Speaking Calendar & Presentations

Barbara is available for group presentations & keynotes.

For a small group or a large audience, Barbara creates inspiring presentations and workshops that are engaging and interactive. With years of experience designing customized programs for particular audiences and outcomes, she draws from a wide array of information that fosters dialogue and reflection.

Popular topics for keynotes or presentations for any size group or organization include:

Defining Your Edge: How To Increase Your Value in the Marketplace
Reflect, Renew, Regroup: Effective Ways to Re-Engage With Your Work
Get Beyond the Midlife Crisis: Understanding Life and Work in the Second Half of Life
Recognizing What You Are Called To Do: Vocation in the Second Half of Life
The Times They Are A Changin’: Understanding Life in the Second Half
Reinvent Yourself in Retirement

Barbara’s Speaking Schedule:

2012

“Heart, Beauty, Spirit: A Women’s Circle of Transformation in France”. Barbara and Susanna Liller will offer this retreat for the second time in Paris, Giverny and Chartres France from May 28-June 3. Email Barb if you’d like more info or to join us!
April 26, 7:00-9:00pm, “What Really Matters? Matching Meaning, Service and Your Unique Contribution at Midlife and Beyond”, Tufts University, Medford, MA (offered to the public and Tufts almuni)
January 5, 1:30-2pm, WLOB radio, “The Changing Marketplace and Things You Need to Know to Make a Career Transition”. Barbara will be interviewed by Debi Davis, on Mind Your Own Business.

2011

December 16, “Tools for Exploring Vocation in the Second Half of Life”, The Life Planning Network Quarterly Meeting, Weston, MA, registration required.

December 7 “Crafting Retreats for Transformation and Renewal: Tools for Crossing Into the Second Half of Life”, The 5th Annual International Conference on Positive Aging. Los Angeles, CA. Registration required.
October 18 “Meaning Trumps Money: Retaining Engaged Employees in Their Second Half of Life”, Maine Association for Training and Development, Portland Country Club, Falmouth, ME, 8:00-10:00 am. Public is invited. Registration required.
August 17 “Discovering What’s Next: Re-Visioning Your Work at Midlife and Beyond” presentation for Echelon Circles, Portland Country Club, 4-6:00pm. Registration required.
June 30 “What Everyone Does, But Few Do Well: Effective and Painless Networking” presentation at the Portland Public Library, ” Wisdom At Work” series every Thursday in June), noon to 1pm, Rines Auditorium, free and open to the public.
June 21, “Work Transitions At Midlife and Beyond: It’s Not What It Used To Be”, York County Jobs Alliance, 10am (public invited)
June 18 “What Really Matters? Matching Meaning, Service and Your Unique Contribution after 50″ presentation at Encore Maine Leadership Corps Summit, Bangor, ME
May 10-15, “Journey to Your Sacred Self: A Women’s Retreat in Chartres, France” Barbara and Susanna Liller co-led a small women’s group to Chartres, France, (45 minutes from Paris) the location of the oldest and most beautiful Gothic cathedral and a sacred site with feminine roots as well as a 12th century labyrinth used as a tool for the inner journey. Save the date for the 2012 retreat: May 28-June 3!
April 27 “Act With Passion, An Evening with Women Who Followed Their Hearts”, Grace Restaurant, (private gathering)
April 22, “Defining Your Edge: Key Elements to Increasing Your Value in the Marketplace”, keynote for the International Association of Administrative Professional’s annual conference, Bangor, ME.
February 3, “Career Transitions for the Second Half of Life: Different Strategies for a Different Life Stage”, presentation at the Portland Public Library, ” Wisdom At Work” series every Thursday in February), noon to 1pm, Rines Auditorium, free and open to the public.