Patty's Keynotes

• Heart Humor and Healing Health Benefits of Humor Using humor to accelerate healing for the body, mind and spirit. Target audience is patients and their families.

• Finding Comedy in Chaos? -- You've Got to be Kidding. Humor skills for coping with change.

• Putting Fun to Work -- Adding Humor into the Workplace Humor skills to improve quality, cooperation and customer satisfaction.

• Can You Manage to Laugh? How Can You Manage Without It? Humor techniques for leaders to manage, motivate and build morale with their staff.

• Professional Survival You Can Laugh or You Can Cry Humor skills to cope with job stress and improve health.

• Choosing the Amusing Creating a Therapeutic Humor Program: How to design and implement a humor program for hospital, home or workplace.

• Laughter's the Best Medicine -- Scientific Research Proves It! Psychoneuroimmunology and the Mind Body connection - Review of current scientific research.

• Compassionate Laughter -- The Heart of Healing: Using humor for hope and courage during difficult times.

Testimonials

"We have only just recovered from sore ribs from laughing so hard during your presentation of "Jest for the Health of It. You were SOOOOOO funny! We loved the fun toys and learning how to laugh at ourselves. I'm proud to say that 100% of the attendees rated you "Excellent" as a presenter! That's a history-making event."  Kathy Floyd– Women's Health Resource Center of McCuistion Medical Center, Paris, TX

"You not only ended the day on a decidedly "up" note for us, but you imparted valuable and useful information to those of us who work in the highly charged and stressful field of providing counseling and assistance to Medicare beneficiaries. Your knack for taking serious subjects such as hoping and coping humor and making them relevant to all of us was highly commendable. You helped us see both the humor and the hope in all that we do."  Michael Shuchter - California Department of Aging

"You were the perfect keynote for our conference – “Laughter is the Sound of Healing”. You addressed the importance of laughter in the healing process and spoke about the historical perspective of humor. The attendees commented that they could feel your enthusiasm for your work and really enjoyed your humor and warmth. Your presence helped to make our conference a huge success. And, we laughed a lot, thank you for that too."  Judy Pasternak, Conference Co-Chair – Mental Health Association, Buffalo, NY

"You not only ended the day on a decidedly "up" note for us, but you imparted valuable and useful information to those of us who work in the highly charged and stressful field of providing counseling and assistance to Medicare beneficiaries. Your knack for taking serious subjects such as hoping and coping humor and making them relevant to all of us was highly commendable. You helped us see both the humor and the hope in all that we do"  Michael Shuchter - California Department of Aging

"Fantastic! You helped me remember why I went into this job and how to stay with it."  K. Jackson, Oncology nurse - San Francisco, CA - St. Mary's Hospital

"Excellent presentation. Good balance of sessions, activities, information and funny business."  P. Carlin, Pediatric Nurse - Dallas, TX - Children's Hospital

"Outstanding - energetic presentation. What a ham! –– plus delivered an important message."  D. Rhodes, Palo Alto, CA - Stanford University Hospital

"Patty is a warm, loving, compassionate person, which enhances her humor."  J. Waverly, Nursing Instructor - Manchester, NH - St. Anselm's College

"Haven't laughed this much since I was four."  D. Grover, Oncology Nurse - Seattle, WA - Swedish Hospital

"The most inspirational and satisfying workshop I have ever attended, and the most worthwhile."  L. Draper, Omaha, NE - Methodist College

"Energized, caring, excellent communicator. Should be commended for her diligence and warm disposition."  S. Kranjic, Nurse Educator - Nashville, TN - Veteran's Medical Center