Speaker Outline

1. Introduction

  • Name
  • Personal affiliation with donation and/or transplantation
  • Representation – (Texas Organ Sharing Alliance Friends for Life)

 

2. Body

  • Donor Family: Share your personal donation/transplant story (include details of hospital, effect on family and friends, OPO staff, and your experience if you were approached for consent)
    • Explain how your loved one’s donation has helped the healing process
    • Have you met/communicated with your recipient(s)?
    • Volunteering
  • Recipient: Share your story (include the need for transplant, details of the wait, effect on family and friends, post transplant)
    • Share things you have been able to experience since transplant
  • General Volunteer: Share the reason you are involved with TOSA as a volunteer (affiliation with donation/transplantation)
    • Share statistics (i.e. Number of people on the Texas waiting list – More than 10,000)

 

3. Call to Action

  • How audience can help: Talk to their family about organ donation
  • Register decision at www.TOSA1.org

 

4. Thank audience for their time

 

5. Question and answer session