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Recordings and Slides from Past Community Calls:

*Please note that the WebEx ARF player is required to play the recording of the calls dated from August 2019 and earlier, which can be downloaded here. 

• Making the Most of The Conversation Project Resources and Getting Started
• Community Planning and Sustaining Momentum 
• Special Interest Topics, including NHDD planning sessions
• Training

Making the Most of The Conversation Project Resources and Getting Started

• A Look Ahead: Planning for 2023 November 2023
  
  Join us as we launch our new communications plan, and free toolkits we’ll have for you to help spread the word across your community.  We’ll also spend time reflecting together on lessons learned from 2022 and what you may want to see from us in 2023.  Come meet new friends, and share what you have learned and/or any plans you may have for 2023…. including NHDD, which is just around the corner. 
  
  Call Recording
  Slide Deck from Presentation
  

• Getting Started with The Conversation Project (TCP): Orientation to TCP Resources and Common Questions
  
  Geared towards those new to The Conversation Project and/or our resources who are looking to spread this work across their community. This 30-minute recording helps you navigate our website so you can get oriented to and take advantage of all the free resources we have for you to use/adapt to jump start conversations in your community. We also share ways to engage with and make the most of our community.
  
  Recorded Session
  
  
• A Look Ahead: Planning for 2021 December 2020
  
  To adapt a famous quote: “Not every year is good, but there is something good in every year.”  We’ll spend time reflecting on the positives/assets from 2020 and share a sneak peak of what to look for in 2021 from The Conversation Project.  Come share your plans for 2021, including NHDD, which is just around the corner!
  
  Call Recording
  Slide Deck from Presentation

• New Resources and Updates at TCP to Help Support “What Matters to Me” Conversations September 2020
  
  Join Dr. Erik Fromme from Ariadne Labs and Kate DeBartolo from The Conversation Project as we launch our new workbook: What Matters to Me – A Patient’s Guide to Serious Illness Conversations.   This workbook is designed to help people with a serious illness get ready to talk to their health care team about what is most important to them — to make sure that they get the care they want. Learn more about the guide, and hear what else is new/coming soon at TCP to help you reach more in your community.
  
  Call Recording
  Slide Deck from Presentation

Community Planning and Sustaining Momentum

• Improve how you reach and change public perceptions of advance care planning September 2024
  
  Join us with special guests Anthony Back, MD, University of Washington and Marian Grant, DNP, RN, content and marketing consultant, both from The John A. Hartford Foundation- and Cambia Foundation-supported Message Lab project. Together we will explore how organizations are using evidence-based messaging principles to improve how they talk about advance care planning. Learn how to apply strategies to your own promotional materials, tools, website, etc. and share your ideas.
  
  Call Recording
  Slide Deck from Presentation

• Supporting Veterans – Understanding What Matters Most November 2023
  
  Join us in honor of National Veteran/Military Family month as we hear from special guest Dr. Qwynn A. Galloway-Salazar, Founder, In Their Honor, LLC (and others) discuss ways to engage, support and better understand what matters most to Veterans in your community in order to support care planning conversations.  November is also National Family Caregivers month so bring your insights, ideas and questions to share with each other on engaging and supporting caregivers. 
  
  Call Recording
  Slide Deck from Presentation
  
  
• Community Planning 101  August 2021
  
  This 35-minute recorded session provides community leaders with an overview of The Conversation Project, how individuals/groups are bringing this work into their communities and how you might approach and introduce the importance of care planning conversations into your community. This session will help you think about how to reach individuals where they live, work, pray and learn by providing you with guided questions to consider for your region, including goal setting and tips on approach. And, we’ll introduce you to the free resources we and others have to help you take action.
  
  Recorded Session
  
  
• Inspiring Conversations Through the Power of Film and Virtual Theater March 2021
  
  Looking for fresh ways to inspire conversations and prompt action toward Advance Care Planning right now in our virtual world (and always)?  We’ll hear from Dr. Jessica Zitter (Director/Producer of Caregiver: A Love Story and physician whose work is featured in Extremis), Elizabeth Coplan (Playwright of ‘Honoring Choices’ virtual plays), Rev. Corey Kennard (Healthcare Activist and Lead Pastor of Detroit’s Amplify Christian Church), and learn about a new upcoming documentary on aging, Fast Forward. Our guests will highlight examples of how using film & virtual theater can help spark stronger conversations and actions within communities during these difficult times. Join us to learn how you might do something similar in your community and hear about upcoming opportunities you can tap into.
  
  Call Recording
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• Championing Conversations in Communities through the Use of Stories November 2020
  
  Stories connect us, unite us and can move us to action. Join us this month to explore what we’re learning about stories through recent research and hear from community leaders from Kokua Mau in HI and Alameda County Care Alliance in CA. Together, we’ll discuss how to position them and share some stories we use when we teach. Come share your stories, experiences and insights!
  
  Call Recording
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• Reaching, Engaging and Harnessing the Power of Students October 2020
  
  Despite popular belief, young adults don’t shy away from difficult conversations/mortality.  In fact, they are some of our biggest potential ambassadors when it comes to normalizing conversations about how you want to live through the end of life. On this call, we’ll learn from several groups/individuals who are engaging students to have conversations about what matter most through the end of life. Join the discussion to share your ideas and initiatives.
  
  Call Recording
  Slide Deck from Presentation

• Bright Spots and the Importance of our Shared Humanity/Connectedness  May 2020
  
  Now more than ever, we have to stop and remember that there are many bright spots in the midst of this pandemic. Our hearts have been lifted as we’ve been hearing positive stories from groups/individuals about how they are reaching people, especially those particularly vulnerable, to supporting conversations about what matters most when it comes to life, living and care wishes. During this call, people shared their bright spots and what has made a difference in their community.
  
  Call Recording
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• ACP Messaging and Repurposing NHDD during COVID-19: A Call for Community Leaders April 2020
  
  Join this call to learn and share best practices regarding messaging and developing alternative NHDD activities in the midst of COVID-19. During the call, you’ll hear from two leaders from The Conversation Project, Kate DeBartolo and Patty Webster, as well as from the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care, Anna Gosline. We understand that we are living in uncertain times and that how we continue to move forward with our work requires careful and critical thinking. Our goal is for participants to leave this call with practical steps to successfully navigate this pandemic and execute their meaningful work in a way that aligns with the current times. This call is an opportunity for us to collectively learn from one another and share what practices have been most successful in our communities.  
  
  Call Recording
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• Reaching and Supporting Solo Agers November 2019
  
  Are you grappling with how best to support those who may not have family or a support system around them? Or are you reaching “elder orphans” and have some ideas to share on how best to ensure this population is supported, listened to and given opportunities to talk about what matters most to them?  Then this call is for you! Join The Conversation Project to discuss ways to ensure this critical segment of the population is not left behind. We’ll be joined by a solo ager who created an expansive support network for others and has learned some fabulous lessons along the way.
  
  Call Recording
  Slide Deck from Presentation 

• Lessons on Messaging from the Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care July 2019
  
  At their May 16th summit, the Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care shared the results of their messaging research project. During our July 17th community call, they shared these latest findings and presented learning from their summit, including tested language for engaging the broader public, as well as targeted “segments” of the population, in conversations about what really matters to their life and health. 
  
  Call Recording
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• Working Together–Organizing and Building Coalitions May 2019
  
  This call highlights lessons from several groups, including a local grassroots advocate and organizer in Washington State and a state-wide coalition in South Carolina. Hear the stories they bring to the work, steps they took, key people they engaged, lessons on funding and more! Learn from others as you think about joining forces with others to spread this work further.
  
  Call Recording
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• Including Alzheimer’s-specific Programming in Your Programming in Your Work October 2018
  
  Aimed at giving more specific guidance to leaders who have already established The Conversation Project in their region, this webinar focuses on including Alzheimer’s-specific work into advance care programming. Learn from PeaceHealth in Washington State, as they provide tips, guidance and resources to help you understand how to meet the needs of and support this critical population.
  
  Call Recording
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• Keeping it Fresh: Sustaining Momentum July 2018
  
  Aimed at giving more specific guidance to leaders who have already established The Conversation Project in their region, this webinar discusses tactics to keep your work fresh in order to sustain momentum, as well as strategies to reach new or hard-to-access audiences. Learn from the experiences of Frederick Memorial Hospital in Maryland, whose ACP team runs a comprehensive, multi-stakeholder community campaign to increase conversations and completion of Advance Directives via community education and programming about advanced care planning.
  
  Call Recording
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• Making a Difference in Your Community: Tracking Your Influence and Impact May 2018
  
  This webinar dives deeper into why measurement and tracking matters, who it matters to and provides lessons, tips, and tools to help you tell your story of impact, better. Listen to St. John the Evangelist in MD describe their goal, how they measured progress, and lessons learned along the way.
  
  Call Recording
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Special Interest Topics

Training

• Speaker Training 
  
  This 45-minute recorded session provides community leaders with the knowledge and resources needed to host a Conversation Starter Workshop event. Training includes how to give an informative presentation, weave in latest messaging, and facilitate interactive group discussion. You’ll be given an example of a standard presentation and tips on all phases of event-planning including organization, facilitation, and evaluating your event.
  
  Recorded Session

• Online Course: Basic Skills for Conversations for End-of-Life Care
  
  Check out the IHI Open School Online Course: Having the Conversation: Basic Skills for Conversations about End-of-Life Care: In conjunction with the Boston University School of Medicine and The Conversation Project, the IHI Open School offers this course to introduce students and health professionals to basic skills for having conversations with patients and their families about end-of-life care wishes. This course will also help you develop skills to have conversations with patients and their families about their preferences for care at the end of life. As part of developing these skills, the course invites you to “have the conversation” yourself, with a family member or other loved one.
  
  This course can be accessed with an IHI Open School subscription.