Professional Training
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I have been providing professional development training for a decade, often with the focus of improving outcomes for LGBTQ+ clients, patients, and students. I am the North Dakota expert in LGBTQ+ data and outcomes. My training is modeled and scaled to your specific demographic, beginner friendly, and understands the cultural barriers of individuals who grew up in North Dakota.
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Key Training Modules
Each module has a more in-depth summary further down this page. I can create training by demand under my areas of expertise - Suicide, Data, and LGBTQ+ Identity
- LGBTQ+ Suicide Prevention Efforts in North Dakota
- Navigating Resources for LGBTQ+ People in North Dakota
- LGBTQ+ Demographic and Cultural Considerations
- LGBTQ+ Outcomes and Tools for Process Improvement
- Keynote: Keeping Hope while Fighting For Change
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IS FAye Worth Your time?
Experience
- I have presented to 30 conferences and to dozens of individual organizations across the last 10 years
- My evaluations are highly positive for overall experience and content expertise
- I am a lifelong North Dakota and state data expert for LGBTQ+ populations, allowing me to personalize and deliver the strongest data possible
- I am the most experienced speaker on transgender and transition topics in the state, with years of clinical, community, and non-profit experience
Evaluation Comments
Raw Evaluation Data
- The presentation today by Faye Seidler was really good. I had a couple of our teachers comment to me how great it was too. That would be a good presentation for any and all school staff to be exposed to. Informational, real and straight forward. Nice to see our state and community data throughout it too.
- Faye did an excellent job of presenting. It all flowed from one concept to another.
- Faye is such an engaging speaker. Can always speak in ways that make people feel heard and seen while also keeping the audience on the edge of their seats. Once again, very much enjoyed.
Raw Evaluation Data
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Navigating safety for LGBTQ+ People in North Dakota
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This training is designed to give individuals a comprehensive overview of the state resources that can be utilized to help and protect LGBTQ+ individuals. Participants will learn how to utilize the North Dakota LGBTQ+ Directory to find all of the states affirming providers and support groups. Participants will also be taught how they can get involved in these support networks and what to do when there isn't local support. This training will give professionals and LGBTQ+ allies and family members confidence in making referrals to LGBTQ+ folks of any age.
Learning Objective
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LGBTQ+ Suicide Prevention Efforts in North Dakota
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This presentation focuses on the data relevant to suicidality with LGBTQ+ populations in North Dakota. It explores risk and protective factors that may be unique to LGBTQ+ populations. It also covers the current efforts and organizations that are working to prevent and reduce suicidality across North Dakota. Participants will gain a better understanding of state data, the unique ways suicidality can be experienced for queer populations, and resources to help mitigate suicidality in our state.
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LGBTQ+ Demographic and Cultural ConsiderationS
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This module educates on implicit biases by offering foundational education on LGBTQ+ statistics, culture, and identity. Participants will leave this training with a baseline understanding of how current and historical events have shaped our perception, basic demographic data, and a working understanding of sexual orientation and gender identity labels.
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LGBTQ+ Outcomes and Tools for Process Improvement
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This module explores the statistical outcomes of LGBTQ+ populations within North Dakota. It also discusses the number of ways institutional barriers can impact these outcomes in positive or negative ways. Participants will gain tools to help mitigate negative outcomes, build trust and safety with clients, and consider operational improvements from a micro and macro level.
Learning Objects
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Keynote - Keeping Hope while Fighting For Change
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This training is a professional wakeup to the notion that everyone can be changemakers. It is designed to teach people of any background how to leverage their assets, frame their success, and understand their stake in creating change. This is not a professional development training, but a motivational training to inspire people to believe in themselves, in the future, and to keep hope things can get better.
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Miscellaneous trainings
These are trainings that were developed by request and often only given once at particular conferences or in classrooms. Trainings can be requested by demand if they cover my general area of expertise. I can give trainings that are more structurally around data/outcomes or more from my experience as a subject matter expert.
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A Path Forward for North Dakota: A conversation about Hope and Possibility
Alternative LGBTQ+ Spaces: An Intro to Speedrunning
How to Change the World: A Practical Guide to the 2025 Legislative Session
Teaching Midwesterners to Stop Fighting: A Discussion on Stability
North Dakota Queer Law Advocacy
Sex and Gender Through Life
Safe Zone Training
When Queer Youth Stop Eating
- Training on North Dakota Systems and System Change
Alternative LGBTQ+ Spaces: An Intro to Speedrunning
- An exploration of Alt-Communities LGBTQ+ Youth use
How to Change the World: A Practical Guide to the 2025 Legislative Session
- Overview of how legislative session works and how people can get involved
Teaching Midwesterners to Stop Fighting: A Discussion on Stability
- Using restorative practices to consider macro level conflict resolution
North Dakota Queer Law Advocacy
- Review of laws impacting LGBTQ+ folks in North Dakota
Sex and Gender Through Life
- Exploration of how we codify sex and the frameworks of sex across our life
Safe Zone Training
- Typical College 101 entry to LGBTQ+ identities
When Queer Youth Stop Eating
- A holistic look at trauma and food for LGBTQ+ Youth from a Personal Perspective
Training Values
NON-JUDGMENTAL AND ACCESSIBLE
This work understands that everyone has had different experiences and barriers coming into the conversation. This work invites people in to learn. It does not hold them accountable to the past, but gives them opportunities to make a better future. It is accessible and approachable by individuals regardless of their background on the topic previously.
RESEARCH AND DATA DRIVEN
The information we provide is always geared towards what the research and data says are best practices in the field.
OUTCOME FOCUSED
The work we do is always oriented around improving outcomes. The consulting and training I provide always has components detailing what individuals can meaningfully do to impact change. There are exercises to improve ability and apply knowledge to organizational and logistical operations. The training I provide is not simply a discussion piece on a topic, but it actively gives listeners the tools they need to make change. When consulting an organization, I will look at the organization from the bottom to the top to ensure that LGBTQ+ individuals are safe at every step.
This work understands that everyone has had different experiences and barriers coming into the conversation. This work invites people in to learn. It does not hold them accountable to the past, but gives them opportunities to make a better future. It is accessible and approachable by individuals regardless of their background on the topic previously.
RESEARCH AND DATA DRIVEN
The information we provide is always geared towards what the research and data says are best practices in the field.
OUTCOME FOCUSED
The work we do is always oriented around improving outcomes. The consulting and training I provide always has components detailing what individuals can meaningfully do to impact change. There are exercises to improve ability and apply knowledge to organizational and logistical operations. The training I provide is not simply a discussion piece on a topic, but it actively gives listeners the tools they need to make change. When consulting an organization, I will look at the organization from the bottom to the top to ensure that LGBTQ+ individuals are safe at every step.
