by Lindsey Fenton | Jun 4, 2025 | Speaking, What's New
I had the honor of presenting at the 2025 National Alliance for Children’s Grief Symposium in Kansas City, MO. My session, Internet Killed the Video Star: Effective Strategies for Facilitating Learning and Engagement in a Changing Media Landscape, explored how grief professionals can expand the reach and relevance of their work through strategic media choices.
We covered everything from choosing the right modality to framing content for real-world application, all with the goal of creating more inclusive, engaging educational experiences.
Huge thanks to everyone who showed up, asked thoughtful questions, and made it such an energizing session.
by Lindsey Fenton | Apr 6, 2025 | Speaking, What's New
✨ Just wrapped up an incredible experience presenting at the 2025 Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) Conference! ✨
My session, “Maximizing Media: Effective Strategies for Delivering Thanatology Research to a General Audience,” focused on one of my biggest passions: making grief education more accessible, engaging, and inclusive.
I talked about the power of intentional framing, how to choose the right media modality (spoiler: it’s not always video!), and how thinking like an instructional designer can help us overcome barriers to learning—especially when the topic is as (potentially) intimidating and important as grief.
We explored:
🎯 How the words you use and the images you choose affects impact
🎯 How to frame grief theory for wider cultural relevance
🎯 Ways to apply instructional design principles to real-world outreach
🎯 Inclusive practices to invite more people—and different people—into the conversation
The response was energizing and I left feeling so inspired by this community’s commitment to creating a more grief-literate world.
Let’s keep making this work matter. 💙
by Lindsey Fenton | Oct 12, 2024 | Learning Grief, Speaking, Speaking Grief, What's New
I’m excited to be deliver the keynote, “Speaking and Learning Grief: How to Normalize, Navigate, and Support Loss,” at The Tides Program Grief Matters Seminar in November. I
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by Lindsey Fenton | Aug 31, 2024 | Speaking, What's New
I was proud to be part of the inaugural National Grief Awareness Day Professional Development Conference organized by On Tuesdays We Wear Black. The event provided grief training for business professionals. I presented How to Human: Normalizing and Navigating Grief in the Workplace:
We don’t leave our humanity at the door when we go to work. That means that when we experience a major life event like a death, divorce/breakup, illness or injury, it will impact how we show up for our job and how we navigate our workplace relationships. Because all of those events can involve a grief response. Moreover, grief can be present in “good” things, too. Weddings, having/adopting children, retirements—all of these milestones involve change. And, when you get down to it, grief is about adapting to change. In this session, we’ll explore what grief is (and isn’t) and discuss strategies for responding to grieving coworkers with compassion and competence.
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