, MA

• Guest Speaker – Mental Health Association, Inc., Springfield, MA

• Guest Speaker – UC Berkeley BrainTrust Peer Support Group, Berkeley, CA

• Guest speaker – Civitan Community Service Club, Pittsfield, MA

• Guest speaker – Pioneer Valley Brain Injury Support Group, Hadley, MA

• Workshop – New Hampshire Department of Labor, Concord, NH

• Workshop – BIA-NYS Annual Conference, Saratoga, NY

• Workshop – Brain Injury Services, Springfield, VA

• Professional Development – Numerous secondary schools in the commonwealth of MA

• Professional Development – Berkshire Medical Center Department of Rehabilitation, Pittsfield, MA

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Video Links:

• BIA-MA Conference

Stacia Bissell, M.Ed. Twitter interview 

Katya Bowen, MS, CCC-SLP, CBIS Twitter interview

• Vinfen Annual Celebration – Keynote closing 5 minutes on rebuilding and lessons learned

• BFAIR Annual Meeting – Keynote opening remarks