Poetics of Life Work | Saturday, November 19, 2011
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8:00 – 8:30 AM • REGISTRATION • COFFEE • EXHIBITS
Poetics of Design Exhibit – Arianne Gelardin
8:00 – 9:00 AM • POSTER SESSIONS
Ann Marie Davis, Nancy Thompson
8:30 – 8:45 AM • ARTS PERFORMANCE
Songs from A New Wrinkle – Gaea Yudron
8:45 – 9:00 AM • OPENING
Introductions – Nader Shabahangi, Sally Gelardin
9:00 – 11:45 AM • KEYNOTE
Living Well with Metaphors – Norm Amundson
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM • WORKSHOP
(EHI Certificate) Thirteen Interventions for an Existential-Humanistic Therapist – Bob Edelstein
10:30 – 11:45 AM • WORKSHOPS
Forgiveness and Self-Forgiveness: Keys to Effective Family Communications Across Generations – Katharina Dress, Janice Wallace
Sandtray, Aging, Self, and Dementia – Linda Cunningham
(EHI) Dance/Movement Therapy-Based Nonverbal Communication Training for Caregivers – Meg Chang, Donna Newman-Bluestein
12:00 – 1:00 PM • LUNCH BREAK
Book Signing
1:00 – 3:15 PM • KEYNOTE
Infusing Hope into Life and Career – Norm Amundson
3:15 – 3:30 PM • BREAK
Book Signing
2:00 – 3:15 PM • WORKSHOPS
(EHI-Certificate) The Nature of Contact – Sonja Saltman
(EHI) Open To Not Knowing: Humanistic and Transpersonal Approaches to Psychotherapy for Elders with Dementia – Matt Spalding, Puran Khalsa
Legacy: What Do I Want to Pass on to the Next Generation? – Bill Ryan
3:15 – 4:30 PM • WORKSHOPS
What the Great Masters of Art Can Teach Us About Living with Creativity, Vitality and Meaning in the Second Half of Life. – Fred Mandell
Cultivating the Elder Body of Wisdom – Don Hanlon Johnson
(EHI-Certificate) In Search of the Inner Elder: The Challenge of Adding Wisdom Besides Years – Sonja Saltman, Candice Hershman
Laughter is the Best Medicine: Adapting Laughter Yoga for Older Adults – Carmela Carlyle, Tommy Westerfield
4:30 – 5:15 PM • ENTERTAINMENT
Sneak preview of the World Premiere Comedy/Drama Counter Attack – Joan Holden
5:15 – 6:00 PM • CLOSING
Moving into the Circle – Hanna Takashige
Closing – Nader Shabahangi, Sally Gelardin
News Bulletin
Press, Notes and Previews
Schedule
Wednesday, Nov 16: 8am — 6pm
Poetics of Aging PoliticsThursday, Nov 17: 8am — 6pm
Poetics of Evolving AbilitiesFriday, Nov 18: 8am — 6pm
Poetics of CaringFriday, Nov 18: 6pm — 8pm
Evening ReceptionSaturday, Nov 19: 8am — 6pm
Poetics of Life/WorkFirst Unitarian Universalist Church
1187 Franklin Street
San Francisco, California
Talking Stick
The Talking Stick has been used for centuries by Native Americans and others as a means to foster respectful listening in council and deliberations It has been adopted and adapted in many ways, but its core power remains as a way of honoring a respectful relationship between speaker and listeners so that everyone feels included, valued, and understood.
The Tales & Trails Storytellers invite all Poetics participants to share in the creation of a Poetics Conference Talking Stick. Bring a little token (a charm, a button, bead, piece of fabric - anything that can be tied or strung), and at some point during the conference, attach it to the talking stick, which will be held in the "Speakeasy" by the poets and storytellers. We will also bring an assortment of beads, etc, that you can use.
As our connections with each other grow at the conference, as we speak with each other, in scheduled and spontaneous encounters, we will be affirming and honoring each other and creating a beautiful tangible representation of our time together. The Talking Stick will remind us that in the spirit of Ubuntu, "I am who I am, because of who we all are together."
