Conference Presentations & Keynotes

Michael J. Caduto has presented at more than one hundred national, international and regional conferences throughout North America and beyond. Settings include storytelling and theater festivals, children’s festivals, educational conferences, teacher conventions, conferences on cultural diversity, conferences on Native American traditions, writer’s workshops, literacy conventions, natural history festivals and conferences, bookseller conventions and more.

Bookings typically consist of (but are not limited to) a keynote performance or speech followed by a workshop and book signing.

Sample of Conference Keynotes & Workshops Presented

  • • North American Association for Environmental Education, Washington, D.C.

    • National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)—40th Annual National Convention, Boston, Massachusetts

    • American Museum of Natural History, New York

    • National Association for the Preservation and Perpetuation of Storytelling (NAPPS)

    • National Wildlife Federation Conservation Summit, Burlington, Vermont

    • National Congress on Storytelling, New London, Connecticut

    • Way to Grow! 5th Annual National Gardening Symposium at the Chicago Botanic Garden, American Horticultural Society

    • National Environmental Values Conference, Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, New York

    • Audubon Naturalist Society of Central Atlantic States

    • Midwest Association for Environmental Education’s Annual Conference, Madison, Wisconsin

    • New England Environmental Education Alliance Conference (presented in every New England state, 12 times in all)

    • New England Conference on Storytelling for Children, Keene, New Hampshire

    • Delaware River Watershed Monitoring Conference, Doylestown, Pennsylvania

    • California Reading Association Conference, Anaheim, California

    • Michigan Reading Association, Grand Rapids, Michigan

    • Saint Bonaventure University “Varied Voices” Literacy Conference, Saint Bonaventure, New York

    • Yosemite Institute, Yosemite, California

  • • Royal Museum of Scotland (Edinburgh Festival Fringe)

    • National Wildlife Federation Summit, Saint John, New Brunswick

    • Middle East Program (Quebec-Labrador Foundation): Hungary, Israel, Oman, Palestine, Turkey

    • Environmental Values Education Conference, Harmony Foundation, Toronto & Ottawa, Ontario

    • Eco-Ed: World Congress for Education & Communication on Environment & Development, Toronto, Ontario

    • Leslie M. Frost Natural Resources Centre Environmental Education Conference, Dorset, Ontario

    • Atlantic Centre for the Environment: New Brunswick, Scotland

  • • Alabama Environmental Education Association Conference, Huntsville

    • Arkansas Environmental Education Association—University of Arkansas, Fort Smith

    • San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Newark California

    • San Francisco Bay Girl Scout Council, Oakland, California

    • Headlands Institute, Sausalito, California, Golden Gate National Park Association, San Francisco, California

    • Santa Clara County Council of Camp Fire, Inc., Santa Clara, California

    • Garden of the Gods Visitor Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado

    • Florida League of Environmental Education Association’s Annual Conference, Ellenton, Florida

    • Orchard In Bloom Symposium—Harvesting Harmony Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana

    • Penobscot Institute, Indian Island, Hampden, Maine

    • Sharing the Fire (storytelling conference), Boston, Massachusetts

    • Patriots Girl Scout Council, Boston, Massachusetts

    • Appalachian Mountain Club: Interpretive Training Inst., Sharon, Massachusetts

    • Community Reading Day Conference, Worcester, Massachusetts

    • Science Pioneers, Kansas City, Missouri

    • St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Missouri

    • Student Conservation Association, Charlestown, New Hampshire

    • New Hampshire Archaeological Society, Concord, New Hampshire

    • New Hampshire Council for Social Studies, Manchester, New Hampshire

    • New England Antiquities Research Association, Nashua, New Hampshire

    • Children’s Literature Conference, Rindge, New Hampshire

    • Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education, Project U.S.E. (Urban Suburban Environments), Red Bank, New Jersey

    • Wheelright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, New Mexico

    • New York State Outdoor Education Association Silver Anniversary Conference, Lake George, New York

    • North Dakota Coalition for Conservation & Environmental Education, Bismarck

    • Children’s Environmental Literature Conference, Cuyahoga Nature Center, Peninsula, Ohio

    • Pocono Environmental Education Center’s “Native American Awareness” Conference, Dingman’s Ferry, Pennsylvania

    • American Ethical Union, “Becoming Keepers of the Earth” Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    • Pennsylvania Alliance for Environmental Education Annual Conference, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania

    • Rhode Island Environmental Education Association Conference, Lincoln, Rhode Island

    • Rhode Island Early Childhood Conference, North Scituate, Rhode Island

    • Rhode Island School Care Conference, Rhode Island College, Providence

    • Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont, Townsend, Tennessee

    • Texas Association of Environmental Education, Houston

    • Champlain Valley Festival, Fairfax, Vermont

    • Vermont Natural Resources Council Annual Meeting, Plymouth, Vermont.

    • Earth Forest Annual Conference, Stevens Point, Wisconsin

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