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JANUARY 20, 2009 - 6:00 to 7:00 pm Central time
Simple Living America Guest Speakers Program National conference call for SLA members to speak with:
PSYCHOLOGIST TIM KASSER, Ph.D.
Author, The High Price of Materialism
Presentation includes Q&A:
"Our Mental Health in the Culture of Consumption" For further information or to sign up for the free call, contact Carol Holst at 1-877-Unstuff
FEBRUARY 9, 2009 - 8:00 to 9:00 pm Eastern time
Simple Living America Guest Speakers Program National conference call for SLA members to speak with:
PSYCHOLOGIST APRIL LANE BENSON, Ph.D.
Author, To Buy or Not to Buy (just released Dec. 30, 2008)
Presentation includes Q&A For further information or to sign up for the free call, contact Carol Holst at 1-877-Unstuff
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JANUARY 13, 2008 - 4:00 pm Eastern time
Get Satisfied Reading and Book Signing
Featuring author Katherine Hauswirth
Burgundy Books
4 Norwich Rd.
East Haddam, CT 06423
860-873-9312 For further information, contact Katherine Hauswirth at 860-526-3453 or
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JANUARY 27, 2008 - 1:00 to 5:00 pm Eastern time
20th Anniversary of Sensations Magazine, three-consecutive-year national award winner in the American Literary Magazine Awards, including two First Place Awards Featured readers include Get Satisfied author Galen Warden, who has been published in Sensations several times over the years and who is reciting her "favorite recent poem" among others -- The Sweetness in You from her chapter in Get Satisfied. She is speaking briefly about the Satisfaction movement, the book, and the various other contributed stories in the book. Route 15
Lafayette, New Jersey 07848
For further information, contact Galen Warden at
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MARCH 28-30, 2008
Get Satisfied Promotion featuring author Derek Hambrick Oglethorpe University Alumni Weekend
4484 Peachtree Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30319 For further information, contact Derek Hambrick at
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JUNE 20, 2008 - 6:00 pm Pacific time
Book Faire and Author's Corner
Wine and Cheese Reception
Includes brief presentations by Get Satisfied editor Carol Holst and author Michael Beck, as well as introduction by Dr. Yukio Okano accompanied by Madelaine Okano Neighborhood Church
301 N. Orange Grove Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91103 For further information, contact Carol Holst at 1-877-Unstuff
JUNE 21, 2008 - 1:00 pm Pacific time
Author discussion panel and booksigning Includes presentation by Get Satisfied author Jon Myhre from Ojai, California Barnes & Noble
4820 Telephone Rd.
Ventura, CA 93003
805-339-0990 For further information, contact Jon Myhre at 805-640-7493
JULY 18, 2008 - 7:00 to 9:00 pm Eastern time
Sisters for Change Friday night salon to give practical meaning to thinking globally and acting locally and to introduce the ideal of radical simplicity, radical love and radical sharing Co-founders are Get Satisfied author Ruth Pittard and Rev. Brenda Tapia -- contact Ruth at
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for the North Carolina location of the July 18 event. Ruth is also speaking at a Raleigh, NC simplicity workshop on November 21, 2008 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, see below (her workshop will center on informed choices for a better and more satisfying life). A very busy woman, Ruth Pittard also co-facilitates the Pachamama Alliance's Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream symposium weekly in Charlotte, NC. Her new website, co-founded with Victoria Castle (The Trance of Scarcity) and other Hot Women for a Cool Planet, is www.hotwomenforacoolplanet.com. Contact Ruth Pittard at
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for further information on all items above
SEPTEMBER 21, 2008 - 2:30 pm Eastern time
Fall Festival including presentation by Get Satisfied author Katherine Hauswirth Burgundy Books
4 Norwich Rd.
East Haddam, CT 06423
860-873-9312 For further information, contact Katherine Hauswirth at 860-526-3453 or
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NOVEMBER 21, 2008 - 6:30 to 8:30 pm Eastern time
Triangle Holistic Moms Network Meeting:
"Simple Family Living"
Featuring Get Satisfied contributor Ruth Pittard Raleigh Friends House
625 Tower Street
Raleigh, NC 27607 For further information, contact Erin Henry at 919-841-5827
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 AUGUST 25, 2007 - 2:00 pm
WE MET 4 GET SATISFIED AUTHORS
Michael Beck -
Glendale, California
Tamsen Butler -
Papillion, Nebraska
Fred Ecks -
South San Francisco, California
Jon Myhre -
Ojai, California
Plus Introduction by Carol Holst
Plenty of discussion and Q&A after brief talks
8/25 EVENT PHOTOS BY THURMAN COUCH PHOTOGRAPHY:
Michael Beck
Jon Myhre
Tamsen Butler
Fred Ecks
OCTOBER 14, 2007 - 1:00 to 4:00 pm
LIVING LIGHTLY: FINDING SIMPLICITY IN A COMPLEX WORLD
Speakers include Get Satisfied author Jon Myhre
Woodward Park Library Conference Room
944 E. Perrin Ave.
Fresno, CA 93720
For further information, contact Michael Wesson on behalf of Fresno Cohousing at 559-779-4763 or
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OCTOBER 26, 2007 - 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Session
KAISER PERMANENTE 2007 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYMPOSIUM
“Mental Health and Simple Living”
Speakers: Peter C. Whybrow, M.D.; Yukio Okano, Ph.D.; Cecile Andrews, Ed.D.; Carol Holst
Pacific Palms Conference Resort
One Industry Hills Parkway
Industry Hills, CA 91744
Maps at www.pacificpalmsresort.com/findus.htm
CME credit for Kaiser physicians and health care professionals, as well as other physicians and health care professionals
Anyone from the public may attend the Symposium upon submission of registration and payment of fees to Kaiser (includes lunch): On or before 10/12/07 - Physicians $95, Non-Physicians $75. After 10/12/07 - Physicians $125, Non-Physicians $105. Register at http://www.kpsymposia.com/
NOVEMBER 17, 2007 - 4:00 pm
Get Satisfied Book Signing
Featuring authors Jon Myhre and Michael Beck
Ojai Table of Contents Bookstore
208 Ojai Avenue
Ojai, California
805-640-9250
For further information, contact Jon Myhre at 805-640-7493
NOVEMBER 25, 2007 - 10:00 am
Get Satisfied Author's Presentation
Featuring Tamsen Butler during the worship service Papio Creek Church
225 Washington Avenue
Papillion, Nebraska 68046
For further information, contact Tamsen Butler at 402-871-9872
DECEMBER 1, 2007 - 7:30 pm
JOINT EVENT WITH MORGAN SPURLOCK'S PRODUCTION CO, WARRIOR-POETS
SPECIAL SCREENING OF NEW MOVIE, "WHAT WOULD JESUS BUY?"
Simple Living America hosts a Q&A with director Rob VanAlkemade,
Get Satisfied publisher David Wilk and Get Satisfied co-author
Katherine Hauswirth following the show
Criterion Cinemas
86 Temple Street
New Haven, CT 06510
203-498-2500 For further information, contact Carol Holst at 1-877-Unstuff
DECEMBER 1, 2007 - 3:00 to 5:00 pm
GET SATISFIED HOLIDAY PARTY
Celebrate The Satisfaction of Enough during the holidays!
Magdalene Cultural Arts Center
4822 Vineland Ave.
No. Hollywood, CA 91601
(just north of Lankershim Blvd., street parking)
Enjoy a moment of sanity during the holiday season. Anyone bringing a gift will be tied to a chair with 100% recycled rope fiber in front of TV reruns featuring "Dialing for Dollars."
However, for those who want holiday gifts for themselves or others, Get
Satisfied: How Twenty People Like You Found the
Satisfaction of Enough will be available at the party: $14 each
payable to Easton Studio Press, $7 each for Simple Living America
members. Questions? Call or email Michael Beck at 818-246-3661 or
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DECEMBER 7, 2007 - 7:00 pm
Get Satisfied Author's Presentation
Discussion with Jon Myhre
Ojai Library
111 East Ojai Avenue
Ojai, CA 93023
805-646-1639
For further information, contact Jon Myhre at 805-640-7493
FORTHCOMING EVENT DETAILS FOR THESE AND ALL AUTHORS FEATURED IN THE BOOK WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON THIS WEBSITE:
 Tamsen Butler (photo by Cole Settle Photography)
Tamsen is working toward book signings and talks about Simple Living through her local bookstore, church, library, and clubs in the Papillion, Nebraska area.
 Bob Hinschläger
Postponed until after canning season, Bob plans a limited series of small discussion groups in the Central Ohio area to encourage others in their simplification efforts.
 Liz Milner
Philadelphians are invited to bring useless clutter they can't bear to part with to readings/book signings by H.R.H. Liz, the Clutter Queen, for Clutter Show-and-Tell. Venues, dates and times will be posted later on this web site. Please bring nothing larger than a toy poodle, nothing animate, nothing smelly, nothing obscene, nothing that causes a public nuisance…
 Todra Payne
Based in central Pennsylvania, Todra is laying groundwork for potential book signings, print media coverage and TV/radio appearances.
 Ruth Pittard
Ruth is excited about participating in outreach for the Get Satisfied campaign, and is including it in a Pachamama Alliance symposium the first week in August 2007 in Black Mountain, NC, called “Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream.”
MANY GET SATISFIED AUTHORS ARE AVAILABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE BOOK AND SHARE THEIR DIVERSE INSIGHTS ON ‘THE SATISFACTION OF ENOUGH’ IN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY REACHING OUT TO AUDIENCES WITH DIVERSE OPINIONS. CECILE ANDREWS, WANDA URBANSKA, AND FRANK LEVERING ARE ALSO EXTRAORDINARY SPEAKERS. CALL CAROL HOLST AT 1-877-UNSTUFF FOR CONTACT INFORMATION.
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