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Teachers! Book Your Skype Visit with Author Barbara Techel & Frankie the Walk ‘N Roll Dog Today! Special Spring Price!

Posted by Barbara Techel

Frankie and Barbara Skyping with John L Henry School

Frankie has inspired thousands of children since 2008 with her special message, “Always be positive, make a difference, and keep on rolling!” She is one of the few dogs that Skype! It is a special day when kids see and “meet” Frankie LIVE right in their own classroom via Skype.

When Frankie visits kids learn they have a choice when dealing with challenges and learn that being positive helps make their challenges a little easier to deal with. They also learn that despite having obstacles they can still do anything they set their minds to do.

We are now booking Skype visits for Spring for only $100.00! That is a $50 savings!  This is an upbeat and inspiring presenation that is 30-45 minute’s with Q & A.

Please Contact Us Now (barb at joyfulpaws dot com) to book your visit with Frankie for spring. Offer good now through April 15th, 2012.  Skype visit must be scheduled for this year and booked for no later than June 10th, 2012. To learn more about Skype visits and download a free ebook on planning a Skype visit check out our Author Visits page.

With every Skype booking you will receive a set of Frankie books for free ($30 value).

Excellent visit with Barbara and Frankie! We really enjoyed our Skype session with Frankie and Barbara! Barbara did an excellent job of keeping the kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms engaged for over 30 minutes — not an easy thing to do :)  The students loved seeing Frankie and learning all about how she has overcome the odds! In addition, they loved their signed books from Frankie and Barbara which promptly arrived after we ordered them. I’d HIGHLY recommend this session!!!  –Tracey Joyce, LS Media Specialist, Convent of the Visitation School, Medota Heights, MN

 

Your School Could WIN a Free Skype Visit with Inspirational Frankie the Walk ‘N Roll Dog

Posted by Barbara Techel

 

Skype visit with school in Illinois last spring
Oh so easy to enter!  All you have to do is let your child’s (or grandchild’s) school teacher or librarian know we are giving away a FREE Skype presentation with Frankie the Walk ‘N Roll Dog (you can do that by forwarding this post along with a personal note).

Then all the teacher or librarian needs to do is email us with this note in the body of email:

Our school would love to win a free Skype presentation with Frankie the Walk ‘N Roll Dog!

Please include contact name, school name, address, phone and email. Send email to barb at joyfulpaws dot com.

Teachers/librarians can enter through midnight September 14, 2011. Winner will be chosen at random and notified on Thursday, September 15.  Skype presentation will need to be scheduled no later than May 30, 2012.

Open to schools in US and Canada.

For more information on our Skype presentations check out our free Skype ebook on planning a Skype visit with us.

Frankie will inspire and uplift your students to be the best they can be!!

The students had such a great time during their webcam visit with Mrs. Techel and Frankie.  They were even more inspiring in person.  Mrs. Techel had Frankie right there with her during our web cam visit.  Frankie even fell asleep on her desk.  She showed the class how Frankie got in and out of her wheelchair, explained how she cared for Frankie, gave us a first hand view of her writing studio, and explained the writing process from the gathering of ideas, to the editing, and the publishing stages. ~Karen Elz, 3rd grade elementary teacher,  Shiloh Point Elementary School, Georgia 

Authors and Technology- The Future is Now Blog Talk Radio

Posted by Barbara Techel

Join me Monday, August 1st, 2011 as Dr. Barbara Holstein interviews about my success in sharing my books and message of hope with classrooms across the US and Canada via Skype.

This show invites experts intechnology to discuss the future, which is happening now.  In this show

Barbara Techel, award-winning author of the Frankie the Walk ‘N Roll Dog book series will be sharing how she has used technology such as Skype, and how you can too!. She has shared her story of hope and inspiration about her dachshund, Frankie, who is in a wheelchair, with thousands of children and adults since 2007. To date they have made over 300 appearances in Wisconsin and many more via Skype to classrooms across the US and Canada. Barbara is also a speaker and publisher. Barbara and Frankie are avid volunteers as a therapy dog team. They routinely visit a local hospice community, hospital and senior assisted living facility, where they “walk their talk” about the inspirational nature of perseverance in the face of challenge.

Remember, authors will be virtually entering schools, libraries, book clubs, businesses, etc. beyond our wildest dreams.  They will be using Skype and other means to reach people around the world, including e-books, webinars, teleclasses and processes that have yet to materialize. 

Authors need to be ready, as the future is now.  Please join us