Marilyn's participants RAVE about her ability to move groups past where they thought they could go, leaving them empowered to create transformations in their lives.

Marilyn is an award winning activist, educator and athlete with a broad range of experience in: transformation, social justice/diversity, youth, experiential education and non-profit work.

Marilyn presents dynamic and experiential keynotes, seminars and workshops. Marilyn uses a high energy, humorous, experiential approach to explore topics like:

Transformational Activism (NEW)
Sufficiency: How to Have, Do and Be Enough (NEW)
Truly Thriving in Tough Times
Be a Donor, Save a Life
The Full Spectrum of Social Justice & Diversity Issues,
Self Care for Helping Professionals,
Experiential Approaches to Teaching and Training,
Individual and Organizational Transformation,
Train the Trainers - on any of above topics.

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Marilyn has presented well over 500 workshops, speeches or seminars to over 15,000 people since 1999. View complete resume'.

Marilyn's clients rave about her ability to make topics engaging, relevant and enjoyable for her participants. In particular, Marilyn is a master at taking topics that have the potential to be controversial, problematic or uninteresting to her audiences and making them come alive even for the most reticent participants.

Participants consistently leave Marilyn's presentations with a clearer sense of their value in the world, an increased awareness of their strengths and abilities and an enhanced sense of power and possibility!

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NEW! Organizational Consulting

Marilyn works with organizations to:

Improve organizational and interpersonal effectiveness,
Increase personnel satisfaction,
Transform difficult interpersonal dynamics,
Enhance organization culture, and
Resolve long-standing conflicts.

Organizational Consulting is custom designed to meet your organizational needs and can include one or all of the following services:

Training and Facilitation
Individual Coaching
Small Group Coaching
Train the Trainers
Motivational Speaking
Experiential Team Building

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Author

Experiential Activities for a Better World

Experiential Activities for a Better World delivers the information and inspiration you need to become a catalyst for personal and global transformation. It provides insights, methods, perspectives, tools and over 100 activities for facilitators, teachers, counselors, trainers, and group leaders – anyone who would like to transform injustice and inspire hope and healing in themselves and others.

Affiliations & Honors

Diverse and Resilient - Governor's Commendation (2007)
Diverse and Resilient - Adult Ally of the Year (2006)
Quest for Global Healing Conference participant (2004)
2005 Couleecap Community Activist Award
Activist of the Year 2001, YWCA Tribute to Outstanding Women
Past Chair, Professional Group Leadership Council, and Past Board Member, Association for Experiential Education
Professional Member, National Speakers Association & NSA-Wisconsin
Masters Degree in Social Welfare; Certified as an Advanced Practice Social Worker
Past Branch Chair and Board Member, National Association of Social Workers - Wisconsin
Courage Award, Wisconsin AIDS Fund, 2000
Adjunct Instructor, Viterbo University and University of Wisconsin Madison Extension, 2001
Youth Advocacy Award, National Youth Advocacy Coalition, 2000
Founder of GALAXY (Gay Alliance of LaCrosse Area Youth), RAY (Rainbow Alliance for Youth) and Coulee Region Social Justice Coalition
Certified Challenge Course Facilitator, Courses in Wisconsin, New Hampshire and Texas

"We are the ones we've been waiting for..."
- The Elders, Hopi Nation

"When you discard your own pettiness, center yourself in integrity, and reach into your soul for your greatness, it is always there" - Lynne Twist

Partial List of Clients

Absence of Color Conference
Americorps
American Camping Association-Mid-States Conference
Association for Gender Equity Leadership in Education Conference
Association of Experiential Education International Conferences
Association of Experiential Education Heartland Region Conferences, West Region Conference, Northeast Region Conference
Blackhawk Technical College
Black River Falls Middle School
Camp Anytown Leadership Institute
Center for Urban Population Health
Community Action Program
Couleecap, Inc.
Community Action Program, Inc.
Coulee Region Mediation & Restorative Justice
Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice
Dane County Human Services
Diverse & Resilient
Family and Children's Center
Fundamental Change Conference
Girl Scouts - Riverland Council
GLSEN Wisconsin State Conference
GLSEN Leadership Institute
Great Rivers United Way
Gundersen Lutheran Social Services
HIV Youth Leaders Institute
Hmong Mutual Assistance Association
Independent Living Resources
Institute for Experiential Education
International Association of Administrative Professionals
Junior Optimists & Optimists
La Crosse Chamber of Commerce
La Crosse Community Foundation
La Crosse County Human Services and Health Departments
Lakeside Wellness Conference
Lone Star Lion's Eye Bank
Madison Area Technical College
Martin Luther King Non-Violence Project
Midwest LGBT College Conference
Minnesota Network Building Conference
National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice Conference
National Association of Social Workers Wisconsin Conference
National College Student Services Conference
National Conference for Community and Justice
National Conference on Student Leadership
National Society for Experiential Education
National Youth Advocacy Coalition
Numerous Elementary, Middle, High Schools in Wisconsin,
Minnesota, New Hampshire and Texas
Office of Judicial Education, Wisconsin
Options in Reproductive Care
Out Youth Austin
Princeton University Outdoor Action Program
Remarkable Women Conference
Safe Schools, Safe Communities Conference
Social Justice Coalition Strategic Planning Retreat
Society for the Study of Social Problems International Conference
St. Cloud Children's Home
Stillwater Area School District
Sussex School District
T.E.A.M. (Teachers of Experiential and Adventure Methodology)
United Way of Dane County
University of New Hampshire
University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, Madison, Milwaukee, Whitewater (a wide variety of departments)
University of Wisconsin - MEPD Learning Communities, Office of Multicultural Student Services Residence Life and Student Life
University of Wisconsin Medical School
Viterbo University
Western Wisconsin Technical College
Western Wisconsin Education Conference
Wisconsin Business Education Association
Wisconsin Department of Corrections
Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Wisconsin HIV/AIDS Fall Conference
Wisconsin HIV/AIDS Peer Education Conference
Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice Assembly
Wisconsin Prevention Conference
Wisconsin School Counselors Association
Wisconsin School Psychologists Association
Wisconsin School Psychologists Conference
Wisconsin State Training Conference
University of Wisconsin Small Business Development Center
Youth Development Specialists Workshops (Diverse & Resilient)
Youth Resource Network
Youth Workers Coalition Conference
YWCA of the Coulee Region

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