Eric Bergeson has spoken at events sponsored by the following organizations: 

Seniors, Health Care and Human Services: 

• Minnesota Directors of Nursing, keynote
• American Society of Clinical Laboratory Scientists of North Dakota, keynote
• Northern Plains Conference on Aging and Disability, Fargo ND (evaluation)
• Group In-Service for Nursing Home Professionals (evaluation)
• Minnesota Statewide Nursing Home Activities Professionals, opening keynote
• Association of Minnesota Social Services Accountants state-wide conference, Brainerd, MN, after dinner speaker
• Otter Tail County Public Health, Fergus Falls, MN, motivational
• In Home Care Specialist Conference, Grand Forks, ND
• Perham Memorial Hospital and Home, Perham MN, volunteer luncheon (thank you note)
• North Country Regional Hospital, Bemidji MN, volunteer day
• Senior Nutrition, Bemidji, MN
• Senior Nutrition, Warren, MN (news photos)
• Retired Senior Volunteer Banquet, Crookston, MN (thank you note)
• Polk County Foster Parents Awards Program, Crookston, MN
• Senior Health Fair, Hawley, MN 
• Northern Exposure to Lifelong Learning, Bemidji MN (returned four times)
• Becker County Senior Network, Detroit Lakes, MN, senior festival
• Becker County Lutheran Social Services Caregiver Fun Day, Frazee, MN (thank you note)
• Riverview Hospital Health Auxiliary, Crookston, MN
• Caregiver Conference, Grand Forks, ND
• Foster Grandparent Program, Crookston, MN 
• Polk County Foster Parent Recognition Banquet, Crookston, MN
• Greater Minnesota Management, motivational (thank you note)
• Health Care Auxiliary of Minnesota, state-wide conference speaker (thank you note)
• USDA Nutrition Laboratory, Grand Forks, ND, motivational retreat speaker
• Harvest of Knowledge (women’s conference) Grand Forks, ND, twice (thank you note)
• Pennington County Human Services, Thief River Falls, MN, motivational, humor

Libraries:

• Detroit Lakes Public Library, Detroit Lakes, MN
• Thief River Falls Public Library, Thief River Falls, MN
• Moorhead Public Library, Moorhead, MN
• Crookston Public Library Summer Reading Program (thank you card)
• Fertile Public Library Summer Reading Program (thank you note)
• Fosston Public Library Summer Reading Program
• Young Authors Conference, Thief River Falls, MN
• Lake Agassiz Regional Library All Staff Day, Moorhead, MN
• Ada, Minnesota "Friends of the Library" (three times)
• Morris, Minnesota "Friends of the Library"
• Staples Public Library 
• Eagle Bend Public library
• Hawley Public library
• Bagley Public library
• Barnesville Public Library
• Rothsay Public Library
• Climax Public Library
• Shelly Public Library
• Breckenridge Public Library

Nursing Homes and Senior Facilities:

• Halstad Living Center (thank you note)
• Hawley Senior Living
• Fair Meadow Nursing Home, Fertile MN
• Kittson Memorial Nursing Home, Hallock, MN 
• Villa St. Vincent Nursing Home, Crookston, MN (thank you note from resident)
• Cornerstone Assisted Living, Fosston, MN
• Poplar Meadows Senior Living, McIntosh, MN
• Summit Senior Apartments, Crookston, MN
• St. Mary’s Regional Nursing Center, Detroit Lakes, MN
• Eventide Home, Moorhead, MN
• Viking Manor Nursing Home, Ulen, MN
• Riverview Nursing Home, Crookston, MN
• Good Samaritan Center, Clearbrook, MN
• Golden Link Senior Center, Crookston, MN
• Moorhead Golden Living
• Greenleaf Assisted Living, Thief River Falls
• Thief River Falls Care Center
• Wedgewood Manor, Cavalier ND
• Lutheran Sunset Home, Grafton, ND
• Riverview Nursing Home, Crookston, MN
• Good Samaritan Center, Pelican Rapids, MN
• Luther Memorial Home, Mayville, ND
• Karlstad Healthcare Center, Karlstad, MN
• Roseau Seniors, Roseau, MN (Halloween party)
• Twin Valley Nursing Home (thank you card for article on nursing homes)

 Education:

• Seeds of Success (S.O.S.) Educational Seminars, St. Cloud, Mankato and Bemidji, MN ("The Hard Work of Creating Fun")
• Education Minnesota Northwest Minnesota Region, Teacher’s Recognition Banquet (thank you note)
• Retired Teachers Association, Thief River Falls, MN (three times)
• Retired Teachers Association, Grand Forks, ND (two times)
• GED Commencement Ceremony, Detroit Lakes 
• GED Commencement Ceremony, Thief River Falls (thank you note)
• Mahnomen Public School Honor Society, Awards Breakfast, Mahnomen, MN (thank you note)
• Mrs. Roragen's fifth grade class, Norman County East, Gary, MN (photo) 

Historical: 

• Pennington County Historical Society, Smithsonian Institute “Barn Again” event
• Polk County Historical Society, annual banquet
• Clearwater County Historical Society, annual banquet
• Becker County Historical Society, annual banquet (thank you letter)
• Mahnomen County Historical Society
• Lake Region Chatauqua, Devils Lake, ND (returned three times)
• Icelandic State Park Chatauqua, Cavalier, ND (photo)
• Hillsboro Historical Society, Hillsboro, ND
• “The Non-Partisan League at 90” History Conference, University of North Dakota
• Great Plains History Conference, Grand Forks, ND (twice)
• Pope Art Museum Concert Series, Terrace, MN (three summers)
• Ulen, MN Historical Society (photo)

Entertainment of Lutherans and a couple other denominations:

• St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Crookston MN
• Trinity Lutheran Church, Crookston, MN
• National Church Staff Workers Banquet, Concordia College, Moorhead
• Life after Fifty, Good Shepherd Lutheran, Moorhead, MN
• Littleforks Lutheran Church, Mayville, ND (thank you note)
• Grace Lutheran Church, Ada, MN
• North Buffalo Lutheran Church, Kragnes, MN
• Immanuel Lutheran, Osage MN
• Zion Lutheran Church, Thief River Falls, mother-daughter banquet
• First Lutheran Church, Mahnomen MN, mother-daughter banquet (thank you note)
• St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Mahnomen MN (thank you note)
• Lake Park Lutheran, Lake Park, MN (Christmas party, two years)
• Bethesda Lutheran Church, St. Paul MN
• Bethesda Lutheran Church, Strandquist, MN
• Zion Lutheran Church, Ada, MN
• Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Barnesville, MN
• Trinity Lutheran Church, Moorhead, MN, senior club
• Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Clearbrook, MN
• Hawley United Methodist Church, Hawley, MN
• Richland Lutheran Church, Walcott, ND, fundraiser
• Sandhill Lutheran Church, Climax, MN
• United Methodist Church, Ada, MN
• Immanuel Lutheran Church, Hendrum, MN
• Faith Lutheran WELCA, Bagley, MN (thank you note)
• Northwest Minnesota Women's Synod (thank you note)
• Women of the ELCA (thank you note)

Horticulture: 

• Kandiyohi County Horticultural Society
• Douglas County Master Gardeners, Alexandria, MN, twice (thank you letter)
• East Otter Tail Master Gardeners Garden Day, Underwood, MN, keynote, three years (thank you and evaluation)
• Otter Tail County Garden Day, Perham, MN
• Beltrami County Master Gardeners, Bemidji, MN
• Grand Forks County Master Gardeners
• Moorhead Community Education Garden Day, closing keynote, six years (thank you letter)
• Stearns County Master Gardeners, St. Cloud, MN (thank you note)
• Minnesota Statewide Master Gardener Conference, Fergus Falls, MN (thank you note, thank you letter)
• Thirteenth District of the Minnesota Horticulture Society, anniversary celebration
• South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service, Sioux Falls, SD
• University of Minnesota Research Center, Morris, MN
• Grand Forks Homebuilders Association (four years)
• Fargo-Moorhead Homebuilders Association (three years)
• Northern Plains Botanic Garden Society, Fargo, ND (thank you card)
• Rydell Wildlife Refuge, Mentor, MN (three summer programs)
• Karlstad Garden Club (thank you card)
• Dozens of garden clubs, study clubs and service organizations throughout Northwest Minnesota

 Special Community Events: 

• Grygla Homemakers Banquet, Grygla MN
• Climax, MN Community Banquet
• Community Education Concert Series, Ada, MN (twice)
• City of Dilworth Loco Daze Health and Wellness Fair
• City of Halstad 125th Anniversary Kick-off dinner
• Halstad Community Banquet, Halstad, MN
• Red Lake Falls Ag Days Community Banquet, Red Lake Falls, MN
• Fun in the Flatlands, Ada MN (thank you note)
• Marshall County Fair, Warren MN

Annual Meetings and Banquets:

• Mississippi Headwaters Audubon Society, Bemidji, annual banquet  
• Agassiz Audubon Society, Warren, MN, annual banquet
• Marshall County Soil and Water Conservation District, Warren, MN, annual banquet
• Northwest Minnesota SWCD administrators meeting  
• Pennington County SWCD, Thief River Falls, MN, annual banquet (thank you note)
• Thief River Falls Audubon Society, Thief River Falls, MN, annual banquet
• Clearwater-Polk Electric Co-operative, Bagley, MN, annual meeting
• Wild Rice Electric Co-operative, Mahnomen, MN, annual meeting (thank you letter)
• Red River Electric Co-operative, Halstad MN, two annual meetings
• Farm Credit Services of North Dakota, Minot, ND, annual meeting
• Agassiz Federal Credit Union, Crookston, ND, annual meeting
• Norman County Farm Bureau, annual meeting
• Polk County Farm Bureau, annual meeting
• Polk County Farmer’s Union, annual meeting
• Minnesota Bison Growers Convention
• Annual Farm Business Management Banquet (thank you note)
• Friends of the Wetlands, Detroit Lakes, annual banquet

Scandinavian groups:

• Sons of Norway, Detroit Lakes, MN (50th anniversary banquet)
• Sons of Norway, Thief River Falls, MN, 100th anniversary banquet (thank you letter)
• Sons of Norway, Fargo, ND
• Sons of Norway, Bemidji, MN (annual banquet, twice)
• Swedish Society, Thief River Falls, annual banquet, twice (picture)
• Sunnfjord Lag Stevne, Grand Forks, ND
• 7 Lag Stevne, Willmar, MN
• Hallinglag, Crookston, MN
• Scandinavian Festival, Roseau, MN, three times (thank you note)
• Hallinglag, Fargo ND

Bank Loyalty Club Dinners:

• Bremer Bank, Breckenridge, MN
• American Federal Bank, Wahpeton, ND
• Ultima Bank, Fosston, MN (returned three times)
• First State Bank of Alexandria, MN
• Goose River State Bank, Mayville, ND

Women’s Groups: 

• Warren Women’s Club
• Warren Red Hat Society
• International Red Hat Convention, Shooting Star Casino, Mahnomen, MN
• Northland College University Wives, Thief River Falls, MN
• North Dakota Big Iron Ladies, Fargo, ND
• Area Wide Women’s Conference, Moe Lutheran Church, Roseau, MN
• Northwest Minnesota WELCA (Ladies Aid) Cluster Meetings 
• Bagley WELCA
• Gary Lutheran WELCA, Gary MN (four times)
• Lutheran Missouri Synod Women’s Conference, Grand Forks, ND
• Christian Women's Club, McIntosh, MN (six times)
• Christian Women's Club, Bemidji, MN (three times)
• Fertile Red Hat Society
• Pine to Prairie Women's Connection (thank you note)

Service Clubs: 

• Kiwanis, Thief River Falls, MN
• Rotary, Detroit Lakes, MN
• Kiwanis, Detroit Lakes, MN (thank you note)
• Rotary, Fosston, MN
• Kiwanis, Crookston, MN
• Rotary, Fargo, ND
• Lions, Fertile, MN
• Lions, Cormorant, MN
• Lions, Fosston, MN

Arizona RV Parks:

• Trails West, Tucson, AZ
• Eastgate RV Park, Mesa, AZ
• Aztec RV Park, Mesa, AZ
• Gold Canyon RV Park, Apache Junction, AZ
• Venture Out RV Park, Mesa, AZ
• Silverridge, Mesa, AZ
• Far Horizons, RV Park, Tucson, AZ

Eric's weekly column appears in the following newspapers:

• Grand Forks Herald, Grand Forks, ND
• Hawley Herald, Hawley, MN
• Lake Park Journal, Lake Park, MN
• Ulen Union, Ulen, MN
• Valley Journal, Halstad, MN
• Erskine Echo, Erskine, MN
• Fertile Journal, Fertile, MN
• Norman County Index, Ada, MN
• Anderson Valley Advertiser, Boonville, CA
• Thief River Falls Times, Thief River Falls, MN
• Crookston Times, Crookston, MN
• Grygla Eagle, Grygla, MN
• McIntosh Times, McIntosh, MN
• Oklee Herald, Oklee, MN
• Gonvick Leader-Record, Gonvick, MN
• Detroit Lakes Tribune/Becker County Record, Detroit Lakes, MN
• Morris Sun Tribune, Morris, MN
• Independent News Herald, Clarissa, MN
• The Gazette, Red Lake Falls, MN
• Twin Valley Times, Twin Valley, MN
• Kittson County Enterprise, Hallock, MN