ECHO HERON AS SPEAKER/RABBLE ROUSER/MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Ms. Heron is available as a speaker on a variety of subjects:
1. Motivational and/or commencement speeches for nursing students and nurses
2. Lectures for laypeople on how to protect themselves as patients and get the best health care available
3. Lectures/forums for nursing and non-nursing students at high school and college level on writing, healthcare
4. Political lectures/forums for nurses. Covered are such topics as whistle-blowing, use of unlicensed personnel,understaffing, mandatory overtime, floating, gender discrimination, union representation, etc.
Please note that I encourage audience participation and discussion
PREVIOUS KEYNOTE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS (partial list):
California Nurses Conference (9/03)
Westlake High School(yearly)
Virginia Nurse-Writers, HEALTH AFFAIRS
Maine Nurses Assn.
Massachusetts Nurses Assn.
California Nurses Assn.
American Nurses Assn., Washington, DC
University of New Hampshire
Boston College
Washington Nurses Assn.
Colorado Student Nurses Assn.
Portland American Assn. of Critical Care Nurses
American Federation of Nurses and Healthcare Professionals, Washington DC
Florida Nurses Assn.
University of California, San Francisco
University of California, San Diego
University of Kentucky
AARP/Council for the Handicapped, MI
Suicide Prevention Assn., CA
Women in Business Assn., CA
Mills Women’s College, Oakland, CA
Santa Rosa College, CA
Denver Student Nurses Assn.
Student Nurses Assn. of Seattle
College of Marin, CA
Tamalpias High School
Santa Clara University
Bellarmine University, KY
American Assn. of Critical Care Nurses, CA
Stanford University Hospital, CA
American OR Nurses Assn.
American Library Assn., CA
De Anza College, CA
Vermont Technical College 5/06
AmeriTech College, Salt Lake City 4/07
Canada Critical Care Nurses, Toronto 4/09