Events
November 14, 2012 – Guest Speaker: Pat Holland Conner
Pat Holland Conner will address members of the African/American Community Cultural Educational Programs & Training (ACCEPT) on the topic of “Depression and Loneliness: Getting through the Holidays”.
TIME: (Wednesday) 5:30pm
Location: Greater Light Christian Church Center, 2400 W. 7th Street, Reno, NV 89503
For information contact Gwen Taylor, Executive Director at (775) 786.5886 office
October 28, 2012 – Guest Speaker: Pat Holland Conner
The High Desert Church of Reno invites the public to hear a presentation on “Love is FOR Giving” by Pat Holland Conner.
TIME: (Sunday) 11:00am – 12:15pm
Location: 1200 12th Street, Sparks, NV 89431
October 25, 2012 – Doorways to Significance: A Short Discourse
University of Nevada’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) presents Pat Holland Conner in dialogue on achieving inner awareness and unmet goals.
TIME: (Thursday) 12Noon – 1:30pm
Location: UNR Warren Nelson Building, 401 W. Second Street, Suite 235, Reno, NV 89503
To register or for more information: call (775) 784.8053
When registering ask about available parking.
October 22, 2012 – Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT): A Brief Introduction
University of Nevada’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) presents Pat Holland Conner in an introductory discussion of EFT, a tool for balancing the body’s energy meridians without needles or pills.
TIME: (Monday) 12Noon – 1:30pm
Location: UNR Warren Nelson Building, 401 W. Second Street, Suite 235, Reno, NV 89503
To register or for more information: call (775) 784.8053
When registering ask about available parking.
October 20, 2012 – WORKSHOP: How to Write a Book
Do you have a book inside just waiting to get out? Then don’t miss this free workshop presented by LeRue Press and sponsored by The Executive Center, Reno. The workshop is a 5-1/2 hour jam-packed information session (we’ll break for lunch). If you plan to attend, please confirm your attendance. Space is limited.
TIME: (Saturday) 11:00am – 5:00pm.
Location: 280 Gregg Street, Suite 10, Reno, NV 89502
To register or for more details: call (775) 356.1004
August 31, 2012 – Book-signing event at Grassroots Bookstore, Reno, NV.
Browse the bookstore and meet Pat Holland Conner. Enjoy her readings from “Doorways to Significance: Finding Peace, Power, Passion.”
Time: 10:00 am until 1:00 pm
Location: 660 Grove Street off Kietzke (near Franktown Corners & Costco Gas Station)
Call the store for more information: (775) 828.2665
August 24, 2012 – Author’s Showcase | The Northern Nevada Black Cultural Awareness Society
Come meet the authors and sample their literary achievements, including Pat Holland Conner and her book, “Doorways to Significance: Finding Peace, Power, Passion.”
Location: Sparks Museum and Cultural Center, 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, NV 89431.
Time: 7:00pm.
Hors D’oeuvres will be served, Jazz, conversation, celebration and more.
For more information, please call: (775)329-8990
July 22, 2012 – Speaker at The Spiritualist High Desert Church, Sparks, Nevada.
Join Pat Holland Conner as the keynote speaker at The Spiritualist High Desert Church, 1200-12th Street, Sparks, NV, at 11:00 am – 12:15 pm. The title of the presentation is: “Love: The Bridge to Forgiveness.”
For more details, contact: Rev. Alisa Butler or Mary Beth LoVecchio @ 323-1114.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
June 27, 2012 – Speaker: American Business Women’s Association Luncheon
Pat Holland Conner will be keynote speaker at the ABWA luncheon meeting. In the presentation titled: “Doorways to Significance,” Pat will offer tips and tools from feelings of being overwhelmed, bombarded, depleted, worn-out, and exhausted to personal worth, value and power. For more information, please contact: Barbara Kopp, bkopp@yahoo.com .
May 30, 2012 – Workshop: Create a Plan to Achieve Your Goals
Attain your goals by creating a plan to make it possible. Learn how to move forward with decision-making and how to commit to your strategy. This creative approach will help outline what you want, so that it can become a reality sooner rather than later. This class is facilitated by Pat Holland Conner and offered by Truckee Meadows Community College, Meadowood Center, DATE: 5/30/2012, TIME: 1:30 – 4:30pm. To register or for more information go to: www.tmcc.edu/wdce/
May 18, 2012 – Speaker at Little Flower School
Parents, teachers and K-8 students will attend the annual end-of-year Books & Beyond Reading awards program. I have been asked to speak about the importance of reading and writing books. DATE: Friday, May 18, 2012 @1:45 pm. LOCATION: Little Flower Catholic School, Casazza and Kietzke Streets, Reno, NV. Mrs. Amy Nielson, sponsor.
May 11-13, 2012 – Book Tour: International Urban Book Festival
Join us May 11th through 13th 2012. Our festival and sale hours are Friday and Saturday 10:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. and Sunday noon until 5:00 p.m. Pat Holland Conner reads from her book: “Doorways to Significance: Finding Peace, Power & Passion.” Lots of activities, food, great people and oodles and oodles of books.
May 7, 2012 – Workshop: Attracting Abundance with Emotional Freedom Techniques
Welcome financial freedom into your life. Emotional Freedom Techniques give you the tools you need to focus on financial freedom and change. Develop skills to help you release limiting beliefs that hold you back. After a brief review of EFT tapping points, you will focus on how to use this technique to achieve your life goals. This class is facilitated by Pat Holland Conner and offered at Truckee Meadows Community College, Meadowood Center. DATE: May 7, 2012, TIME: 6:00-8:00pm. To register or for more information go to: www.tmcc.edu/wdce/
April 24, 2012 – Book Signing Event: Gateway to Significance
The Northern Nevada Black Cultural Awareness Society (NNBCAS) will host a book-signing event on Saturday, April 24, 2012, 2:00-4:00pm. The organization is committed to support local Black authors and provides an opportunity to promote their work. Pat will autograph her book, “Doorways to Significance: Finding Peace, Power & Passion.”
April 5, 2012 – Radio Show Guest: Gateway to Significance
April 5, 11:00am PST, I will be a guest on The Authors Radio Show hosted by Don McCauley discussing aspects of my book, “Doorways to Significance: Finding Peace, Power & Passion.” The Authors Show features published authors and their books in print and e-Book format. Go to: www.theauthorsshow.com to join the session.
March 31, 2012 – Book Tour: Nevada Women’s Expo
Sierra Behavioral Solutions Booth
Hope to see you at the Nevada Women’s Expo on Saturday, March 31, 10:00am – 5:00pm and Sunday April 1, 11:00am – 4:00pm. Stop by the SIERRA BEHAVIORAL SOLUTIONS booth and I’ll be happy to autograph your copy of “Doorways to Significance: Finding Peace, Power & Passion.”
LOCATION:The Reno-Sparks Convention Center, 4590 S. Virginia Street, Reno, NV.
March 21, 2012 – Book Tour: 2012 Virginal Festival of the book.
Memoirs and Oral Histories: Race and Time
Anne McKeithen (Listening to Color: Blacks and Whites in Aberdeen, North Carolina, North Carolina), Patricia Conner (Doorways to Significance: Finding Peace, Power & Passion), and Sherie Holbrook Labedis (You Came Here to Die, Didn’t You). www.VABook.org LOCATION: he Village School, 215 E High Street, Charlottesville, VA.
March 11, 2012 – Sunday Motivational Speaker: Gateway to Significance
Pat Holland Conner will be the Sunday Guest Speaker at The High Desert Church of Reno, located at The Community Center on 12th and Oddie Streets, Sparks, NV, March 11, 2012 @ 11:00am. Pat offers tools, tips and techniques used on her journey excerpted from her book, “Doorways to Significance: Finding Peace, Power, & Passion.” Join us!
February 12, 2012 – On Becoming Significant: The Path to Divinity
Despite stumbles and blunders during one’s lifetime; spiritual transformation occurs through duality of experiences and creates paths for finding the way “home.” Pat Holland Conner will be our guest speaker at Tahoe-Truckee Center for Spiritual Living, Sunday, February 12 @ 11:00am. www.circlesedge.com
January 2012 – Emotional Freedom Technique and Stress Reduction
Discover and practice techniques used to relieve emotional and physical blockages as stress, imbalance and illness. Learn specific tapping points of the body serving to clear these blockages and complement yourself with affirmative statements. Pat Holland Conner will facilitate this workshop @ Truckee Meadows Community College, Meadowood Center, Room, 315. TIME: 6:00-9:00pm. To register or for more information go to: http://wdce.tmcc.edu.
October 7, 2011 – Creole Heritage Forum @ NSULA
Northwestern Louisiana State University hosts the 2011 Creole Heritage Forum featuring community and academic scholars facilitating interactive discussions on topics in support of the community and particularly the Creole community. Pat Holland Conner, author and licensed family therapist, will speak on the topic: “Embracing our Identity: Ain’t Nobody Gonna’ Take Away My Soul.” She will address the effects of her lifetime limiting beliefs and resulting inability to manifest her deepest desires. To register or for more information, go to: http://www.nsula.edu/creole.
October 1 – Meet the Author @ Sundance Bookstore, Reno, NV
Pat Holland Conner, author of “Doorways to Significance: Finding Peace, Power & Passion” will read from her new book, answer questions and greet the community. Join her at the beautiful new bookstore facility at California & Sierra Streets on Saturday, October 1, 1:30 – 3:30pm. For more information or to order books, call: 775-786-1188.
Sept 28 – Speaker: Writers of the Purple Sage Publishing Consortium
Pat Holland Conner, recently-published author, will speak on: “Realities in Publishing my Book: The Plain Truth” at the meeting of WPSPC from 10:00-12:00 noon. The public is invited, especially all writers, published, pre-published, and self-published in all genres. Location: McQueen Fire Station, 7105 Mae Anne Ave @ Sharlands Dr., Reno, Nevada.
October 2011 – Issue, RENO MAGAZINE interview with Pat Holland Conner
Reno Magazine features an interview in the END NOTES section with Pat Holland Conner, author of “Doorways to Significance: Finding Peace, Power & Passion.” Interview by Brandi Schlossberg, Photo by Richard Stokes. For a digital copy of the magazine, go to: http://renomagazine.com.
Sept 30 – Blogtalk Radio: “Re-wiring Your Brain”
Pat Holland Conner is a guest on radio broadcast with Dr. Robert Rose on Saturday, Sept 30, 10:00 am PST. Join us to hear a discussion on limiting beliefs and the human ability to change worn-out behavioral patters. To listen to the show, go to: http://blogtalkradio.com/icdrrose.
October 2011 – Science of Mind Magazine feature story “A Place to Stand”
Pat Holland Conner’s personal story is featured in the SOM Magazine, September 2011 issue, regarding her Peace Corps service and tour of duty at age 50. Written by Rev. Joanne McFadden, leader of the New York Center for Spiritual Living, the story offers hope and courage to readers in search of mid-life answers. For a copy of the magazine, go to: http://scienceofmind.com. A print or digital copy is available.
Sept 19 – Workshop: Managing Pain with EFT
Take control of your body pain and don’t let it get you down. Using Emotional Freedom Techniques, you will discover how to manage pain and create body comfort and ease. In this class you will learn EFT tapping points and feel better. This class is not a substitute for guidance from your medical practitioners. Often EFT works when nothing else will and with a little practice–anyone can reap benefits. WHEN: Tuesday, 9/19/2011 TIME:10:00am-1:00 pm LOCATION: TMCC Meadowood Center, Rm 324 To register: go to: http://tmcc.edu.wdce .
Sept 17 – Meet the Author @ Zephyr Bookstore
You are invited to meet author, Pat Holland Conner read from her book, “Doorways to Significance: Finding Peace, Power & Passion.” Join us in a lively discussion and enjoy treats provided by Ivye and Lee Johnson, store owners. TIME: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm LOCATION: 1501 South Virginia, Reno, NV 89502 For more information or to order books, go to: http://www.zephyrbooks.com.
Aug 29 – KOLO-TV Interview: with Amanda Sanchez
Join Amanda Sanchez mid-day show on Thursday, Aug 29, 12:00 Noon, as she interviews Pat Holland Conner about her new book, “Doorways to Significance: Finding Peace, Power & Passion.”
August 25, 2011 – Workshop: Emotional Freedom and Stress Reduction
Discover and practice techniques used to relieve emotional and physical blockages expressed as stress, imbalance and illness. Learn specific tapping points of the body serving to clear these blockages and compliment yourself with affirmative statements. Pat Holland Conner will facilitate this workshop @ Truckee Meadows Community College Meadowood Center, Rm 315. TIME: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm To register or for more information: go to: http://tmcc.edu/wdce.
August 17 – WTNH-TV Interview: Connecticut 8 Style
Pat Holland Conner will share themes from her book, “Doorways to Significance: Finding Peace, Power & Passion” on the mid-day program, Connecticut Style, viewed on WTNH, ABC News Channel 8. To access an archived copy of the program, go to: http://wtnh.com.
August 14 – Meet the Author Poolside, The Hills at Monroe, CT
Hosted by Connie Winschel, my Peace Corps colleague, I will join her and former Peace Corps volunteers at a Meet the Author party and read from the book, lead discussions and enjoy a reunion with former volunteers. Looking forward to this party with great anticipation.
July 28 – Blogtalk Radio: Winning Life Through Pain
Coach Marla, host of radio show Winning Life Through Pain, interviews me discussing my recently published book, “Doorways to Significance: Finding Peace, Power & Passion.” To link to the show: Go to www.rsdcoachlive.com. A live chat room is available during the show. You may call 1-347-324-5661 with your questions and comments. Show time is: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm CST, July 28, 2011. We look forward to have you join us.
June 4 – Book Signing Party
Join me at my first book signing event! (Click here to see the invitation.) Date: Saturday, June 4, 2011 Time: 1:00 – 4:00 pm Location: African-American Cultural Center Historical Bell Street Site 220 Bell @ Second Street Reno, Nevada
May 15 – KKFT-Radio Guest Appearance: Listen In!
Please tune in or listen online. Pat will give tips toward successful goals achievement on Jeff Benjamin’s popular Talk Show. Date: Sunday, May 15 Time: 9:30 am, Pacific Time Radio Station: Reno/Tahoe 99.1 FM Talk Worldwide http://991fmtalk.com
May 15 Sunday, Seeding & Growing Our Dreams
Pat appears at Sunday service as guest speaker on “Seeding and Growing Our Dreams.” Date: Sunday, May 15, 2011 Time: 11:00 a.m. Location: Bethel AME Church Rev. Larry Holloway, Pastor 2655 N. Rock Blvd @ N. McCarran Sparks, NV For info contact: Loyce Palmore, 775-232-8416
March 24 – Learning Effective Strategies to Move Beyond Loss
Losses are everywhere, regardless of the source: whether due to job, homes, divorce, death or family connections. Participants will learn how to turn brokenness into creative choices, gain an understanding of the rebuilding process and identify adaptive strategies for taking charge again. Join us and learn creative ways to deal with crisis. Instructor: Pat Holland Conner, MA, Family Therapist and EFT Practitioner For more information and to register contact: www.washoecountyschools.org/community/education or call 775-353-5780 Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011Time: 6:00 – 9:00 PM
March 8, 2011 – From Journal Writing to Problem Solving
Join us for this class on using journal writing skills toward creating effective life-changing and decision-making goals. Date: Tuesday, March 8, 6:00-9:00 pm. For details go to: www.washoecountyschools.org/community/education.
November 13, 2010 – Workshop: Living An Attitude of Gratitude
Presented by Circle’s Edge Center for Spiritual Living, we invite you to join us for a dedicated moment of thanksgiving through song, meditation, visioning, affirmation and prayer. Come and celebrate in gratitude for all you’ve received and create a new vision for what you desire. Facilitator: Pat Holland Conner, MA, Family Therapist and Author Date: Saturday, November 13, 2010, Time: 1:30 – 3:30 PM. Location: Center for Spiritual Living, 1117 California Avenue, Reno Link: www.circlesedge.com
November 10, 2010 – Beginning Again: Recovering from Loss
Is your life in shambles from the loss of job, divorce, death or family connections? This educational class, based on the book, “Rebuilding: When Your Relationship Ends,” is designed to help men and women turn brokenness into a creative experience. Participants will learn adaptive strategies that work, gain an understanding of the rebuilding process and take charge of their lives. Date: 10/2/2010 @ 10:00AM – 1:00PM Location: Truckee Meadows Community College, Meadowood Center Link: http://wdce.tmcc.edu
