TNI Consultants

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Appearances

SELECT APPEARANCES

  • Interview with The Chicago Tribune about mentoring relationships in professional development, Chicago, Illinois
  • 60-minute interview on Let's Talk Nutrition, on WHNZ radio, hosted by Dr. Michael Garkow, Tampa, Florida
  • Television interview with NBC News Channel 8, BODIES…The Exhibition, Tampa, Florida
  • 60-minute television interview about bioethics on Fox 13, the Kathy Fountain Show, Tampa, Florida
  • One of two guests on The Mayor's Hour, CTTV, Channel 15, Tampa, Florida
  • Interview with Pat Newton on "All About Women", WENG, Englewood, Florida
  • Newspaper interviews with the St. Petersburg Times and The Tampa Tribune, BODIES…The Exhibition
  • "Museum Accessibility", two appearances on a 30-minute talk show broadcast by Chicago Radio Information Services, Chicago, Illinois
  • AM Chicago, 30-minute talk show on adaptive equipment for people with disabilities, Chicago, Illinois

INVITED PANELIST

  • Invited Panelist / Full Proposal Reviewer for the Informal Science Education program, Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings, the National Science Foundation
  • Invited Panelist to set the achievement level in science for grade level 8 to identify what students should know and be able to do in science -- National Assessment of Educational Progress, The Nation's Report Card

SELECT PRESENTATIONS

  • Half-day workshop on "Outcomes-based Planning and Evaluation", Florida Association of Museums, Sarasota, September 2009
  • Workshop on "Evaluation Methods: Advantages and Disadvantages", National Science Foundation and Center for the Advancement of Informal Science Education, P.I. Summit, Washington D.C., July 2008
  • Half-day workshop/lab on "Physical Facility Accessibility", Florida Association of Museums, Miami, September 2008
  • Invited Speaker, Women in Leadership Symposium, Tampa, September 2006
  • Invited Speaker, "Involving 50+ Adults in Science Centers", S.P.R.Y. Foundation, National Science Foundation, Association of Science and Technology Centers, American Association for Advancement of Science, AARP, Washington D.C., June 2006
  • "Educational Partnerships with National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration", Association of Science and Technology Centers, Louisville, KY, October 2006
  • "Calumet Environmental Education Program Evaluation", North American Association for Environmental Education, Biloxi, MS, November 2004
  • "Disability Awareness Training", Accessible Practices Regional Workshop, sponsored by Association of Science and Technology Centers and St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 2001
  • "The Real Truth about Corporate Values in America", invited lecture to faculty and students at Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland, 2002
  • Moderator, session on "Evaluation Methods" and presenter of "Conservation Education Program Evaluation", Second Pan-American Congress on the Conservation of Wildlife Through Education, New York City, June 1998
  • "Value Diversity: Connections for Inclusion", Professional and Organizational Development in Higher Education, Salt Lake City, October 1998
  • "Access Chicago", 30-minute radio show broadcast by Chicago Radio Information Services, Chicago, January 12 and March 9, 1998
  • "Multiple Intelligences, Multiple Approaches", and "Writing Instructional Objectives", "Preparing Media for Presentations" staff development, Lincoln Park Zoo educators, Chicago, February-April 1998
  • Invited Speaker, "The Modern Zoo", Northwestern University Alumni Association Return to Learn Seminar Day, Evanston, IL, April 1998
  • "Minimizing Measurement Error in Questionnaires", Professional and Organizational Development in Higher Education, Orlando, October 1997
  • "Selecting Research Methods" and "Developing a Research Proposal", Governor's State University faculty and students, University Park, IL, September and October 1997
  • "Teaching Strategies for Diverse Learning Styles", Rush University Faculty in Human Resources, Chicago, May 1997
  • "Faculty Development Institute", 2-day Institute for 60 faculty in Occupational Therapy, American Occupational Therapy Association, Chicago, April 1996
  • "Multiphase Approach to Docent Evaluation", American Zoo and Aquarium Association Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1996
  • "Strategies for Creative Management", 300 healthcare executives, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 1996
  • "A Continuum of Relationships in Professional Development," University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 1996
  • "The Mentor-Protégé Relationship as Perceived by the Mentor, Protégé and Protégé's Boss", International Mentoring Association, San Antonio, TX, 1995
  • "Multiple Mentors Facilitate Learning During Fieldwork", The World Federation of Occupational Therapy Congress, London, Great Britain, 1994
  • "A New Approach to the Academic Admissions Process", American Occupational Therapy Association, Boston, 1994
  • "Social Support for Newly Hired Faculty in Postsecondary Education", American Educational Research Association, Atlanta, 1993
  • "Spinal Cord Lesion Levels and Therapeutic Management", Boston University, Boston, 1986
  • "Upper Limb Orthotics", Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya, 1983
  • "Upper Limb Orthotic Principles, Components and Biomechanics", "Upper Limb Orthotic Pathomechanics", Northwestern University Medical School physician's course, Chicago, 1979