When someone on your campus has cancer, uncertainty spreads.
Do we talk about it?
Do we pretend it’s normal?
Should I ask?
Should I offer to help?
Is it OK to make a joke?
Why isn’t anyone saying anything?
This workshop relieves the weight of those questions by turning the elephant in the room into a conversation.
What did participants think?
Does it help?
I feel better prepared for difficult or courageous conversations after participating in the workshop.
Is it different?
I haven’t had many constructive conversations like this so it was refreshing to have a space like this. Thank you for creating this.
Is it practical?
This is very applicable to my day to day life/work.
Is it engaging?
The time went much faster than I thought it would. I felt engaged and comfortable throughout and learned a lot.
What will we do?
Through guided conversations, individual reflections, and structured practice, participants hear perspectives perhaps they’ve not considered and practice conversations in a safe, low-stakes environment. You’ll talk, you’ll listen, you’ll breathe, you’ll laugh. You’ll get a little bit uncomfortable and come right back.
• interactive (not a lecture)
• online or in person
• 3-hour workshop (customizable)
• for 12 to several hundred people
• flexible content and length
• includes participant materials
Formats and investment
As a hat tip to my 20 years in public schools, I offer pricing and packages to fit educational budgets.
Standard Campus PD
Up to 75 staff
our most popular package
- 3-hour, hands-on workshop, time flexible
- staff of a single campus, up to 75 people
- Each participant receives a deck of The Cancer Cards and a workshop exclusive journal, for use both in-session and at home
Travel is included inside Maricopa County. For all other locations, ask about our cost-saving regional booking options.
15% discount for workshops delivered online. Includes digital resources, available for upgrade to print resources.
Large campus/full day PD
Designed for large schools or combining smaller campuses.
Can be structured as concurrent workshops or a full-day training.
base price: $1997
Contact for a custom quote
Ready to propose this to your admin?
Download a one-page summary that has everything your decision-maker needs to know.
Leadership Preview
Not sure? Bring this to your administrative team or department heads first. A 90-minute preview is the perfect way to evaluate the content and Heat’s facilitation style.
In person preview: $750 for up to 20 participants. $500 credit
Online preview: $640 for up to 25 participants. $425 credit.
The credit listed is towards any multi-campus or multi-session package.
Want just one person to give it a try?
Join an upcoming two-hour online public session to experience the format and content first hand.
This is the perfect opportunity to let you relieve your hesitation before bringing it on board for everyone. Up to two people per organization welcome for no fee.
Digital or print resources (included with paid workshops) available for purchase.
Next session TBD
Ready for the next step?
You’re not coming to me because of who I am. You’re coming to me because of how I can help you and the people around you. You want to feel less uncomfortable when someone you love is in crisis. You want your community to be more supportive to its kin.
Dip your toe in and see what I have to offer. People from nine countries on four continents are better able to help their people in crisis because of these tools. Join them. Use the contact form above to start a collaboration.
But if you still want to know who Heat is…
I am a cancer survivor.
My Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2007 was treated with six months of chemo and three weeks of radiation.
This also put me in social settings with other young adults with cancer. We have stories.
I am a teacher.
Twenty years of teaching beginning band let me hone the skill of breaking down complex things into their smallest necessary pieces.
And I know the tedium of many PD workshops and intentionally do better.
I love psychology.
Learning about how human brains work has always been interesting to me. I have an undergraduate minor in psychology, a masters in counseling, and countless pysch books read for fun.
I know interactions.
As a socially anxious person, I’ve long since studied (overtly and covertly) how people interact and what to say in high- and low-stakes situations.