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  Dementia Connection® International Speaker Susan Scanland
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  Meeting planners KNOW:
  • Attendees want to relieve their pain
  • Businesses need to save time and money
  • Emotional topics fill your seats
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According to the Alzheimer's Association 2018 Facts & Figures Report:

  • Every 65 seconds, someone in the US develops Alzheimer’s!
  • 16.1 million Americans provide unpaid 18.4 billion hours of dementia care worth $232 billion!

These caregivers will probably be sitting in the seats at your meeting.
There is nothing more universal than aging.  
There are few things more important than one’s health.
There is nothing scarier than losing one’s memory.
Alzheimer’s disease IS the epidemic of the century.​
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So if you want a topic that just about EVERYONE can relate to (think about all the people you know personally dealing with Alzheimer’s and other dementias), consider booking Susan. 700 presentations in 41 states filled with stories from 35 years of practice as an aging expert specializing in brain issues give Susan the unique ability to offer whatever Alzheimer’s angle your clients and their participants need.  AND, of course, it is vital to increase the number of registrations and program revenue ....there’s not a better way to do that then offering the most needed topic around! Alzheimer’s is one of the top two most feared illnesses (alternates with cancer, depending on your Googled source).

Look no further...

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As a meeting planner, your plate is VERY full: strategic planning, satisfying your clients, developing/managing your budget, sales activities, event promotion: the list goes on and on. You simply don’t have expendable hours to perform due diligence to investigate the quality of a potential speaker. 

So, why not let the National Speakers Association (NSA) save you a ton of time? NSA has awarded the international designation, Certified Speaking Professional® (CSP), by vetting speakers through a VERY rigorous evaluation process.

A CSP meets the competencies of:
  • Eloquence – The art of speaking and the use of powerful and persuasive presentations.
  • Expertise – Knowledge, skills and experience in a specific area.
  • Enterprise – The purposeful undertaking of a successful speaking business venture.
  • Ethics – The standards governing the conduct of those in the speaking profession.

To earn the CSP designation, a speaker is required to:
  • Perform and document hundreds of presentations
  • Show annual income earnings of $50,000+ for a minimum of five years
  • Receive excellent ratings on performance evaluations from past clients and fellow CSPs
  • Take part in ongoing education
  • Maintain and renew their designation every 5 years​

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Susan Scanland achieved the CSP in 2014 (green suit).

Susan can customize any of these
​Alzheimer’s and dementia topics for YOUR conference: 

Here are some general themes. Any can be customized to meet the goals of your participants:
  • Finances impacted by memory loss: for financial advisors and banking professionals
  • Prevention of Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia for concerned boomers and caregiving adult children who want to lower their risk
  • Legal issues around financial capacity and cognitive diagnosis
  • Corporations losing employee productivity due to family dementia challenges
  • Human resources professionals not sure how to advise employees
  • Small businesses impacted by an owner’s diagnosis
  • Families torn apart by the emotional toll of caregiving and financial strain​ ​
  • Health care systems spending WAY too much money on dementia-related falls, fractures, adverse drug events leading to ER visits, admissions, readmissions, increase length of stay 
  • Safety issues when symptoms are ignored, problems are denied, diagnosis missed
  • Dealing with dementia behaviors for families or professionals at home, in acute and long-term care
  • Optimal communication in dementia for families, caregivers or professionals
  • Mild cognitive impairment (gray zone in between normal aging and dementia)
 Click on the Speaking Topics tab at the top of this page to see topics geared toward specific clients.

5 Reasons to Hire Susan Scanland

1. ​You want to guarantee your speaker is one of the best in the country!

Eager to share expertise early in her career, Susan has advised nationally and spoken professionally since 1983; her second year in clinical practice. She’s held geriatric faculty positions at two universities and a family practice medicine residency. Since developing a full-time speaking business, Susan provided nearly 700 presentations in 41 states, Europe and Canada. She is among the top 12% of all professional speakers as a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) through the National Speakers Association (NSA).

 2. You want an aging/dementia expert that walks the walk.

Susan is extremely honored to be one of twelve members of the Alzheimer’s Association Best Clinical Practice Guidelines Working Group, currently developing a guide for all physicians and health care providers across the US for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

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Susan applies illustrative, real-life examples from 35 years as a memory specialist/geriatric nurse practitioner to clarify the most complicated dementia and behavioral issues. ​

3. You prefer an interactive program and a speaker who will adapt to your audience.

Susan is not satisfied unless every client exceeds their goals. She’s proven this with 700 seminars and numerous interdisciplinary advisory boards with clinicians and business leaders. Her programs and consultative sessions impact quality of life for years. Is it expensive to gather your team in one location?  Susan is totally comfortable presenting virtually with technology to 300 participants! She has given national radio interviews for XM and CBS radio and TV interviews.

4. You want up-to-date content.

Her research zeal, professional expertise and speaking ability have yielded her National Speaker Bureau positions at all pharmaceutical companies manufacturing Alzheiemer’s medication.
"Susan jointly presented recently at the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry National Convention in Washington. Her presentation was astounding and hugely well received."
–  Merritt Widen, Forefront TeleCare Inc., Emeryville, CA
"For any bank considering a speaker on aging or Alzheimer’s, I HIGHLY recommend Susan Scanland. She will amaze you with her expertise and professionalism. Your seminar will receive rave reviews from customers. They will appreciate what your bank has given them. It is a win-win situation."
–  Nancy Miller, Manager, Bank Customer Loyalty and Rewards Program, Oneonta NY
"Susan is an excellent speaker. She is dynamic and able to relate to the audience. The evaluations on her topics were excellent. I would recommend Susan to speak at any conference. She engages the audience and they stay attentive."
–  Cheryl Rising, FNP, MSN, North Dakota Nurse Practitioner Association
"Susan has the unique ability to combine the highest level of professional integrity and competence with a down-to-earth interpersonal style that resonates with the people she interacts with."
–  Andrew Rosenzweig, MD, MPH, Assistant Clinical Professor Brown University
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Corporate Client List

  • Acadia
  • Axovant
  • Allergan
  • Forest Laboratories
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Janssen
  • Eisai-Pfizer
  • Novartis​
  • Ortho McNeil
  • Forefront Telecare
  • Partners Pharmacy
  • Pharmerica 
  • Omnicare
  • Artis Senior Living
  • Senior Star Retirement
  • Presbyterian Manor​
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E-mail Susan at susan@dementiaconnection.com or call 570-586-0655 
today for dementia expertise or to make your conference a huge success!


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Address

PO Box 777
Clarks Summit, PA
​18411-0777

Phone

570-586-0655

E-mail

susan @ dementiaconnection.com
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