Billi Jo Baneck | SpeakerHub

Personal Details

Bio

Grab a tissue and your smile! What??? Yes, you can smile when you're sad...in fact I encourage it. Being sad and hurt doesn't mean you have to look that way. It is ok to look happy, and be strong, and move on. Lost love ones want you to make the most of you life, not stop living because they are not around anymore.

Billi Jo has experienced first had what major loss can feel like. In 2008 a house fire claimed the lives of 3 of her family members. This not only left her without those people, but now left her the "mother" of her 16 year old sister. Listen to her struggles and her growth and laugh a long with her as she tells you what it's like to be a survivor and move forward, one step at a time.

Current position (2)

911 Telecommunications Operator

Brown County Public Safety

Part-Time Instructor

NWTC

Degrees (1)

Law Enforcement and Justice Administration

Western Illinois University

2002 to 2006

Presentations

Presentations (2)

Rising up from the Ashes

After a devastating house fire claims the life of 3 of your family members...how do you more forward? How to you rise up from those ashes? I'll tell you how I did that and was able to turn a tragedy into giving back!

Life after Loss

The ones we lose don't want us to sit around and feel sorry for ourselves and miss them to the point of misery. They want us to live our lives. To make them proud. To show the world what we are made of...of how they raised us to be!