In this exciting, interactive presentation I use current media such as twitter, texting, IMs and audio streaming. It is designed to encourage lively discussions on sensitive topics such as sexuality, sexual assault, alcohol abuse, binge drinking, body image and relationships. This successful approach provides useful information while eliminating any awkwardness often associated with some of this material. This forum puts a new twist on important information about how alcohol and drugs impact decision making, safe sex and sexual assault. I create a talk show/game show atmosphere and by using a multi-media approach I am able to bring the whole audience into the discussion.
In both SEXED and surviving the weekend I include issues around sexual assault from lowering the risk of sexual assault to dealing with the aftermath. It is an incredibly important topic that needs to be addressed and can often be very difficult to get people to participate and to acknowledge. Through personal experience and the use of texting I have been able to help people better understand how to deal with sexual assault and how it effects us personally and as a society. I can include more or less of this topic when I present. I can also do a program that is exclusively on sexual assault.
Who are these presentations for?
My talks are appropriate for conferences, colleges, women’s groups and any audience that would benefit from a personal story that demonstrates how to turn challenges into accomplishment, that choices, not circumstances determine achievement and how to appreciate our differences instead of judging them. All programs can modified to fit the goals and guideline of your group. I have been presenting for 20 years. Here is a representative list of events.
Can you drink responsibly? Maybe, but it won't work to just say no. I have been speaking on alcohol awareness for over 20 years and I have come to the conclusion the best thing I can do is to present tools on living in environment where there is alcohol. From communication to abstinence, I give ideas on how to survive the weekend, the semester, the whole college experience in one piece. Through humor and audience participation I try to reach every aspect of alcohol and drug use from problem drinkers, chronic consumption of weed, occasional partiers, binge drinking to those who choose not to drink or drug at all. As a recovering alcoholic who has not had a drink in over 25 years, I have seen and heard it all! My best hope is to plant a message that when push comes to shove they have tools to be able to get out of bad situation, prevent a disaster or just wake up not regretting the night before.
Sex, Cellulite & Shopping: One Girl's Guide to Living and Dying
is a one woman performance based on the experience of falling deeply in love in the face of death, living with two terminal illnesses and coming to terms with a past that was riddled with poor choices. The show is filled with human vulnerability, humor and grace. This is a wonderful piece if you want to combine entertainment with education or want to bring something unique and provocative to your community theater.
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