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X-WR-CALDESC:Monday\, December 13  (8-9 pm ET) featuring Mark Cardwell\nLet
 's Talk About It - Having Difficult Conversations\n\nHindsight\, they say\
 , is 20/20. After my adoption I grew up in a loving home. Still\, I rememb
 er the tense times connected to any discussion of my life pre-adoption and
  birth family. I wish I could go back and help my parents through those di
 fficult talks with me. Even as an adult post-reunion my adoptive mother an
 d I struggled to communicate around these issues. Turned out it was easier
  for my mom to share details with my wife than with me directly and I for 
 that matter wasn’t sure how to not sound ungrateful or confrontational.\n
 \nIn the discussion “Let’s Talk About It”\, I share my personal experience
  and perspective on how we might manage the uncomfortable or tough convers
 ations that come up in all stages of the adoption journey. \n\nAbout Mark 
 Cardwell\nMark Cardwell is the founder and principal consultant for Cardwe
 ll Communications LLC\, a full-service marketing consultancy as well as th
 e founder of the Ohio Marketing Association (OMA). OMA is a nonprofit asso
 ciation dedicated to professional development and networking opportunities
  for Ohio marketing practitioners. A distinctive mission of OMA is to stre
 ngthen nonprofit impact through marketing education. Mark is a board membe
 r of the Ohio Association of Nonprofit Organizations and serves as a membe
 r of its council of consultants. He has 20 + years of experience in arts m
 arketing\, operational leadership\, executive level management\, media sal
 es\, and communications and is also an artist and holds a Bachelor of Fine
  Arts from the Columbus College of Art and Design. After being in five fos
 ter homes Mark was adopted at the age of 5. After Ohio records were unseal
 ed in 2013\, Mark searched for and was reunited with his birth family afte
 r 50 years of separation.
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DESCRIPTION:Monday\, December 13  (8-9 pm ET) featuring Mark Cardwell\nLet'
 s Talk About It - Having Difficult Conversations\n\nHindsight\, they say\,
  is 20/20. After my adoption I grew up in a loving home. Still\, I remembe
 r the tense times connected to any discussion of my life pre-adoption and 
 birth family. I wish I could go back and help my parents through those dif
 ficult talks with me. Even as an adult post-reunion my adoptive mother and
  I struggled to communicate around these issues. Turned out it was easier 
 for my mom to share details with my wife than with me directly and I for t
 hat matter wasn’t sure how to not sound ungrateful or confrontational.\n\n
 In the discussion “Let’s Talk About It”\, I share my personal experience a
 nd perspective on how we might manage the uncomfortable or tough conversat
 ions that come up in all stages of the adoption journey. \n\nAbout Mark Ca
 rdwell\nMark Cardwell is the founder and principal consultant for Cardwell
  Communications LLC\, a full-service marketing consultancy as well as the 
 founder of the Ohio Marketing Association (OMA). OMA is a nonprofit associ
 ation dedicated to professional development and networking opportunities f
 or Ohio marketing practitioners. A distinctive mission of OMA is to streng
 then nonprofit impact through marketing education. Mark is a board member 
 of the Ohio Association of Nonprofit Organizations and serves as a member 
 of its council of consultants. He has 20 + years of experience in arts mar
 keting\, operational leadership\, executive level management\, media sales
 \, and communications and is also an artist and holds a Bachelor of Fine A
 rts from the Columbus College of Art and Design. After being in five foste
 r homes Mark was adopted at the age of 5. After Ohio records were unsealed
  in 2013\, Mark searched for and was reunited with his birth family after 
 50 years of separation.
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LOCATION:Virtual using Zoom
SUMMARY:Let's Talk About It: Having Difficult Conversations - Monday Evenin
 g Speaker Series
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