Speaking, Keynotes & Workshops
Ideas that move people—and institutions—forward.
Engaging, practical programs exploring AI, student experience, systems thinking, digital strategy, and the future of higher education.
Selected conferences and organizations
More Than Inspiration
Audiences should leave seeing the work differently.
The best presentations do more than describe a trend. They help people recognize familiar challenges from a new perspective and give them practical language for what to do next.
My programs combine higher education leadership, systems thinking, emerging technology, student experience, and real institutional examples.
Every presentation is designed to be thoughtful, engaging, actionable, and grounded in the realities of higher education.
Featured Topics
Timely ideas. Practical application.
Topics can be adapted for conferences, campuses, executive retreats, staff development, or association programs.
Designing for the Student, Not the System
How institutions can recognize and redesign the fragmented systems, handoffs, and processes students are expected to navigate.
Keynote · Workshop · Leadership SessionAI Won’t Fix Broken Systems
Why AI can amplify both institutional strengths and weaknesses—and why systems thinking must come before automation.
Keynote · Executive Briefing · WorkshopThe Student Experience Gap
Why the moments institutions overlook are often the moments students remember—and what leaders can do about them.
Keynote · Campus Program · WorkshopClick Here to Stay
How digital experience, communication, technology, and service design influence belonging, engagement, and student retention.
Conference Session · Workshop · Staff DevelopmentEvery Workflow Is a Curriculum
What institutional processes teach students about expectations, belonging, help-seeking, and whether college was designed for them.
Keynote · Leadership Retreat · WorkshopSupporting Students with Experience in Foster Care
Practical strategies for building programs, policies, and institutional support around the experiences of foster youth.
Conference Session · Training · Campus ProgramProgram Formats
Designed for the room—and the outcome.
Programs can be adapted for audience size, available time, institutional context, and desired level of interaction.
Keynotes
Big ideas, compelling stories, and a clear call to action.
Workshops
Interactive learning with practical tools and application.
Panels
Insightful contribution, facilitation, and panel moderation.
Executive Sessions
Focused briefings and facilitated leadership conversations.
Virtual Programs
Engaging online presentations and interactive learning.
Audience Experience
What participants can expect.
Selected Presentation History
More than 30 presentations across the United States and Europe.
EDUCAUSE and SXSW EDU
Presented on integrated campus technology, digital experience and retention, and served as an SXSW EDU mentor for social media in higher education projects.
NACADA, Pathify, VCU, and Grand Rapids Community College
Programs addressed foster-care support, advising dashboards, student retention, professional identity, mental health in social media management, and higher education technology.
College Board, Ruffalo Noel Levitz, NASPA-FL, and European conferences
Presented in Washington, New York, Tampa, Belgium, and Ireland on foster-care advocacy, digital strategy, employability, advising, community-building, and the first-year experience.
NACADA International, NACADA National, and SXSW EDU
Presented in Sheffield, Dublin, Phoenix, and Austin on technology, creativity, communication, career development, advising, and educational technology.
EduWeb, WordPress EDU, NASPA, ACUHO-I, FLACADA, and ACPA
Early programs explored campus visits, WordPress, virtual advising, academic immersion, technology in advising, space, engagement, and student development.
Custom Programs
Need something designed for your institution?
Existing topics can be adapted to your audience, or we can build a custom program around a specific institutional priority, leadership challenge, or professional-development goal.
Programs may include pre-event discovery, customized examples, facilitated exercises, participant resources, or follow-up consultation.
Let’s create a program your audience will remember.
Share your event, audience, goals, preferred format, and possible dates. The topic can be refined together.
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