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In addition to your smiles and provoking laughter and cheer wherever you go in your work and everyday, there is another way you can help to promote Healing Humor!
AHeart4Clowning.com is a longtime-supporter of Healing Humor, so in support of that concept and as a heartfelt benefit to the Association of Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH), we designed a button with Buttons for Hope that promotes both the concept, and provides contributions to AATH.
Show your support for injecting humor into every day and help spread the word about Healing Humor by wearing your “Healing Humor” Button, along with a smile!
Great for every day wear, as well as on Clown Rounds! Eye-catching multi-color ”tie-dyed” background with our “Healing Humor” logo and saying make a real fashion statement. These cool buttons serve as a reminder for those who wear them — and for those who see them.
The Association for Applied & Therapeutic Humor receives 50% of the sale all buttons — $4 from the sale of every button is contributed to AATH. AHeart4Clowning.com has 100% contributed the design and button concept, and receives absolutely NO proceeds or funds from button sales. This is a benefit to support AATH and the concept of Healing Humor.
Quantity discounts for purchases of 50 or more buttons are available upon request. Order buttons for your humor FUNshops, laughter clubs and sessions, training programs, speaking engagements, team members, group, troupe, or ministry!
Give Healing Humor Buttons away and share the laughter — these buttons are truly a gift that keeps on giving!
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Piccolo's Musical Stethoscope
At the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH) Conference in Orlando, I attended my friend Kathy “Piccolo” Keaton’s session on hospital clowning. As part of her presentation, she reviewed various props she uses during her hospital visitations.
She shared a lot of great ideas and fun stuff with the attendees, but the one item that caught my eye was her Musical Stethoscope! I was so captivated by this fun, cool idea, I asked Kathy’s permission to share it with you, and she agreed.
As you may be able to tell from the picture of “Piccolo,” she is wearing her Musical Stethoscope, a plunger attached to stethoscope tubing and ear pieces (could be play, costume or real). But wait — there’s more! Inside the plunger is the real fun, which Kathy explained… it’s a music button!
“You can get these little music buttons at any craft store. They’re for people making dolls or music boxes, cost only about $3, and play all kinds of tunes. I have Christmas ones I switch out during the holidays,” Kathy said.
The featured tune in Piccolo’s Musical Stethoscope the day she demonstrated it: “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.”
Kathy’s BONUS TIP: “Be sure NOT to say it’s musical – just push it and place it on their heart, and then softly say: “Oh . . . . you have a song in your heart!” It’s really sweet, and everyone around appreciates the thought.
Total fun! Thank you Kathy aka “Piccolo” for sharing this very cute and clever idea, to inspire others.
>>>If you would like to hear more of Kathy’s wealth of experience, I interviewed her on AHeart4Clowning TalkRadio Show:
>>>For More Information about Kathy and her applied humor therapy work, be sure to visit Piccolo The Clown’s website: http://www.piccolotheclown.com/
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On February 17th AHeart4Clowning TalkRadio Show kicked off our 4th consecutive broadcast season, with a very special guest: therapeutic clown Kathy “Piccolo” Keaton. Here is a great vid that shows the work she does, spreading happiness and laughter in the healthcare setting:
Kathy is one of the featured instructors at Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH) Conference April 7-11th, Buena Vista Palace Hotel & Spa (Disneyworld) Florida. This year, there are 3 therapeutic clowning sessions being offered! I know all of the instructors, and think you will thoroughly enjoy their classes… Check this cool conference out — for more information: http://www.aath.org/conference.htm
Last year, I was honored to present on How to Establish a Hospital Clown or Healthcare Family Entertainer Group at the AATH Conference. To read my impressions of it, click this link here
AHeart4Clowning now offers a Home Study based on my presentation: Work of Heart: Establishing Hospital Clown/Healthcare Entertainer Group – Train/Prep/Equip, for program details, click this link here
There are additional suggested related links listed below, including a link to the post about our AHeart4Clowning TalkRadio Show interview, in case you would like to tune in…
AHeart4Clowning's Becky Cortino interviews Jollytologist Allen Klein
On February 22, renowned Jollytologist Allen Klein, applied humor therapy visionary discusses his compelling journey and new book Learning to Laugh When You Feel Like Crying: Embracing Life After Loss, with AATH Laugh and Learn Teleconference host Becky Cortino, in a 60-minute interview. The interview will be conducted live at NOON ET (GMT5). Attendance is open to Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH) members and nonmembers interested in attending this extraordinary event.
Klein got into this unusual line of work after his wife died of a rare liver disease at the age of 34. He saw how humor helped her, and those around her, cope. He also saw how humor helped him get through that loss. He now teaches others how to find some in trying times. Those audiences include people in 48 states as well as Israel and Australia, and clients from IBM to the IRS.
Klein is the immediate past-president of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, an international organization with nearly 600 members whose purpose is to advance the understanding and application of humor and laughter for their positive benefits.
Klein is also an award-winning speaker and best-selling author as well as the recipient of a Toastmasters Communication and Leadership Award and a Certified Speaking Professional designation from the National Speakers Association. (Fewer than 800 of its 4,000 members have this honor.)
He is also a 2007 inductee into New York City’s Hunter College Hall of Fame Only about a dozen people are selected from the thousands of the past graduates for this distinction.
Klein’s first book, The Healing Power of Humor, is now in a 31st printing and eighth foreign language translation. It shows readers how to use humor to deal with everyday trials and tribulations. His second book, The Courage to Laugh: Humor, Hope, and Healing in the Face of Death and Dying, documents how people have used humor to triumph over tragedy.
And his most recent book, Learning to Laugh When You Feel Like Crying, shows readers how to embrace life fully again after a loss. It incorporates the five steps of going from loss to laughter: Losing, Learning, Letting Go, Living, and Laughing.
He has also authored thirteen other books, including Quotations to Cheer You Up, Up Words for Down Days, The Change-Your-Life Quote Book, WorkLaughs, ParentLaughs, and TeacherLaughs. And his writing has appeared in four Chicken Soup for the Soul books.
Klein has a master’s degree in humor (from St. Mary’s College in Minnesota—and that’s no joke!) And he is well suited to his subject. Years before becoming a “Jollytologist”, Klein was nicknamed the “King of Whimsy” because he designed all the children shows at CBS television in New York City. Among those productions was one you probably remember—the Captain Kangaroo show.
Although no longer working in the light-hearted world of children, Klein still believes that adults need to take a lesson from them and lighten up. To help adults do this, Klein is both the editor or The Mid-Month Mirth Memo e-zine and founder of International Mirth Month (every March).
This teleconference interview will be conducted live at NOON ET (GMT5). Attendance is open to Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH) members, and nonmembers interested in attending this extraordinary event. Registration is required, and allows access the recording.
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED and may be completed by:
Email: staff@aath.org
– OR –
Call TOLL FREE: 888-747-AATH (2284) – OR – 949-715-4681
COST: AATH Members : FREE // Non-Members: $10
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AATH Laugh and Learn Teleconference Host Becky Cortino is a professional Integrated Marketing Communications Consultant who assists clients in effectively expressing their message through New, Social and Traditional Media through her consultancy Express-It Media Fusion. She is also a published author, speaker and producer of numerous multimedia programs on the topic of Applied Humor Therapy.
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Attending conferences and ongoing training is good for all of us. It inspires, informs and our networks branch out in new, meaningful ways.
I’m still relishing the wonderful memories and enjoying people I met at the AATH Conference last month. What a thrill to present “Establishing a Hospital Clown or Family Entertainer Group: Train, Prepare, Equip and Promote” at this year’s Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor Conference at Disneyland in Anaheim, California!
It was a stellar gathering of folks from all over the world, involved in many different aspects of Applied Humor Therapy. The free-flow of ideas and encouragement was tremendous. I had heard there was a lot of energy in this group — and I can attest to that! It picked us up and carried us throughout our time there, from the time we stepped off the plane…
Because there were so many aspects and venues for Applied Humor Therapy represented by the attendees, this gave me an excellent opportunity to video several for an exciting new segment on Humor Bit-TV, on the Healing Humor Channel!
The new segment will present a good handful of representative applications of humor in various aspects of everyday life — in the words of the experts! I am truly grateful for all who embraced this special project, and gave a few precious moments of their time and to sharing their hearts on this topic.
Currently, we are in production mode and will soon be releasing these new episodes on the Healing Humor Channel. Last year’s ‘Humor Bit-TV’ theme was “Memorable Healing Humor Moments” featuring several well-known clowns and family entertainers. This year’s focus is on various venues for Applied Humor Therapy, and benefits.
Please stay tuned — more to come soon!
Meantime, tune-in any time 24-7…
Humor Bit-TV on the Healing Humor Channel:
We are truly thrilled to share with you that A Heart 4 Clowning “How to Establish a Hospital Clown or Creative Ministry Guide” is the featured book in the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor’s (AATH) current membership ezine, The Humor Connection!
About our featured “How to Establish a Hospital Clown or Creative Ministry Guide”
You can imagine our double-delight, when we discovered the newly-designed “Healing Humor Button, a FUNdraiser we created to benefit AATH was also a featured item in the ezine!
Show your support by wearing your button and a smile! 50% of button sales are contributed to AATH — we make no money off the sale of these buttons — this is a FUNdraising campaign.
NOTE: By clicking through on these links and making a purchase, a portion of the sales of these items will generate funds to benefit AATH.
Help us spread the smiles, laughter and humor — Thank you!
Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor
Show your support and help spread the word for “Healing Humor” as a Way of Life — NOT a Band Aid, by wearing your “Healing Humor” button, along with a smile!
50% of all sale proceeds for each button sold is contributed to Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH).
Great for every day wear, as well as on Clown Rounds! Quantity discounts are available. Eye-catching new multi-color ”tie-dyed” background with our “Healing Humor” logo and saying.
For more information, click on this link (here) for: HealingHumorButtons