I hope this message finds you all well.

This has been a bumper few weeks for conferences and presentations
about digital storytelling and the Patient Voices programme.

Early September set the scene for a presentation at the Nurse
Education Tomorrow conference in Cambridge about a project in which
we used digital storytelling methodology to facilitate a conference
looking at the use of new technology in healthcare - a mere car
journey away.

At the end of October, I flew to Calgary and joined Michelle Spencer,
Canadian representative for the Center for Digital Storytelling, to
present at the Chronic Disease Management and Prevention Conference -
to my relief, only 25 or so of the 700 delegates elected to attend
our workshop! But there was a good deal of interest in how digital
storytelling could be used in that context, not least in respect of
spiritual care. There were also some excellent, stimulating and
thought-provoking presentations - and a mysteriously low
representation from the UK.

Last week, a long train journey landed me in the delightfully-distant
and unspoiled small town of Grange-over-Sands - a slight misnomer in
view of the marsh grass that has taken over the sand - for the
Authenticity to Action conference, at which I presented three papers
about various aspects of the Patient Voices work, and supported one
other presentation about a very specific application of digital
storytelling: in continence care, as it happens!

After a weekend in which to catch my breath, Monday saw 100% of
Pilgrim Projects staff at the NHS Live! regional event at the
International Conference Centre in Birmingham (UK) where Tony had a
stand and I facilitated two short workshops about Patient Voices. It
was a much more enjoyable experience than I had anticipated, in no
small part due to some of the comments about the workshop, which
people seemed to enjoy. And Tony's inimitable approach to stand
management must have had some impact as there were a record 3000+
hits on the website yesterday!

All good wishes

Pip