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2025 The Rip­ple Effect: A Donate Life Conference

Reg­is­tra­tion Dead­line is Sep­tem­ber 5th

Reg­u­lar Reg­is­tra­tion: $50 per person

Refund Pol­i­cy: Refunds are pro­vid­ed at the request of atten­dees who are unable to attend the event up until Sep­tem­ber 22025.

  • Under­stand the life-sav­ing impact of organ, tis­sue, and eye donation.
  • Rec­og­nize the roles of health­care teams, donor fam­i­lies, and com­mu­ni­ties in donation.
  • Use lead­er­ship to inspire change and improve dona­tion efforts.
  • Reflect on the emo­tion­al jour­neys of donor fam­i­lies and recipients.

Health­care pro­fes­sion­als, includ­ing nurs­es, who help make organ, tis­sue, and eye dona­tion possible.

Life. Lead­er­ship. Lega­cy.” — Dave Gal­ben­s­ki — Co-Founder, Liv­ing Liv­er Foundation

From Dona­tion to Des­ti­na­tion: Deliv­er­ing the Pow­er of Tis­sue Grafts” — Joseph Swack­hamer — Tis­sue Recov­ery Team Lead, Iowa Donor Network

Con­nect­ing Care Through Dona­tion” — Robin Coarts — Man­ag­er of Dona­tion Con­ver­sa­tions, Iowa Donor Net­work, Kate Granzow — Man­ag­er of Fam­i­ly Advo­cates, Iowa Donor Net­work & Anne Casey — Man­ag­er of Com­mu­ni­ty Affairs and Devel­op­ment, Iowa Donor Network

Organ Opti­miza­tion: Over­com­ing Obsta­cles in Dona­tion Dynam­ics” — Kasey Heu­ton — Organ Dona­tion Coor­di­na­tor, Iowa Donor Net­work & Kylie Kinder — Organ Dona­tion Coor­di­na­tor, Iowa Donor Network

The Art of Organ Allo­ca­tion: Nav­i­gat­ing Organ Dis­tri­b­u­tion Dynam­ics” — Brie Davis — Man­ag­er of Max­i­mize the Gift – Organ Uti­liza­tion, Iowa Donor Network

Fam­i­ly Per­spec­tives: The Moments That Mat­ter” — Troy DeJoode — Pres­i­dent, Car­son & Claire For­ev­er Foundation

  • Nurs­es: IDN will pro­vide a cer­tifi­cate of atten­dance upon com­ple­tion of the pro­gram eval­u­a­tion and strong­ly encour­ages nurs­es to retain a pro­gram brochure as doc­u­men­ta­tion of their par­tic­i­pa­tion. Nurs­es deter­mine whether course con­tent meets the Iowa Board of Nursing’s cri­te­ria for appro­pri­ate con­tin­u­ing edu­ca­tion con­tact hours.
  • Social Work­ers: This pro­gram intends to meet the require­ments for up to 6.0 con­tact hours for Social Work­ers, at the licensees’ dis­cre­tion. For Social Work­er cred­it, please retain this adver­tise­ment and your cer­tifi­cate of com­ple­tion and refer to Pro­fes­sion­al Licens­ing Stan­dards for Con­tin­u­ing Edu­ca­tion for Social Work­ers Stan­dards. 281.(1) (7) An area, as demon­strat­ed by the licensee, that direct­ly relates to the licensee’s indi­vid­ual prac­tice as a social worker…”
  • Amer­i­can Board for Trans­plant Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion CEPTC cred­it is pro­vid­ed by Iowa Donor Net­work #555 for 6.0 Cat­e­go­ry 1 CEPTCs.
  • Cer­tifi­cate of Atten­dance: 6.0 hours
  • EMS: 6.0 CEHs pro­vid­ed through DMACC

Conference Registration


To be noti­fied when the 2025 Donate Life Con­fer­ence reg­is­tra­tions is live, please fill out the below form.

Kayte Mosher Memorial Donate Life Conference Scholarship


We are now accept­ing appli­ca­tions for the Kayte Mosh­er Memo­r­i­al Donate Life Con­fer­ence Schol­ar­ship to the 2025 Donate Life Conference.

Appli­ca­tions are due by July 1st2025.

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All are inspired to donate life.