Presentations

Below are a selection of presentations I've given over my career.

Critical Hit

Critical Hit: Using Dungeons and Dragons for Training and Evaluation

This presentation distills Dungeons & Dragons down to its key concepts and shows you how they were implemented to track student employee progress, achieve goals, and build a closely connected team of adventure seekers and problem solvers. The presentation culminates in attendees filling out their own character sheet and working together as a group to solve a real life problem.


Presented at:

Indiana State Library, Online, 2021

The Collective, Knoxville, TN, 2020

IT Pro Forum, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2019

WorkWithMe

Work With Me

These sessions combine techniques of focused work time using the pomodoro technique and the style of speed dating to produce an environment for focused feedback and productivity.

Hosted for The Connect 2021

Oh the Things You’ll Curate

Oh, the Things You’ll Curate: Using LibGuides and LibWizard to Promote Collections and Track Success

Spreading the word about a new collection can be hard and tracking the success of social media posts and events can be even harder. Springshare makes it easy with their user-friendly tools and built in reporting capabilities. This session covers how to use LibGuides as a collection curation platform, leverage LibWizard to keep track of suggestions and checkout agreements, and using the reports built into those products to identify if events and social media posts are successful. 


Presented at SpringyCamp Summer 2019