Tim Cunningham, RN, DrPH, FAAN has worked in the resilience space since 2001, when he began his professional career as a humanitarian clown with the organization, Clowns Without Borders. Now, Vice President of Innovation and Practice at Emory Healthcare, Cunningham heads nursing education for Emory Healthcare and is infusing resilience practice and research into new models of nursing education and support. Prior to his post at Emory, Cunningham was Director of the Compassionate Care Initiative at the University of Virginia where his extraordinary team of leaders helped grow systems-wide resilience retreats and innovative research about micro-practices like "The Pause." Tim completed his doctoral work at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.
An actor, clown, emergency nurse, associate professor, and leader in a large health system, Tim has worked in 24 countries outside of the U.S. He's run 65 marathons, including a handful of ultras and a 100-mile run for fun and fundraising. Plus, he has a deep affinity for rubber chickens. His global experiences have exposed him to both extreme suffering and extreme resilience. His presentations and workshops pull from an array of experiences that hone in on the core human tenets of resilience, well-being, and creativity.
From keynotes to commencement remarks, from workshops to lectures and coaching, Tim’s work is interactive and unique.
An actor, clown, emergency nurse, associate professor, and leader in a large health system, Tim has worked in 24 countries outside of the U.S. He's run 65 marathons, including a handful of ultras and a 100-mile run for fun and fundraising. Plus, he has a deep affinity for rubber chickens. His global experiences have exposed him to both extreme suffering and extreme resilience. His presentations and workshops pull from an array of experiences that hone in on the core human tenets of resilience, well-being, and creativity.
From keynotes to commencement remarks, from workshops to lectures and coaching, Tim’s work is interactive and unique.
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The Impacts of Well-Being on Health Care Innovation: Innovating Towards Agility
This interactive presentation fuses storytelling, narrative medicine, laughter, and playfulness as the audience examines their own inherent wisdom and strengths. We'll take a deep dive into Cunnigham's Agile Workforce Model and see right a way that change, no matter how daunting, is possible and more feasible than we think. This keynote is designed for executive leaders and researchers working in health care settings. It is malleable enough to also be presented to professional nursing and medical organizations. You will leave learning how to:
Innovation in the New Now: Crafting our Stories for Meaningful Change Imagine with me, for a minute: You are good enough, you're strong enough, and you're wise enough. Do you believe that? After this presentation, you will. Now is every moment and the new now is this space we all share in corporations across the country, trying to make sense and meaning out of the past years of pandemic and abrupt changes. This keynote is interactive and experiential. You'll move your bodies, and your hearts and minds will follow. We'll engage in the elements of storycrafting, and how by examining stories, we find meaning. It is with meaning, that we stay engaged, inspired, and productive in the work that we do. You will leave learning how to:
The Physics of Leadership: Three Lessons Why do birds fly in a "V" shape? What happens on a stage full of stringed instruments when one person plays just one note? How can we see one thing from two completely different perspectives at the exact same time? It's all science, it's all measurable, and it's super cool. We'll share stories in this presentation about the applications of transformational leadership and how if we think about physics, we can manage seemingly impossible challenges. Do you know what the strongest geometric shape is? It's also one of the most simple shapes. And it is with a simple approach, you'll learn tools in this presentation to approach the deep complexities of leadership. You will leave learning how to:
Un-forgetting Compassion Based on a highly successful TEDx talk, which can be found on Ted.com, this keynote is hard-hitting and head-lifting. In a matter of minutes, we'll circle the globe, learning about profound moments of suffering and also moments of resilience. Some of the stories in this keynote may sound impossible, but they all happened. And, happy-ending-spoiler alert here. You'll leave understanding your own simple super power: The ability to be compassionate. Book this talk, and learn how. You will leave learning how to:
Keeping your Head Above Water when the Waves Keep Coming: Resilience in the Face of the Unknown Originally for healthcare professionals (nurses, doctors, social workers, chaplains and other essential members of healthcare teams), this keynote has now expanded to broader, corporate and non-profit audiences. We delve into the ideas of posttraumatic growth, examine research about why pausing can be good for our minds and hearts, and we'll have fun practicing new ways to recognize your own inherent resilience. With storytelling, narrative medicine practices, and just plain fun, this interactive keynote has been found to inspire and reconnect teams that have felt the brunt of burnout and empathy fatigue. Though this topic is heavy, the keynote stays light. We know that laughter is sometimes the best medicine. You will leave learning how to:
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