Kay Marie Porterfield: Workshop and Teaching Experience

WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS

• Tragedy Assistance Survivor Program, Washington, D.C.; "Writing through Your Tears" (2003, 2004)
• Mountains and Plains Library Conference; Fargo, North Dakota; "Recognizing Racism in Books" (2002)
• Women's Empowerment Seminar; Denver, Colorado; "Breaking through your Creative Blocks" (2002)
• Malley Senior Center; Englewood, Colorado; "Writing your Life Story" (2002)
• Hospice of Metro Denver; Denver, Colorado;"Writing through Grief and Trauma" (2001)
• Hospice of Metro Denver; Denver, Colorado; "Using Journaling with Clients" (2002)
• Denver Area Bereavement Council; Denver, Colorado; "Writing through Grief and Trauma" (2002)
• Hospice of St. Johns; Denver, Colorado; "Writing through your Tears" (2002)
• Porter/Centura Hospice; Denver, Colorado; "Writing through your Tears" (2002)
• Littleton Community Center; Littleton, Colorado; "Journal Writing for Personal Growth" (2002)
• Beyond Boundaries Pain Clinic; Rapid City, South Dakota; "Journal Writing for Pain Management" (2001)
• Black Hills Retreat Center; Rapid City, South Dakota; "Writing Down Your Life: A Memoir Workshop," "Writing as a Therapeutic Process," "Recognizing and Recovering from Racism" (2000)
• South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Rapid City South Dakota; Human Relations Training: "Recognizing and Recovering from Racism" (1999)
• Casey Family Program; Rapid City, South Dakota; Human Relations Training: "Recognizing and Recovering from Racism" (1999)
• Women's Connection; Rapid City, South Dakota; Workshop: "The Journal Journey" (1999)
• Rapid City Police Department; Human Relations Training: "Recognizing and Recovering from Racism" (1998)
• Black Hills State University; Spearfish, South Dakota; Human relations Training (1998)
• Northern Plains Chemical Dependency Association; Rapid City, South Dakota; Recertification Training: "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder" (1998)
• National Writers' Club Writing Conference; Denver, Colorado: "Magazine Article Marketing" (1993)
• Littleton Hospital; Littleton, Colorado; Community Wellness Workshop: "The Journal Journey" (1992)
• National Association of Women Veterans National Conference; Denver, Colorado; Presentation: "Writing as a Business" (1992)
• Denver Women's Press Club; Denver, Colorado Workshop Presentation: "Magazine Article Marketing" (1989; 1990, 1991)
• Qualife Wellness Community; "A Writing Playshop" and "The Journal Journey" focusing on memoir writing for people diagnosed with terminal cancer (1990)
• Center for Creative Arts Therapy; Denver, Colorado; daylong workshop for people trained in visual arts therapy to incorporate poetry and biblio therapy in their work with clients (1990)
• Englewood High School; Englewood South Dakota; Inservice: "Encouraging Students to Write" (1987)
• Metropolitan State College, Human Services Department; Presentation: "Women, Alcohol, and Sexuality" (1986)
• Colorado Department of Health Drug and Alcohol Division; Conference Workshop: "Women Alcohol, and Sexuality" (1985)

COURSES TAUGHT:

College Level

• Introduction to Magazine Journalism
• Creative Writing - The Short Story
• Freshman Composition - The Essay
• Freshman Composition - The Research Paper
• Freshman Composition - The Research Paper (computer research)
• Basic English
• Developmental Psychology
• Participatory Research

Adult Education

• Journal Writing with a Purpose
• Writing as a Healing Tool
• Selling what you Write
• Get the Writing Habit
• The Art of the Interview
• From Publishing Idea to Book Contract
• Connecting with your Inner Writer (creativity)
• Instant Poetics (creativity)
• Magazine Journalism: The Basics
• Maybe you Should Write a Book about it (book proposals and marketing)
• Writing Critique Groups (Clarissa Pinkola Estes, who wrote Women who Run with the Wolves, was one of my students)
• Writing Down your Life (memoir)

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