2020 Schedule
April 22 Chippewa Valley Learning in Retirement, register at www.cvlr.org
Sept 8 Practical Neuroscience with a Side of Humor at Ellsworth Public Library.
2019 Schedule
Feb 20 – Brain Boosting Sleep Prajna Max Your Mind Series #1
Who knew your brain is especially busy while you’re sleeping? Without solid sleep, we can feel muddle headed. Sleep hygiene is a “thing”. Let’s talk about ways to get the brain ready for the “night crew”.
Feb 21 – Morning Rotary 7:30 AM Lismore Brain Boosting Sleep
Mar 20 – Brain Boosting Mindfulness Prajna Max Your Mind Series #2
April 4 Chippewa Falls Public Schools – Parent University
April 11 & 18 – 1-2:00 Senior Center Mind Maxing I and II (Register at Sr. Center 715-839-4909)
April 17 – Brain Boosting Bodywork Prajna Max Your Mind Series #3
Does “feeling the sunshine” leave you with mental clarity and more energy? Here’s why and ways to make it happen.
April 26 Chippewa Valley Learning in Retirement (CVLR) 10-11:30 AM Brain Boosting Sleep, at Rassbach Center, Menomonie
May 15 – Brain Boosting Relationships
Girl time gives our brains a boost. There’s Emotional Intelligence, and Social Intelligence. Let’s talk about how they work for you!
2018 Schedule
- TBD CVLA Pablo Center Event Eau Claire
- October 6 Mind Maxing Workshop The Center Eau Claire
- Sept 15 CVLA Panel Chippewa Falls
- August 8 CVLA Interview on WEAU-TV
- April 18 Making the Most of the Memory We Have Left CVLR Chippewa Valley Learning in Retirement – Menomonie
- April 5, 2018 Brain Chat Fall Creek Public Library
- March 13 2018 Return to Joy L.E. Phillips Public Library
- Feb 14 WEAU TV Interview 4 PM
- Feb 10 Why to Write CVLA Heyde Center, Chippewa Falls
- January 27 CVLA Panel Menomonie
2017 Schedule
- Dec 9 Return to Joy – UWEC – Geek con
- Nov 29 Gratitude: the Health Booster– Dumanis 616 Farwell St
- Nov 11 1-5 PM Write Here-Write Now – LE Phillips Public Library
- Nov 11 5:00 PM Author Reading Max Your Mind (representing CVLA) – Oxbow
- Nov 8 5:30-7:00 First Congregational Book Group Presentation
- Oct 25 5:30-7:00 Return to Joy Vitalistic Protocol Farwell St, Eau Claire
- Oct 12-Nov 9 Thurs 1-3 Return to Joy 5 class series LE Philips Sr. Ctr.
- August 18 PEO Group, Return to Joy-Overview
- June 3 Heyde Center for the Arts – Chippewa Valley Local Authors Showcase
- April 20-Ma8 Return to Joy Thurs, 1-3 PM LE Phillips Sr. Ctr. Cancelled –
Previous Presentations (2016 and earlier)
- Nov 15 Brain Chat- Altoona Public Library 6:00-7i:30 PM
- Nov 2-Dec 7 Max Your Mind Class – Wed 1-3:00 PM LE Phillips Sr. Center
- Oct 5 WEAU TV Interview re MaxYour Mind/CVLA
- Aug 2, 3:30 Our Redeemer Book Group – Max Your Mind
- June 22 WOGO 103.1 interview with Mark Halvorsen 11:30 Max Your Mind
- June 16 Building Baby’s Brain Class Family Resource Center, Eau Claire
- June 7 Exhibit Booth UWEC Sr. American’s Day, Eau Claire
- May 28 1:00 Brain Chat, Reading and Book Signing, The Local Store, Eau Claire
- May 18 Harnessing Humor to Impact Business, Admin Pro Conference, Northcentral Tech College, Wausau
- May 18, Brain Basics: Your Gateway to the best YOU! Admin Pro Conference, Northcentral Tech College, Wausau
- Mon May 16 – Building Baby’s Brain Class Overview, Childcare Partnership, Eau Claire
- Mon May 16 – Friends of the Library Book Group MYM
- Sat Apr 20 – Refresh, Refocus, Restore Delta Kappa Gamma conference, Eau Claire
- Thurs Apr 7 -May 5 1:00-2:30 5 week Max Your Mind Class Series -Phillips Sr. Ctr. Eau Claire
- Sun Feb 21 – Augusta Parent University Teen Brain: What’s Going On Up There?
- Fri Feb 12- Building Baby’s Brain – Family Resource Center 11:00
- Thurs Feb 4 – CVLA Reader’s Theater – Heyde Center, Chippewa Falls
- Mon Jan 25 – Women’s Giving Circle Book Group – Books a Million
2015 SCHEDULE:
- Wed Dec 16 – Kathy Kivlin’s Book Club- MYM – Kathryn Schauf’s home
- Fri Nov 19-Sat Nov 20 Holidaze Art Fair – CVLA Booth
- Fri Nov 13- Fri Nov 19 Max Your Mind Minnesota Book Tour to Alexandria, Morris, UM-Morris
- Thurs Nov 12, Building Baby’s Brain, Family Resource Center, Eau Claire
- Wed Oct 7 through Nov 4, 1:30-3:30 Max Your Mind Class Series, L.E.Phillips Senior Center
- September 17, 2015 Building Baby’s Brain — Family Resource Center, Eau Claire
- Sept 16, 2015 Children’s Museum of Eau Claire – Kickoff Morning Mingle: Play for the Brain.
- Aug 29-30 Festival in the Pines Chippewa Valley Local Author Group for Max Your Mind
- Aug 11, 2015 WEAU TV Judy Clark TODAY Show Interview with Bill Callaghan to promote Chippewa Valley Local Author’s Group
- July 19, 2015, 6:30 p.m. Max Your Mind Pre-Launch Book Signing — The Center-Eau Claire
- Every Thursday, July 23-August 13, 2015, 12:30-2:00 p.m. Max Your Mind Series Interactive Classes — The Center, Eau Claire
- September 17, 2015 Building Baby’s Brain — Family Resource Center, Eau Claire
- November 12, 2015 Building Baby’s Brain — Family Resource Center, Eau Claire
- May 14,2015 Azura — Memories, Myths and Magic — Florian GardensApril 30, 2015 Western Dairyland Women’s Business Conference — Plaza Hotel and Conference Center
- March 12, 2015 Building Baby’s Brain — Family Resource Center, Eau Claire
- April 30, 2015 12th Annual Women’s Business Conference, Eau Claire
- May 14, 2015 Building Baby’s Brain — Family Resource Center, Eau Claire
PAST EVENTS:
November 20, 2014 Keep It Simple Sister PEO Sisterhood -The Center
November 18, 2014 Connections Boost Your Brain — Polkadot Powerhouse personal connect meeting
November 13, 2014 Building Baby’s Brain –Family Resource Center, Eau Claire
October 7, 2014 Nurturing My Grandchild’s Brain Without Losing Mine. Grandparents as Parents, Wesleyan Church
September 27, 2014 Nurturing Your Student’s Brain Without Losing Yours MACS Parent University, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.
September 3, 2014 Tackling Chemobrain: I Can Cope series, Marshfield Clinic Cancer Center, Eau Claire
September 2014 Back to School Brain Tips Queen of the Castle Magazine
August 13, 2014 Breathe, Move, Create, the Center, Eau Claire
July 29, 2014 Building Baby’s Brain – Family Resource Center, Eau Claire
June 17, 2014 Your Child’s Brain Interview promoting Building Baby’s Brain class, WEAU TV, Eau Claire
July 2014 “Sisterhood is Powerful” published in Queen of the Castle Magazine
June 13, 2014 “Books in Bloom” Promotion for Max Your Mind: An Owner’s Guide to your 30+ Brain – The Center, Eau Claire
June 2014 “Making, Changing and Keeping Marvelous Memories” published in Queen of the Castle Magazine
April 22, 2014 “Max Your Mind with Humor” Peace Lutheran Church
May 2014 “Cancer Care: One Step at a Time “published in Queen of the Castle Magazine
April 2014 “Music and Your Child’s Brain” published in Queen of the Castle Magazine
April 10, 2014 Building Baby’s Brain – Family Resource Center, Eau Claire
April 5,2014 Second Wind Conference, What Lights Up Your Brain? — Peace Lutheran Church
March 5-9, 2014 Author 101 Conference, LAX
February 25, 2014 – Max Your Mind with Humor -UWEC Senior American’s Day
January 17, 2013 — Brain Coaching for New Moms–Part II, Pregnancy Care Center/Apple
February 9, 2013 — Move it to Learn It, Wisconsin Family Child Care Assn. (WFCCA) Mini Conference, CESA 10-Chippewa Falls
February 9, 2013 — Brain Coaching to Support 3-5 Year Olds and their Parents, WFCCA Chippewa Falls
March 19, 2013 — Max Your Mind With Humor And More, Laughter and humor give your brain a workout while helping your brain and body stay healthy, UWEC Sr. American’s Day
April 5, 2013 — BRAIN Team Conference
April 10, 2013 — Building Baby’s Brain, Family Resource Center – Eau Claire County
June 12, 2013 — Brain Coaching for Boomers and Better, Workings of the Brain Dealing with Challenges, St. Francis Apartments
September 13— Mind Maxing with Humor, Chippewa Valley Learning in Retirement
September 26 — Choices and Gratitude, Retired ATT telephone operators
September 27 — Mind Maxing With Humor, CESA 10 Foster Grandparents
September 28 — Your Child’s K-12 Brain Development
November 13, 2013 — Building Baby’s Brain, New parents can boost their child’s brain development, Family Resource Center – Eau Claire County
November 2013 — Mind Maxing with Humor, Laughter and humor support your brain and body health, Waushara County Caregivers
November 14, 2012 — Building Baby’s Brain, Family Resource Center, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
August 1, 2012 — Building Baby’s Brain, Family Resource Center, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Fall 2012 — Making the Most of the Memory We’ve Got Left, Chippewa Valley Learning in Retirement
May 2, 2012 — Building Baby’s Brain, Family Resource Center, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
April 17, 2012 — Music and Movement Mayo Health Systems
April 25, 2012 — Building Baby’s Brain for School Age Parents Program, North High School, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
April 9, 2012 — Supermom’s Anonymous, Eau Claire Area School District Parent Programs
April 4, 2012 — Music and the Brain, Family Resource Center Eau Claire, Wisconsin
February 14, 2012 — Tune In and Tune Up Your Brain to Turn On Your Writing, Western Wisconsin Christian Writers’ Guild, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
January 25, 2012 — Building Baby’s Brain, Family Resource Center, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
November 16, 2011 — Building Baby’s Brain, Family Resource Center, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
October 18, 2011 — Caregivers Building Brains — Mayo Health Systems-Eau Claire
September 28, 2011 — Music and the brain FRC / Oakwood Mall
August 3, 2011 — Building Baby’s Brain, Family Resource Center, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
June 8, 2011 — Music and the brain FRC
April 27, 2011 — Building Baby’s Brain, Family Resource Center, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
February 16, 2011 — Building Baby’s Brain, Family Resource Center, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
February 15, 2011 — Radio interview: The Parent’s Plate with Brenda Nixon “Don’t Let Your Kid Go Relationship Dead”
February 8, 2011 — More Brain Coaching for Writers
February 2, 2011 — Music and the Brain, Center for Healthy Living, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
January 18, 2011 — Radio interview: The Parent’s Plate with Brenda Nixon “Boost Your Child’s Brain Power”
November 17, 2010 — Music and the Brain, Center for Healthy Living, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
October 15-16, 2010— Presentation: Celebrating the Challenges – Canadian Annual Provincial Conference Special Education Council
August 4, 2010 — Presentation: Music and the Brain – Family Resource Center, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
July 21, 2010 — Presentation: Building Baby’s Brain, BRAIN Team, Family Resource Center, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
April 23, 2010 — Presentation: Move It to Learn It (two hour presentations, repeated – UW-Stout Early Childhood Conference
April 21, 2010 — Presentation: Building Baby’s Brain, BRAIN Team, Family Resource Center, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
April 14, 2010 — Presentation: Music and the Brain – BRAIN Team, Family Resource Center, Eau Claire Wisconsin
April 13, 2010 — Presentation: Ten Brain Coaching Steps from Writers Block to Creative Flow West Central Wisconsin Christian Writers’ Guild Eau Claire, Wisconsin
February 24, 2010 — Music and the Brain—BRAIN Team, Family Resource Center, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
February 23, 2010 — Presentation: Building Baby’s Brain – BRAIN Team, Family Resource Center, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
October 8-9 2009 — NWEA, October 20 Building Baby’s Brain
July 13, 2009 — Presentation: Substance Abuse and Your Brain (for teens)- Touchstones Counseling Center, Eau Claire
April 30, 2009 — Gender and Learning – APPLE PCC center:
April 24, 2009 — Presentation: Move It to Learn It (1 hour presentation, repeated) UW Stout Early Childhood Conference
April 23, 2009 — Presentation: Brain Essentials for Student Learning (2 hour presentation) UW-Stout Early Childhood Pre-Conference 7-9 PM
April 21, 2009 — Presentation: Building Baby’s Brain – for B.R.A.I.N. Team and Family Resource Center for Eau Claire County – Eau Claire County Courthouse
May 4, 2009 — Presentation: Music and the Brain Sacred Heart Center for Healthy Living Eau Claire, WI
March 27, 2009 — Presentation B.R.A.I.N. Team Conference: (Team organized and attended) Gender Differences and the Brain
March 3, 2009 — Presentation: Making the Most of the Memory We’ve Got Left-First Lutheran Church, Eau Claire, WI
January 30-February 1, 2009 — Attended Society of Children’s Book Writers’ and Illustrators’ Conferences: New York, NY
December 5, 2008- Atlanta, GA, December 4 – Greenvile, SC, November 14, Cincinnati, OH, November 13 -Louisville, KY, October 24 -Des Moines, IA, October 23 – Omaha, NE, March 7 – St. Louis MO, February 29 – Tulsa OK — Health Ed Network Presentation; Optimizing Student Learning Through Neuroscience and Brain Fitness. Click here for registration information: www.health-ed.com
October 13, 2008 — Presentation: NWEA Early Childhood Conference, Teaching Music and the Brain
October 11, 2008 — Attended Society of Children’s Book Writers’ and Illustrators’ Conferences: St. Paul, MN
January 2008 — Eric Jensen’s Brain Expo- Brain Literacy, San Francisco, CA