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PRIVACY POLICY
Laurel Oak Group, LLC / Cheryl Barnes-Neff (“Company,” “we,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy governs your access to and use of barnesneff.com, including any content, functionality and services offered on or through barnesneff.com (the "Website"), whether as a guest or a registered user.
When accessing the Website, the Company will learn certain information about you, both automatically and through voluntary actions you may take, during your visit. This policy applies to information we collect on the Website and in email, text, or other electronic messages between you and the Website.
Please read the Privacy Policy carefully before you start to use the Website. By using the Website or by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms of Use when this option is made available to you, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by the Privacy Policy. If you do not want to agree to the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Website.
Children Under The Age Of 13
Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this Website or on or through any of its features/register on the Website, make any purchases through the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use.
If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at support @ barnesneff.com
Information We Collect About You
When you access the Website, the Company will learn certain information about you during your visit.
Information You Provide To Us.
The Website provides various places for users to provide information. We collect information that users provide by filling out forms on the Website, communicating with us via contact forms, responding to surveys, search queries on our search feature, providing comments or other feedback, and providing information when ordering a product or service via the Website.
We use information you provide to us to deliver the requested product and/or service, to improve our overall performance, and to provide you with offers, promotions, and information.
Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technology.
As you navigate through our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies including Google Analytics to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. This will generally include information about your location, your traffic pattern through our website, and any communications between your computer and our Website. Among other things, we will collect data about the type of computer you use, your Internet connection, your IP address, your operating system, and your browser type.
The information we collect automatically is used for statistical data and will not include personal information. We use this data to improve our Website and our service offerings. To the extent that you voluntarily provide personal information to us, our systems will associate the automatically collected information with your personal information.
Use of Cookies And Pixels
Similar to other commercial websites, our website utilizes a standard technology called “cookies” and server logs to collect information about how our site is used. Information gathered through cookies and server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our site, and the websites visited just before and just after our own, as well as your IP address.
A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a website, that site’s computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.
The Company reserves the right to use technological equivalents of cookies, including social media pixels. These pixels allow social media sites to track visitors to outside websites so as to tailor advertising messages users see while visiting that social media website. The Company reserves the right to use these pixels in compliance with the policies of the various social media sites.
Third Party Use Of Cookies
Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.
We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.
Email Information
If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received online, mail, and telephone. This also applies when you register for our website, sign up through any of our forms using your email address or make a purchase on this site. For further information see the email policies below.
Email Policies
We are committed to keeping your e-mail address confidential. We do not sell, rent, or lease our subscription lists to third parties, and will not disclose your email address to any third parties except as allowed in the section titled Disclosure of Your Information.
We will maintain the information you send via e-mail in accordance with applicable federal law.
In compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act, all e-mails sent from our organization will clearly state who the e-mail is from and provide clear information on how to contact the sender. In addition, all e-mail messages will also contain concise information on how to remove yourself from our mailing list so that you receive no further e-mail communication from us.
Our emails provide users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners by reading the unsubscribe instructions located at the bottom of any e-mail they receive from us at anytime.
Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials may opt-out of receiving these communications by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the e-mail.
How And Why We Collect Information
The Company collects your information in order to record and support your participation in the activities you select. If you register to download a book or resources, sign up for our newsletter, and/or purchase a product from us, we collect your information. We use this information to track your preferences and to keep you informed about the products and services you have selected to receive and any related products and/or services. As a visitor to this Website, you can engage in most activities without providing any personal information. It is only when you seek to download resources and/or register for services that you are required to provide information.
If you are outside the European Union and opt to receive any free resources, participate in any free training programs, register for a webinar, register for a live event, register for a seminar, or purchase any products sold by the Company on this Website, we will automatically enroll you to receive our free email newsletter. If you do not wish to receive this newsletter, you can unsubscribe anytime. We include an “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of every email we send. If you ever have trouble unsubscribing, you can send an email to support @ barnesneff.com requesting to unsubscribe from future emails.
If you are in the European Union and opt to receive any free resources, participate in any free training programs, register for a webinar, register for a live event, register for a seminar, or purchase any products sold by the Company on this Website, we will only enroll you to receive our free email newsletter if you affirmatively consent to it. If you do not wish to receive this newsletter, you can unsubscribe anytime. We include an “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of every email we send. If you ever have trouble unsubscribing, you can send an email to support @ barnesneff.com requesting to unsubscribe from future emails.
How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us?
We use personal information for purposes of presenting our Website and its contents to you, providing you with information, providing you with offers for products and services, providing you with information about your subscriptions and products, carrying out any contract between you and the Company, administering our business activities, providing customer service, and making available other items and services to our customers and prospective customers.
From time-to-time, we may use the information you provide to us to make you offers to purchase products and services provided by third parties in exchange for a commission to be paid to us by such third parties. Should you opt to take part in such promotions, the third parties will receive your information.
From time-to-time, we may use the information you provide to us to display advertisements to you that are tailored to your personal characteristics, interests, and activities.
Disclosure Of Your Information
As a general rule, we do not sell, rent, lease or otherwise transfer any information collected whether automatically or through your voluntary action.
We may disclose your personal information to our subsidiaries, affiliates, and service providers for the purpose of providing our services to you.
We may disclose your personal information to a third party, including a lawyer or collection agency, when necessary to enforce our terms of service or any other agreement between you and the Company.
We may provide your information to any successor in interest in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Company’s asserts and/or business.
We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights or when compelled by a court or other governmental entity to do so.
How Do We Protect Your Information and Secure Information Transmissions?
We employ commercially reasonable methods to ensure the security of the information you provide to us and the information we collect automatically. This includes using standard security protocols and working only with reputable third-party vendors.
Email is not recognized as a secure medium of communication. For this reason, we request that you do not send private information to us by email. However, doing so is allowed, but at your own risk. Some of the information you may enter on our website may be transmitted securely via a secure medium known as Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL. Credit Card information and other sensitive information is never transmitted via email.
The Company may use software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, the Company uses software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.
Policy Changes
It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will notify you by email to the email address specified in your account and/or through a notice on the Website home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the bottom of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.
Visitors’ GDPR Rights
If you are within the European Union, you are entitled to certain information and have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation. Those rights include:
We will retain the any information you choose to provide to us until the earlier of: (a) you asking us to delete the information, (b) our decision to cease using our existing data providers, or (c) the Company decides that the value in retaining the data is outweighed by the costs of retaining it.
You have the right to request access to your data that the Company stores and the rights to either rectify or erase your personal data.
You have the right to seek restrictions on the processing of your data.
You have the right to object to the processing of your data and the right to the portability of your data.
To the extent that you provided consent to the Company’s processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based upon consent that occurred prior to your withdrawal of consent.
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation.
We require only the information that is reasonably required to enter into a contract with you. We will not require you to provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of entering into a contract with us.
Contact Us
The Company welcomes your questions or comments regarding the Privacy Policy:
Laurel Oak Group, LLC
Cheryl Barnes-Neff, President/CEO<br>
P.O. Box 5295<br>
Winter Park, FL 32793
Email Address: support @ barnesneff.com
Effective as of: 2/13/2019
TERMS
The following Terms of Use are entered into by and between You and Laurel Oak Group, LLC, Cheryl Barnes-Neff (“Company,” “we,” or “us”).
The following terms and conditions, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference (collectively, these “Terms of Use”), govern your access to and use of barnesneff.com, including any content, functionality and services offered on or through barnesneff.com (the “Website”), whether as a guest or a registered user.
Please read the Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Website. By using the Website or by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms of Use when this option is made available to you, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, incorporated herein by reference. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use including the agreements incorporated by reference herein, you must not access or use the Website.
This Website is offered and available to users who are 18 years of age or older. By using this Website, you represent and warrant that you are of legal age to form a binding contract with the Company and meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements. If you do not meet all of these requirements, you must not access or use the Website.
Changes To the Terms Of Use
We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them, and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.
Privacy
Your use of the Website is also subject to the Company’s Privacy Policy. Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs the Website and informs users of our data collection practices. Your agreement to the Privacy Policy is hereby incorporated into these Terms of Use.
Disclaimer
Your use of the Website is also subject to the Company’s Disclaimer. Please review our Disclaimer, which also governs the Website and informs users of various limitations regarding the information provided on the Website. Your agreement to the Disclaimer is hereby incorporated into these Terms of Use.
Accessing The Website And Account Security
We reserve the right to withdraw or amend this Website and any service or material we provide on the Website in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Website, or the entire Website, to users, including registered users.
To access the Website or some of the resources it offers, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of the Website and any resources downloaded from the Website that all the information you provide on the Website is correct, current, and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with this Website or otherwise, including but not limited to through the use of any interactive features on the Website, is governed by our Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy.
If you choose, or are provided with, a user name, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to this Website or portions of it using your user name, password or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your user name or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information.
We have the right to disable any user name, password or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.
No Unlawful Or Prohibited Use And Intellectual Property
You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Website and the resources available for download from the Website strictly in accordance with these Terms of Use.
As a condition of your use of the Website, you warrant to the Company that you will not use the Website or any of the resources available for download from the Website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. You may not use the Website or any of the resources available for download from the Website in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Website or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Website. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Website.
All content included as part of the Service, such as text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the compilation thereof, and any software used on the Website, is the property of the Company or its suppliers and protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual property and proprietary rights. You agree to observe and abide by all copyright and other proprietary notices, legends or other restrictions contained in any such content and will not make any changes thereto.
You will not modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found on the Website or any of the resources available for download from the Website.
The Company content is not for resale. Your use of the Website or any of the resources available for download from the Website does not entitle you to make any unauthorized use of any protected content, and in particular you will not delete or alter any proprietary rights or attribution notices in any content. You will use protected content solely for your individual use, and will make no other use of the content without the express written permission of the Company and the copyright owner. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any protected content. We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property of the Company or our licensors except as expressly authorized by these Terms.
The Company name, the Company logo, the Company slogan, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of the Company or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of the Company. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans on this Website are the trademarks of their respective owners.
For Educational And Informational Purposes Only
As set forth more fully in the Disclaimer, the information contained on this Website and the resources available for download through this Website are for educational and informational purposes only. The information contained on this Website and the resources available for download through this Website is not intended as, and shall not be understood or construed as legal, financial, tax, medical, health, or any other professional advice.
Accuracy And Personal Responsibility
As set forth more fully in the Disclaimer, we have done our best to ensure that the information provided on this Website and the resources available for download are accurate and provide valuable information, but we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information. Neither the Company nor any of its owners or employees shall be held liable or responsible for any errors or omissions on this Website or for any damage you may suffer as a result of failing to seek competent advice from a professional who is familiar with your situation.
By using this Website, you accept personal responsibility for the results of your actions. You agree to take full responsibility for any harm or damage you suffer as a result of the use, or non-use, of the information available on this Website or the resources available for download from this Website. You agree to use judgment and conduct due diligence before taking any actions or implementing any plans or policy suggested or recommended on this Website.
No Guarantees As To Results
As set forth more fully in the Disclaimer, you agree that the Company has not made any guarantees about the results of taking any action, whether recommended on this Website or not. The Company provides educational and informational resources that are intended to help users of this Website succeed. You nevertheless recognize that your ultimate success or failure will be the result of your own efforts, your particular situation, and innumerable other circumstances beyond the control and/or knowledge of the Company.
You also recognize that prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Thus, the results obtained by others - whether clients of the Company or otherwise - applying the principles set out in this Website are no guarantee that you or any other person or entity will be able to obtain similar results.
Email And Other Electronic Communications
Visiting the Website or sending emails to the Company constitutes electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Website, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
We would be pleased to communicate with you by e-mail, and there are various places on this Website that provide you the ability to send an electronic communication to the Company. Any such email or other electronic communication, however, does not create a business relationship or any contractual relationship. As set forth more fully in our Privacy Policy, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that any communications remain confidential, but we cannot guarantee the security of such communications and cannot guarantee that we would not be required to disclose such communications as a result of a court order.
Use Of Communication Services
The Website may contain bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, blog comment sections and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the public at large or with a group (collectively, “Communication Services”), you agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Communication Service.
By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Communication Service, you will not: defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others; publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information; upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents; upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer; advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages; conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters; download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner; falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded, restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services; violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service; harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent; violate any applicable laws or regulations.
The Company has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, the Company reserves the right to review materials posted to a Communication Service and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. The Company reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.
The Company reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in the Company’s sole discretion.
Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information about yourself in any Communication Service. The Company does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Service and, therefore, the Company specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Service. Managers and hosts are not authorized the Company spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of the Company.
Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination. You are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you upload the materials.
Materials Provided To The Website
The Company does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to the Website (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any Website or our associated services (collectively “Submissions”). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing, or submitting your Submission you are granting the Company, our affiliated companies, and necessary sub-licensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate, and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission.
No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. The Company is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time in the Company’s sole discretion.
By posting, uploading, inputting, providing, or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.
Links To Third Party Websites And Services
The Website may contain links to other Websites (“Linked Websites”). The Linked Websites are not under the control of the Company and the Company is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Website, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Website, or any changes or updates to a Linked Website. The Company is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by the Company of the Website or any association with its operators.
Certain services made available via the Website are delivered by third-party Websites and organizations. By using any product, service, or functionality originating from the Website, you hereby acknowledge and consent that the Company may share such information and data with any third party with whom the Company has a contractual relationship to provide the requested product, service or functionality on behalf of the Website’s users and customers.
Use Of Templates And Forms
The Company provides various templates and/or forms for download and/or sale on this Website. The Company grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use our templates and/or forms for your own personal or internal business use. Except as otherwise provided, you acknowledge and agree that you have no right to modify, edit, copy, reproduce, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, alter, enhance or in any way exploit any of the templates and/or forms in any manner, except for modifications in filling out the templates and/or forms for your authorized use.
By ordering or downloading Forms, you agree that the Forms you purchase or download may only be used by you for your personal or business use and may not be sold or redistributed without the express written consent of the Company.
Use of Paid Courses, Programs, and Associated Material
The Company from time-to-time provides various courses, programs, and associated material for sale on this Website. The Company grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use our courses, programs, and associated material (collectively the “Courses”) for your own personal or internal business use. Except as otherwise provided, you acknowledge and agree that you have no right to modify, edit, copy, reproduce, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, alter, enhance or in any way exploit any of the Courses in any manner.
By ordering or participating in Courses, you agree that the Courses you purchase or download may only be used by you for your personal or business use and may not be sold or redistributed without the express written consent of the Company.
By ordering or participating in Courses, you further agree that you shall not create any derivative work based upon the Courses and you shall not offer any competing products or services based upon any information contained in the Courses.
Use Of Free Downloadable Content
The Company provides various resources on this Website, which users may access by providing an e-mail address. The Company grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use our resources provided in exchange for an email address (the “Freemium Content”) for your own personal or internal business use. Except as otherwise provided, you acknowledge and agree that you have no right to modify, edit, copy, reproduce, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, alter, enhance or in any way exploit any of the Freemium Content in any manner.
By downloading the Freemium Content, you agree that the Freemium Content you download may only be used by you for your personal or business use and may not be sold or redistributed without the express written consent of the Company.
By downloading the Freemium Content, you further agree that you shall not create any derivative work based upon the Freemium Content and you shall not offer any competing products or services based upon any information contained in the Freemium Content.
Guests
The Company may, from time to time, provide information from a third party in the form of a podcast guest interview, interview on other platform, guest blog post, or other medium. The Company does not control the information provided by such third-party guests, is not responsible for investigating the truth of any information provided, and cannot guarantee the veracity of any statements made by such guests.
Individuals who agree to appear as guests on any podcast offered by the Company agree to transfer all intellectual property rights they may have in any such interviews to the Company and further provide a license to any rights they are unable to assign.
Cancellation Of Subscription
Certain of the Company’s products and services are offered on an ongoing basis with a monthly or yearly subscription. Users may cancel subscriptions at any time by emailing support @ barnesneff.com
Your subscription shall continue until the end of the existing subscription period and shall terminate at the completion of that period. You shall not be charged after a cancellation.
Money Back Guarantee
For the sale of certain products, the Company provides a money-back guarantee. That money-back guarantee is governed by the following terms, except to the extent that the terms of a specific product or service provide otherwise.
With respect to any purchase, you must request your money back within fourteen (14) days of the purchase. You may request your money back by emailing support @ barnesneff.com. That email must contain information about the product you purchased, the date of the purchase, and the email and name associated with any such purchase. You are not required to submit any proof that you have completed any work or meet any other requirements.
Upon determining that you are entitled to a refund pursuant to this policy, the Company will promptly issue an instruction to its payment processor to issue the refund. The Company does not control its payment processor and will not be able to expedite any refunds.
If you receive a refund of any purchase through this money-back guarantee, that shall immediately terminate any and all licenses granted you to use the material provided to you under these Terms of Use or any other agreement. You shall immediately cease using the material and shall destroy all copies of the information provided to you, including without limitation: video recordings, audio recordings, forms, template documents, slide shows, membership areas, social media groups limited to paying members, and other resources.
No Warranties
THE COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTIES REGARDING THE PERFORMANCE OR OPERATION OF THIS WEBSITE. THE COMPANY FURTHER MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE INFORMATION, CONTENTS, MATERIALS, DOCUMENTS, PROGRAMS, PRODUCTS, BOOKS, OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR THROUGH THIS WEBSITE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE LAW, THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Limitation of Liability
YOU AGREE TO ABSOLVE THE COMPANY OF ANY AND ALL LIABILITY OR LOSS THAT YOU OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY ASSOCIATED WITH YOU MAY SUFFER OR INCUR AS A RESULT OF USE OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS WEBSITE AND/OR THE RESOURCES YOU MAY DOWNLOAD FROM THIS WEBSITE. YOU AGREE THAT THE COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY TYPE OF DAMAGES, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EQUITABLE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGES FOR USE OF THIS WEBSITE.
THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. THE COMPANY AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE WEBSITE AT ANY TIME.
THE COMPANY AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE WEBSITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. THE COMPANY AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
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Laurel Oak Group, LLC
Cheryl Barnes-Neff, President/CEO<br>
P.O. Box 5295<br>
Winter Park, FL 32793
Email Address: support @ barnesneff.com
Effective as of 2/13/2019
Credentials
Resume and CV
PROFILE | EDUCATION | PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS | EXPERIENCE
PROFILE
Author and Speaker – Books: The Foundations of Compassion Centered C.A.R.E., A Holistic Assessment Framework for Nurses, Open Hearted: Essays on Buddhist Study and Practice, Religion and Education in a Democracy, and a number of publications. Speaker at the American Hospital Association and NHPCO conferences, among others, and guest lecturer at UCF.
Communication skills and teaching – excellent written and oral communication skills. Have presented on a variety of topics, for a variety of audiences, facilitation of work groups, and written reports. Able to teach, lead, and coach others to provide buy-in, assure compliance, and help students reach their goals.
Organization – ability to organize large amounts of information both on paper and electronic formats. Have superior computer skills, and am often called upon to assist staff with applications.
Data and process analysis – easily manage large amounts of data and information, distilling that information to help others understand what is important about, and how to use that information in a practical way. Strong expertise in healthcare regulatory issues.
EDUCATION
CERTIFICATES:
Religious Studies & Education, and World Religions – from the Harvard Divinity School
Florida Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Trainer
Certified Professional In Healthcare Quality since 2000 (Emeritus)
DEGREES:
PhD IN BIBLICAL STUDIES, Northwestern Theological Seminary, New Port Richey, FL | Jan 2013
MASTER OF DIVINITY, Buddha Dharma University, Kansas City, MO | Jan 2017
MASTER OF BUDDHIST DOCTRINE, Prajna Institute for Buddhist Studies, Cincinnati, OH | August 2013
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING, Ball State University, Muncie, IN | May 1975
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
PUBLICATIONS
- C.A.R.E. - Connect, Assess, Respond, and Evaluate, and Filling Your Cup for CLOSLER.org
- A Holistic Assessment Framework for Nurses: Part of the Compassion Centered C.A.R.E.™ Series
- The Foundations of Compassion Centered C.A.R.E., Laurel Oak Books, 2021
- Open Hearted: Essays on the Study and Practice of Buddhism, Laurel Oak Books, 2018
- Religion and Education in a Democracy: Exploring the Intersection between Religion, Secularism, Democracy, and Public Education in a Pluralistic America Doctoral Dissertation
- “Dharma at Denny’s” Pine Gate Sangha newsletter
- “Being a Nurse,” The Mindfulness Bell
- “Nursing Services: Toward a Common Language,” Healthcare, Computers, & Communications
PRESENTATIONS
“Ethical Issues in End of Life Care,” and “Spirituality in Healthcare,” guest lecturer at University of Central Florida
“Performance Improvement Projects – The Team Toolkit”, 23rd Annual End-of-Life Symposium, Florida Hospices and Palliative Care
“Quality 101”, Comprehensive Health Solutions, National Summit on Quality
“The Leadership Role in Performance Improvement”, NHPCO Leadership Conference
“Case Management and Home Health Care,” AHA National Convention, Seattle, WA
“Performance Improvement Facilitator Training” course, Winter Park Memorial Hospital
“Computers for Nurses,” Indiana University Medical Center (MHA program)
“Computerized Nursing Services, Cost Justification Strategies,” ANA National Convention
OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE AND CREDENTIALS
CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION, EXTENDED UNIT 2011-2012 | ORLANDO, FL
Completed an extended unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) with an emphasis on hospice patients. This unit included 100 hours of classroom education, and 300 hours of clinical, supervised work as a chaplain. Have also taught CPE classes on Buddhism, Interfaith Dialogue, and authentic prayer practices. Practicing Buddhist Chaplain
ADDITIONAL CREDENTIALS
- Certified Meditation Instructor by the American Institute of Health Care Professionals since 2012. Have taught meditation and mindfulness courses since the early 1980’s.
- Ordained as a lay member of Thich Nhat Hanh’s Order of Interbeing in 2005, and have been his student since the early 1980’s.
- Reiki Master Teacher since 1993. Have practiced Reiki, Therapeutic Touch, and Mari-El healing methodologies since the early 1980’s.
EXPERIENCE
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR | BUDDHA DHARMA UNIVERSITY, APRIL 2018 - CURRENT | KANSAS CITY, MO
Master’s level educator in Buddhist studies. Curriculum development and course writing using cultural religious studies framework. Online learning augmented with live lectures, student forums, and interactive engagement using teleconferencing and other software platforms.
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST | VITAS HOSPICE, MAY 1998 - CURRENT | ORLANDO, FL
Currently working part time to support new hire orientation, inservice programs, and performance improvement initiatives. Regional quality oversight for the Central FL programs, with 10 branches, and an average daily census of 3,000+ patients. Developed the Emergency Management plan, State of FL reports, and chaired the Regional Quality Committee.
Aggregated and analyzed data; identified opportunities for improvement in the clinical and operational domains. Headed Performance Improvement Project teams to operationalize and test improvement interventions. Managed focused medical review activities, including the appeals process and ALJ hearings. Recouped over 3.8 million dollars in contested Medicare payments. Developed processes now used company-wide.
MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT | CORNERSTONE HEALTH MANAGEMENT, MARCH 1995 – MARCH 1998 | DALLAS, TX
During the three year contract as a management consultant, travelled to assist Senior Healthcare Clinics prepare for survey reviews, including Joint Commission survey prep. Developed polices and procedures to assist clinics run more efficiently and effectively. Additionally served as the program director for the Winter Park Senior Health Center; a primary care physician’s office providing patient visits for patients 65 years of age and over. Responsible for implementation of the program, general management and operational functions for the center, budgeting, and developed the marketing plan. Taught management classes for new managers, evaluated clinic programs, and developed operational action plans for improvement.
DIRECTOR QUALITY/RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | WINTER PARK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, MAY 1992 – JAN 1995 | WINTER PARK, FL
Developed the program for Clinical Case Management, and as a result of the program’s success, the departments of Social Services, Utilization Review and Clinical Case Management were consolidated to form Patient Resource Services. This department evolved to include Quality Assurance. The accomplishments of the department include decreasing length of stay in five focus DRGs, reducing total charges for physicians who were case managed, and reducing re-admission rates for the targeted patient populations. Reported to the Vice President of Finance/CFO
INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | INDIANAPOLIS, IN 1989 - 1992, Clinical Project Leader
NCR CORPORATION | DAYTON, OH, 1987 - 1989, Midwest Region Software Specialist
SERRA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | LOS ANGELES, CA 1986 - 1987, Assistant Director of Nurses
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS | LOS ANGELES, CA 1981 - 1986, Clinical Director/Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
NURSE STAFFING AGENCY | BOSTON, MA, 1980 - 1981, Neonatal Intensive Care
BALL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | MUNCIE, IN, 1979 – 1980, Staff nurse, Medical/Surgical
UP WITH PEOPLE | TUCSON, AZ, 1977 – 1979, Traveled as the Cast Nurse
RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN | INDIANAPOLIS, IN, 1975 – 1977, Pediatric Intensive Care and Open Heart Recovery
Theory of Work
THEORY OF WORK | WHAT MATTERS TO ME | LEARNING STATEMENT
THEORY OF WORK
“If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.” ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
WHAT MATTERS TO ME
While I don’t wear purple or a red hat, I have come to the point in life that I say and do what I really feel and believe. My goal is to put what I do best to work. What I do best is to help my clients achieve their goals to increase their emotional intelligence, increase their happiness and wellbeing, and to apply those skills in their work and life.
I believe in radical compassion. Compassion is not a feeling, it’s an intention and action. But because we think compassion is a feeling, we don’t ever consider that we need to learn how to be compassionate. In teaching, or healthcare, or any number of professions, it is common to be told to put up a wall between ourselves and others – after all, you’ll burn out, right? What we’re not taught is that we’re turning the profession and work that we love into something that is hurting, not helping. But when we ask each other “What matters to you?” and listen carefully to the answer, whether it’s our family, our customers, our students, or our patients, we learn how to give them the best possible care.
Treating each other with compassion and dignity will change the world. You and I can be part of that. When teaching new hospice staff, student chaplains, or coaching my clients, the bottom line is to always find out what matters to them first. When those needs are identified and met within ourselves, we then have the resiliency to take what we have learned and help unlock that in others.
What I do with all of my programs and teaching, is to put you first. I help you learn how you can use specific strategies to find out what matters to your patients or students. That’s the point. That’s when learning has a goal and an achievable outcome. Knowing what matters is the key to having true compassion for others. All of us, in whatever work we do, have an opportunity to do that work with radical compassion.
I hope we can work together sometime soon.
LEARNING CENTERED STATEMENT
The shocking statement I often use is: “Education doesn’t change behavior.” Because I work primarily in staff development for healthcare professionals, the example I use is asking what they should do when they see physicians, nurses, and even respiratory therapists outside smoking. What would the reaction be, if the assumption is that education does change behavior were true, and you approached the group to educate them on the dangers of smoking? Would they crush out their cigarettes, never to smoke again, or should you duck in case someone takes a swing at your nose?
Education is, of course, crucial. I am a firm believer in lifelong learning. But how do we help people apply their knowledge, whether it’s in the work environment or their everyday lives?
When working with a patient or teaching new hires in the hospice environment, my favorite question to ask is: “What do I need to know about you as a person, to give you the best possible care?” The reason I ask this question is to engage the patient and find out not only what is wrong with them, but what is important to them. For students, this principle is just as important. The student should learn from the teacher, of course, but the students can learn from each other, and the teacher can learn from the students, too. In healthcare, we often talk about patient centered care but sometimes forget to include staff centered learning to our staff development plans. While there are times new material must be taught, it is equally important to involve staff in determining what topics, skills, and other materials are needed and wanted.
In staff development, my approach has been to distill down new material to no more than a thirty minute didactic portion, and then to use thirty minutes with the staff in dyads or small groups to practice the material. A “What I Need to Do” (or W.I.N.D. sheet) accompanies the teaching: a single page that gives the basic points, bullet points that list what the staff need to do regarding the topic with their patients, how to chart, and resources for learning more about the topic. The managers are tasked with evaluating if the staff have changed their practice patterns, and what impact this is having on patient care. We meet with the staff regularly until the staff is comfortable with the new material, and an adequate degree of competency has been reached. The goal is to establish connection for the staff with the staff development group, their peers, their manager, and their patients. By knowing what they need to do for their patient, having a chance to work with new material with their peers, having confidence that their manager will support and coach them in the new tasks, they have a much stronger connection to learning. They develop competence in an integrated way, and is far more likely to not only stick, but to be applied to other aspects of their care of their patients.
My goal in working with students would be to apply similar principles of learner centered instruction, allowing students to begin the process of establishing learning connections to last a lifetime.