Presentations

  • Social Media: Building (and Protecting) Your Online Professional Brand, Association of American Medical Colleges Learn Serve Lead National Conference, November 2019 [forthcoming] (Phoenix, AZ).
  • When Facts and Data Aren’t Enough: Storytelling as a Critical Leadership Strategy, Association of American Medical Colleges Learn Serve Lead National Conference, November 2019 [forthcoming] (Phoenix, AZ).
  • Open Your Eyes: Data Visualization for Speechwriters, Professional Speechwriters Association World Conference, October 2019 [forthcoming] (Washington, DC).
  • Sixth Annual GIA Film Festival, Association of American Medical Colleges Group for Institutional Advancement Conference, April 2019 (Orlando, FL).
  • Alumni Relations Focused Discussion: Storytelling to Drive Emotional Engagement and Commitment, Association of American Medical Colleges Group for Institutional Advancement Conference April 2019 (Orlando, FL).
  • The Big Wow — Best Practices in Digital Storytelling from Around the GIA, Association of American Medical Colleges Group for Institutional Advancement Conference, April 2019 (Orlando, FL).
  • Team Digital: Putting the Right Players and Resources on the Field, Association of American Medical Colleges Group for Institutional Advancement Conference, April 2018 (Seattle).
  • Data Visualizations and Infographics: Taming Dense Data with Proven Visual Strategies [2-hour workshop], Association of American Medical Colleges Group for Institutional Advancement Conference, April 2018 (Seattle).
  • Fifth Annual GIA Film Festival, Association of American Medical Colleges Group for Institutional Advancement Conference, March 2018 (Seattle).
  • Data Visualizations and Infographics: Taming Dense Data with Proven Visual Strategies [2-hour workshop], Association of American Medical Colleges Group for Institutional Advancement Conference, March 2017 (San Juan).
  • Fourth Annual GIA Film Festival, Association of American Medical Colleges Group for Institutional Advancement Conference, March 2017 (San Juan).
  • Epic Fail: When Good Ideas Go Bad, Association of American Medical Colleges Group for Institutional Advancement Conference, March 2017 (San Juan).
  • Don’t panic! (And other tips for making speechwriting simpler), PRSA Hampton Roads, November 2016 (Norfolk, VA).
  • Transforming print content: Giving a feature magazine new digital life, BJC Health Communicators Conference, August 2016 (St. Louis, MO).
  • Bullet proof: Building presentations with powerful visuals [half-day workshop], PRSA Anchorage, June 2016 (Anchorage and Fairbanks, AK).
  • Don’t panic! (And other tips for making speechwriting simpler), PRSA Anchorage, June 2016 (Anchorage and Fairbanks, AK).
  • Infographics & data visualization: Effective storytelling through data [half-day workshop], Alyeksa Pipeline Services, June 2016 (Anchorage, AK).
  • Design Bootcamp [half-day workshop], Alyeksa Pipeline Services, June 2016 (Anchorage, AK).
  • Break into online video without breaking the bank, Ragan Corporate Communicators Conference, June 2016 (Pittsburgh).
  • Getting social about social media, Association of American Medical Colleges Group for Institutional Advancement Conference, April 2016 (Phoenix).
  • Third Annual GIA Film Festival, Association of American Medical Colleges Group for Institutional Advancement Conference, April 2016 (Phoenix).
  • Presentations: The good, the bad & the ugly, Professional Speechwriters Association’s Speechwriting School, October 2015 (Washington, DC).
  • My Story: An adventure in digital storytelling, EduWeb Digital Summit, July 2015 (Chicago).
  • Second Annual GIA Film Festival, Association of American Medical Colleges Group for Institutional Advancement Conference, April 2015 (Atlanta).
  • No Longer a Luxury: Integrating Online Video Into Your PR and Marketing Efforts, PRSA Hampton Roads, May 2014 (Virginia Beach, VA).
  • GIA Film Festival: The best videos from your peers, Association of American Medical Colleges Group for Institutional Advancement Conference, March 2014 (Salt Lake City, UT).
  • Building bullet-proof presentations [pre-conference workshop] and How video can save your speaker (& your speechwriting sanity) [conference session], Ragan Speechwriters Conference, February 2014 (Washington, DC).
  • Unity of message: Developing a centralized voice in a decentralized model, tForum TerminalFour User Conference, November 2013 (Boston).
  • Build it and they will come? Searching for community in social media spaces, Computers & Writing Conference, June 2013 (Frostburg, MD).
  • An inside look at intranet sites, Association of American Medical Colleges Group for Institutional Advancement Conference, April 2013 (Hollywood, FL).
  • Getting outside of the box (& the silos): Implementing innovative events & increasing collaboration, Association of American Medical Colleges Group for Institutional Advancement Conference, April 2011 (Nashville).
  • Moderation or presentation? Using Twitter backchannel for more effective conference presentations, Computers & Writing Conference, May 2010 (West Lafayette, IN).
  • Tweetagogy: Building community in 140 characters or less, Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Conference, March 2010 (Louisville, KY).
  • Marketing your school system for family & community partnerships (Panel), Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE) Issues Seminar, June 2008 (Miami)
  • Is a pixel worth a thousand words? Why graduate students avoid new media & how professors can encourage them, Center for Learning Technologies at Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA), May 2008.
  • Unleashing your inner ambassadors, Council of the Great City Schools Fall Conference, 2007 (Nashville).
  • Communicating with stakeholders, University of Virginia Turnaround Specialist Program & Executive Leadership Programs (Darden-Curry Partnership), June-July 2007 and July 2009 (Charlottesville, VA); Los Lunas Public Schools, October 2007 (Los Lunas, NM).
  • Leveraging executive communications, National School Public Relations Association Conference, 2007 (Phoenix); CHESPRA Fall Conference, 2007 (Arlington, VA); Council of the Great City Schools Public Relations Executives Meeting, 2008 (Arlington, VA).
  • Working with the media, University of Virginia Turnaround Specialist Program (Darden-Curry Partnership), July 2006 (Charlottesville, VA); Los Lunas Public Schools, October 2007 (Los Lunas, NM).
  • A tale of two cities: Surviving superintendent searches in neighboring suburban & urban systems, National School Public Relations Association Conference, 2006 (Chicago).
  • The urban advantage: Why you should recruit urban students, Virginia Association of College Registrars and Admissions Officers Conference, Dec. 2005 (Virginia Beach, VA).
  • The superintendent search, Council of the Great City Schools Public Relations Executives Meeting, 2005 (Boston).
  • Parent & community involvement, Council of the Great City Schools Public Relations Executives Meeting, 2004 (Nashville).
  • Communicating NCLB: Understanding the challenges facing urban PR professionals, Council of the Great City Schools Public Relations Executives Meeting, 2002 (San Diego).