Continuing Education and Outreach

Presenter: D.J. Vanas, Internationally Renowned Speaker

Description: We all start our careers and new jobs with a blazing desire to serve and make a difference. Over time, through overwhelm, setbacks and stress, your people can face burnout. Suddenly, your team is no longer fighting to make a difference but fighting only to make it to the weekend. So how do you get that fire back? In this powerful program, D.J. will reignite the spark of purpose, passion, and performance in your teams by sharing an arsenal of ways to get and stay motivated, inspired and combat stress. To create success within our tribe, we must first be able to take excellent care of ourselves and keep our own fires lit. After all, motivation is not automatic – it must be done on purpose, with purpose, and D.J. will show you how. Get ready to look at your life and career in a whole new light!  Internationally renowned speaker D.J. Vanas is a tribally-enrolled member of the Odawa Nation, a decorated former Air Force captain, and bestselling author of The Tiny Warrior. As a military officer, he worked in the highly complex arena of space warfare, partnered with companies JPL, Aerojet, Hughes Aircraft and Aerospace Corporation. Today, D.J. brings warrior insights to organizations across the country, with clients including Subaru, NASA, Indian Health Service, Intel Corporation, USAA, Mayo Clinic, P&G, Accenture, the US Air Force and Army, Walt Disney World, Costco, and the US Secret Service. He combines decades of relevant and entertaining stories to deliver unforgettable presentations that empower audiences to make their mark.

Learning Objectives:

1. Learn the dynamics behind burnout and how to prevent it.
   
2. Understand stress, how to actively manage it, and how to make it work for us.
   
3. Explore ways to create a nurturing, motivating environment that sustains us.
   

Biography: Internationally renowned speaker D.J. Vanas is a tribally-enrolled member of the Odawa Nation, a decorated former Air Force captain, and bestselling author of The Tiny Warrior. As a military officer, he worked in the highly complex arena of space warfare, partnered with companies JPL, Aerojet, Hughes Aircraft and Aerospace Corporation. Today, D.J. brings warrior insights to organizations across the country, with clients including Subaru, NASA, Indian Health Service, Intel Corporation, USAA, Mayo Clinic, P&G, Accenture, the US Air Force and Army, Walt Disney World, Costco, and the US Secret Service. He combines decades of relevant and entertaining stories to deliver unforgettable presentations that empower audiences to make their mark.

Presenters: Shireen Ohadi-Hamadani and Elena Haasl

Learning Objectives: 

1. Describe the Department of Health Services current health equity initiatives. 
2. Identify resources and tools for advancing health equity and inclusion in your community.
   

Let's Talk About It: Cannabis/CBD/Delta Products 

Facilitators: Annie von Neupert, REACH Calumet County, Annie Short, HMC-Substance use Prevention Coalition, and Chris Wardlow, Catalpa Health

Discussion: Identify what coalitions are seeing in their communities as well as learn of efforts to monitor and impact issues that coalition members are taking to address this substance. 

Learning Objectives: 

1. Learn about current local conditions around Cannabis, CBD, and Delta Products.
   

2. Engage in guided discussions to determine actions coalitions can take to monitor and address the impacts from this substance.
   

Let's Talk About It: Alcohol 

Facilitators: Maureen Busalacchi, Director of Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project, Comprehensive Injury Center, Medical College of Wisconsin; Betsy Roesler, Partners for Prevention Coalition of Richland County

Discussion: Learn about strategies recommended from the SCAODA report (Moving Forward: Policies and Strategies to Prevent and Reduce Excessive Alcohol Use in Wisconsin) and discuss with coalitions opportunities and challenges of implementing strategies to reduce alcohol use in their communities.

Learning Objectives:

1. Learn about the SCAODA report and identified policies and strategies to prevent and reduce excessive alcohol use. 
   
2. Engage in guided discussions to determine opportunities and challenges to implement policies and strategies to reduce alcohol use within Wisconsin communities.
   

Let's Talk About It: Tobacco/Nicotine

Facilitators: Charlie Leonard, City of Milwaukee Tobacco-Free Alliance and Charmaine Swan, Tobacco Control Northwest Wisconsin Lung Health Alliance

Discussion: Learn about the current landscape regarding tobacco and nicotine products, while discussing and learning from others’ strategies to implement to reduce tobacco use within your community.

Learning Objectives:

1. Learn about current tobacco laws, policies, and trends.
   
2. Engage in guided discussions to determine opportunities and challenges to implement policies and strategies to reduce tobacco use within Wisconsin communities.
   

Let's Talk About It: Coalition Survival Tips Through a Pandemic

Presenter:

Biography: Dr. Joe Sanfelippo is the Superintendent of the Fall Creek School District in Fall Creek, WI...home of the Fall Creek Crickets. The Fall Creek School District was named an Innovative District in 2016 and 2017 by the International Center for Leadership in Education. Joe holds a BA in Elementary and Early Childhood Education, an MS in Educational Psychology, an MS in Educational Leadership, and a Ph.D. in Leadership, Learning, and Service. Joe co-hosts the Hacking Leadership Podcast and co-authored The Power of Branding: Telling Your School's Story, Principal Professional Development: Leading Learning in a Digital Age, and Hacking Leadership: 10 Ways Great Leaders Inspire Learning That Teachers, Students, and Parents Love. He was selected as 1 of 117 Future Ready Superintendents in 2014 and 1 of 50 Superintendents as a Personalized Learning Leader by the US Department of Education in 2016. Education Dive named Joe 1 of 5 K-12 Administrators to watch in 2018 and their National Superintendent of the Year 2019.

Learning Objectives:

1. Engage participants and help them understand they are never "JUST" anything, regardless of their role in the organization.
   
2. Help participants through a process that promotes RECOGNIZING the greatness around you, and EXTENDING the greatness around you.
   
3. Develop a process to live with INTENTION and find more value in your job.
   

 

Let's Talk About It: Opioids

Presenter: Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC, International Speaker, Trainer, Consultant, Author, Co-Founder, Serenity Academy of Chicago

Biography: Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC, is an international speaker, trainer, and consultant in the behavioral health field whose work has reached thousands throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Caribbean, and British Islands. Mark is the author of five books which all focus on behavioral health.  Mark has been a certified addictions counselor for 34 years. He has received numerous awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Illinois Addiction Counselor Certification Board and the Barbara Bacon Award for outstanding contributions to the Social Work profession as a Loyola University of Chicago Alumni. Mark is co-founder of Serenity Academy of Chicago, the only recovery high school in Illinois. He is past president of the board of the Illinois chapter of NAADAC. He has had a 30 year career as a university educator having taught at the University of Chicago, Illinois State University, Illinois School of Professional Psychology, and Loyola University of Chicago, School of Social Work.