Speaking
I'm a frequent speaker at conferences and offer workshops and talks on a variety of topics, including:
How to live a meaningful and successful life, aging well, achieving a good death, living well to die well, medical aid-in-dying, decluttering and death cleaning, completing advance directives, writing memoirs, composing legacy letters and ethical wills, funeral planning, green ways of body disposition, and hospice care
Environmental and wildlife films—what’s right and what’s wrong
How to film sharks and bears without getting eaten
How to be an effective teacher and inspire enthusiasm and motivation in the classroom
How to create a personal mission statement and find meaning and purpose in your life
How to radically improve your success, fulfillment, and productivity
Effective time management
How to be a star presenter
The art and power of networking
How to raise money and develop relationships with major donors
How to be a successful father
How to age with vitality, dignity and humor, and die with no regrets
The value of jokes, humor, and comedy
To learn more about me as a speaker or to book me as a presenter at your event, please drop me a line! I’d be delighted to hear from you!
Videos & Podcasts
Finishing Strong Awards (Washingon Area Villages Exchange)
Live Well to Die Well (Caring Matters)
Green Body Disposition (George Washington University Integrative Medicine)
End-of-Life Choices (Madelyn Blair "Unlocked" Podcast)
Achieving a Good Death (Northwest Neighbors Village)
Death and Dying (NaCCRA Media)
How to Write a Memoir (George Washington University Integrative Medicine)
How to Write an Ethical Will or Legacy Letter (At Home in Alexandria or AHA)
End of life options (Little Falls Village)
Live well to die well (GWU)
Achieving a good death (Fox Hill)
Good death, good life (Podcast)
Reimagining death (East Falls Village)
Death and dying (Village to Village)
A Good Death and Ways to Find One (Senior Service Alliance and Positive Aging Community)
Chris Palmer speaking at the 2015 Center for Environmental Filmmaking Celebration of Scholarships
Chris Palmer’s IWFF Acceptance Speech
Chris Palmer’s TEDx talk | Read transcript of TEDx talk here
Chris Palmer Confessions of a Wildlife Filmmaker Politics and Prose Presentation
Cecil the Lion’s Death Triggers Debate Over Trophy Hunting, The National Press Club podcast
Transcripts
WAVE Conference Opening Speech