Founder Of National Grief Awareness Day To Give National Keynote On Grief, Hope

INDIANAPOLIS - Feb. 11, 2015 - PRLog -- INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Feb. 11, 2015) – Social media expert and founder of National Grief Awareness Day Angie Cartwright will give a keynote speech that’s open to the public at the National Grief & Hope Convention 2015, on Friday, April 17, 2015, at the JW Marriott Grand Ballroom in Indianapolis.  Following her keynote in which she’ll speak on loss and hope, Cartwright will offer a workshop to audience members.

Cartwright first tapped into the power of Facebook as a way to offer comfort to other grievers after her own mother died in 2010.  Her social media reach has since grown to include other popular social sites including Twitter, Google+, YouTube, and Flipboard, generating a weekly reach of over 2.5 million.  Cartwright is now president of National Grief Awareness Day, founder of Grief Magazine, and co-host of Grief Diaries Radio.

A global grief literacy event, the convention’s mission is to open the dialogue about grief and the aftermath.  Open to the public, tickets are $35 and available online at www.griefconvention.com.