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Speaking & Event Resume
Speaking Opportunities
Dalen is an experienced speaker and is more than happy to speak to your organization. A few speaking topics are listed below but he can modify and customize a topic based on your group's needs and interests. Potential speaking opportunities include schools, libraries, churches, small groups, Sunday school classes, youth groups, writing conferences, quilting guilds and bookstores. Please contact Dalen is you are interested. Some ideas for speaking topics include:
- Quilting, Creativity and Kids Books
- Getting Started in Writing - taking your first steps
- Self-Publishing - why, how and how much
- Marketing Your Writing - key learnings
Resume'
Speaking
Quilters Day Out, Newark, DE - March 2009
Red Rose Quilt Guild, Lititz, PA - April 2009
Heart and Home Quilt Guild - Kutztown, PA - April 2009
Hands All Around Erie Quilt Guild - Erie, PA - April 2009
Mares Bears Quilt Store - Quilting Retreat - Lewes, DE - May 2009
Carbon County Quilter's Guild - Palmerton, PA - May 2009
Island Quilt Guild - Galveston, TX - May 2009
Manheim Township Public Library - Manheim, PA - July 2009 - Children's Story Hour
Milanof-Schock Library - Mount Joy, PA - July 2009 - How to Get Started in Writing
Quilters Hive - Newark, DE - August 2009 - Product Demonstration Day
Batting Brigade Quilt Guild - Florence, AL - September 2009
Shoals Piecemakers Quilt Guild - Florence, AL - September 2009
Birmingham Quilt Guild - Birmingham, AL - October 2009
Sew What Quilt Shop - Wyandotte, MI - October 2009
Love Apples Quilt Guild - Cherry Hill, NJ - November 2009
Ladybuy Quilt Guild - Newark, DE - December 2009
West Alabama Quilters Guild - Tuscaloosa, AL - February 2010
Martin County Quilters - Stuart, FL - March 2010
Thumb Butte Quilters Guild - Prescott, AZ - April 2010
Edmond Quilt Guild - Edmond, OK - April 2010
Alpine Quilters - Evergreen, CO - May 2010
Smoky Hills Quilters Club - Aurora, CO - May 2010
Skulkyll County Quilters - Skulkyll Haven, PA - July 2010
Warwick Valley Quilters Guild - Warwick, NY - July 2010
Cobblestone Quilt Guild - Charleston, SC - September 2010
County Line Quilters - New Britain, PA - October 2010
Piece and Plenty Quilt Guild - Rolla, MO - November 2010
Delta Kappa Gamma - Kutztown, PA - December 2010
Tri-County Quilt Guild - Cypress, TX - January 2011
Livingston Piecemakers Quilt Guild - Livingston, TX - January 2011
Women's Club of Odessa - Odessa, DE - February 2011
York Quilters Guild - York, PA - February 2011
Hammersmith Quilters Guild - Saugus, MA - April 2011
Golden Needles Quilt Guild - Conroe, TX - April 2011
Flower Valley Quilt Guild - St. Louis, MO - May 2011
Bushwacker Quilt Guild - Nevada, MO - June 2011
Empire Quilters - New York, NY - September 2011
Writer's Group @ Cornerstone Church - Bear, DE - November 2011
Cherokee Strip Piecemakers Quilt Guild - Enid, OK - January 2012
First Capital Quilt Guild - Guthrie, OK - January 2012
Florence Lauderdale Public Library - Florence, AL - January 2012
Quilting Workshop (lead by Mitzie)
Tri-County Quilt Guild - Tomball, TX - January 2011
Livingston Piecemakers Quilt Guild - Livingston, TX - January 2011
Golden Needles Quilt Guild - Conroe, TX - April 2011
Visiting Author
Kilby School - Florence, AL - September 2009
Central Elementary School - Florence, AL - September 2009
Underwood Elementary School - Florence, AL - September 2009
Roosevelt Elementary - Hawthorne, NJ - May 2011
Timberlake Elementary - Jet, OK - January 2012
Chisholm Elementary - Enid, OK - January 2012
Drummond Elementary - Drummon, OK - January 2012
Garber Elementary - Garber, OK - January 2012
Conference Speaker
Florida Christian Writer's Conference - Leesburg, FL - March 2010
Book Signings
Holly's Quilt Cabin - Centennial, CO - May 2010
Great American Quilt Factory - Denver, CO - May 2010
Roundabout Quilting - Unionville, PA - August 2010
People, Places and Quilts - Charleston and Summerville, SC - September 2010
Courthouse Quilters Quilt Show - Stockton, NJ - October 2010
Merrily We Quilt Along - Springfield, MO - November 2010
Nine Patch Quilt Shop - Nevada, MO - November 2010
Hen Feather's Quilts - Wichita, KS - November 2010
Helen's Hen House Quilt Shop - Florissant, MO - November 2010
Quilters Crossing - Tomball, TX - January 2011
Heavenly Threads Quilt Shop - Trinity, TX - January 2011
The Quilted Crow - Boxborough, MA - April 2011
A Notion to Quilt - Shelburne Falls, MA - April 2011
Seventh Heaven Quilt Shop - San Antonio, TX - April 2011
Avon Quiltery - Avon, IN - May 2011
Ady's Fabric and Notions - Morgantown, IN - May 2011
Bushwacker Quilt Guild Show - Nevada, MO - June 2011
Abigayle's Quiltery - Olmsted falls, OH - July 2011
The Quilt Company - Allison Park, PA - July 2011
The Quilters Depot - Pittsburgh, PA - July 2011
The Quilt Foundry - Maumee, OH - July 2011
Among Friends Quilt Shop - Louisville, KY - July 2011
One Stop Shop Hop - Kokomo, IN - July 2011
Quilter's Holiday Extravaganza - Columbus, IN - November 2011
The Palette & The Page - Elkton, MD - November 2011
Amazing Grace Resource Center and Christian Bookstore - Mullica Hill, NJ - November 2011
Completely Quilted - Ponca City, OK - January 2012
