Speaking Engagements

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Past Speaking Engagements

STC’s Technical Communication Summit

May 14-17, 2023, Atlanta, GA

Presented session: Creating an Infographic using PowerPoint: Let’s Do It!

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Webinar – Editorial Freelancers Association

March 16, 2023

Presented session, Editing Manuscripts for Submission to a Scientific or Medical Journal.


Webinar – Editors Canada

February 1, 2023

Presented session, Editing Manuscripts for Submission to a Scientific or Medical Journal.


Webinar – American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) Southwest Chapter

October 25, 2022

Presented session, Engineering Your Networking Experiences, for monthly meeting.

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Webinar – AIIP

September 20, 2022

Participated in panel, Creating On-Demand Videos: Lessons Learnt, for member meeting.


Webinar – Society for Technical Communication (STC)

June 22, 2022

Presented third session in a 3-part series, Tech Comm Productivity Tips for Microsoft Products: Excel, OneNote, Outlook, Everything Else

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Webinar – Society for Technical Communication (STC)

June 15, 2022

Presented second session in a 3-part series, Tech Comm Productivity Tips for Microsoft Products: PowerPoint

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Webinar – Society for Technical Communication (STC)

June 8, 2022

Presented first session in a 3-part series, Tech Comm Productivity Tips for Microsoft Products: Word

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Virtual AIIP Annual Conference

April 27-29, 2022

Recorded a session, Build a Better Checklist, which was available to attendees of the conference.


Virtual American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) DVC Freelance Workshop

March 12, 2022

Facilitated virtual roundtables, To Be More Efficient and Consistent, Build a Better Checklist.


Virtual American Medical Writer Association (AMWA) Mid-Atlantic Conference

March 4, 2022

Presented session, A Systematic Approach to Manuscript Editing, with another speaker.


Webinar – Panel

February 28, 2022

Participated in a KnowledgeXchange Panel on the topic of How to Build Your Network and Promote Your Professional Brand through the Society for Technical Communication.


Webinar – Panel

December 15, 2021

Participated in a panel on the topic of Why do we need an editor on the team? for a Green Room Discussion through TC Camp.


Virtual American Medical Writer Association (AMWA) Conference

October 27-29, 2021

Recorded a discussion with another speaker on A Systematic Approach to Manuscript Editing and answered questions via chat during the replay session. They were over 300 people signed up for the session, and the chat was REALLY busy!

Facilitated two virtual roundtables / networking sessions: To Be More Efficient and Consistent, Build a Better Checklist. About 20 people attended each and the conversation was consistent and fruitful.


WBOC (Women Business Opportunities Connection)

October 6, 2021

Presented in-person talk, Engineering Your Networking Experiences for monthly meeting.


Webinar – Editors Canada

August 11, 2021

Presented session, To Be More Efficient and Consistent, Build a Better Checklist for Editors Canada

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Virtual STC Summit Conference

June 8, 2021

Presented session, Low-Cost and Low-Effort Ways to Create Infographics and Visually Appealing Slides, for STC’s Summit conference.

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Webinar – Panel

May 26, 2021

Participated in a panel on the topic of Extending the reach of medical publications: working on digital enhancements in practice for NetworkPharma.tv.

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Virtual STC Spectrum Conference

April 19, 2021

Presented session, Low-Cost and Low-Effort Ways to Create Infographics and Visually Appealing Slides, for STC’s Rochester Chapter’s Spectrum conference.

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Virtual STC Conduit UnConference

April 10, 2021

Presented session, To Be More Efficient and Consistent, Build a Better Checklist for STC Philadelphia-Metro Chapter’s Conduit UnConference. Attendees voted on sessions they wanted to see the day of the conference, and speakers presented sessions in small breakout rooms.

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Webinar

March 30, 2021

Presented session, Engineering Your Networking Experiences for STC Rochester Chapter and Instructional Design and Learning Special Interest Group / Community of Practice.

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Webinar

January 26, 2021

Presented session, Engineering Your Networking Experiences for STC.

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Writeup on STC_MGL website


Webinar

December 30, 2020

Presented session, To Be More Efficient and Consistent, Build a Better Checklist for STC Technical Editing Community of Practice.

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Webinar

November 4, 2020

Presented session, To Be More Efficient and Consistent, Build a Better Checklist for STC Chicago chapter.

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Virtual American Medical Writer Association (AMWA) Conference

October 20-22, 2020

Recorded a narrated PowerPoint with two other speakers on 3 Ways to Get More Freelance Clients on LinkedIn and answered questions via chat during the replay session. They were over 100 people signed up for the session, and the chat was busy.

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Recorded a narrated PowerPoint on Low-Cost and Low-Effort Ways to Create Infographics and Visually Appealing Slides and answered questions via chat during the replay session. They were over 300 people signed up for the session, and the chat was REALLY busy!

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Facilitated virtual roundtable/networking session: To Be More Efficient and Consistent, Build a Better Checklist. 27 people attended and the conversation was consistent and fruitful.

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Virtual Spectrum Conference

September 19-21, 2020

Facilitated a discussion among STC leaders and participants on Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey and Volunteering in STC.

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Virtual Roundtable

June 25, 2020

Facilitated virtual roundtable: Build a Better Checklist

This was facilitated as part of the AMWA Southwest Chapter Virtual Roundtables and Annual Meeting.

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Virtual Workshop

June 2, 2020

Facilitated workshop: To Be more Efficient and Consistent, Build a Better Checklist

This was originally scheduled as an in-person workshop for the AIIP Annual conference, but was offered to members as a virtual workshop after the conference was cancelled.

Note: While I normally share materials from my session, because it was a paid workshop, I won’t be providing slides, handouts, or the recording publicly on my website.


Webinar

April 20, 2020

Presented session: Tools to Enhance Your Productivity as an Editor

This was presented to the Metro NY Chapter of AMWA .

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Webinar

April 18, 2020

Presented session: Build a Better Checklist for your Communications Tasks

This was presented as part of the STC South Central Texas Mini-conference.

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Webinar

February 27, 2020

Presented session: Tools to Enhance Your Productivity as an Editor

This webinar was presented to the Rocky Mountain Chapter of AMWA.

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Webinar

January 14 , 2020

Presented session: Tools to Enhance Your Productivity as an Editor

This webinar was presented to the South Central Texas Chapter of STC.

Link to recording: https://youtu.be/R_yZwXKZHoI


Webinar

November 21, 2019

Presented session: To Be more Efficient and Consistent, Build a Better Checklist for your Communications Tasks

This webinar was presented to the Rocky Mountain Chapter of STC.


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November 7, 2019

Presented session: Tools to Enhance Your Productivity as an Editor

This was a slightly re-worked session, meant to be an hour, with a different title than the one at Summit in May. This was during the AMWA Medical Writing and Communication Conference in San Diego, CA.

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August 26, 2019

Presented session: Tools to Enhance Your Productivity as an Editor

An encore presentation of the session I presented at the 2019 STC Summit (with a slightly different title), this was for a small but active local group.

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Webinar

July 10, 2019

Presented session: Expanding Your Toolbox to Make You a More Productive Editor

An encore presentation of the session I presented at the 2019 STC Summit. Of the 72 that registered, 49 showed up. I had some good questions, and I received some LinkedIn invites afterwards with good feedback and additional tips (some of which I will include in future LinkedIn posts on my company page).

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STC’s Technical Communication Summit

May 5-8, 2019, Denver, CO

Presented session : Expanding Your Toolbox to Make You a More Productive Editor

Giving my session at Summit 2019

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Webinar

February 20 , 2019

Presented session:  Using Checklists to Increase Consistency and Productivity in Communications Tasks

This webinar was presented to the Lone Star Chapter of STC.


Webinar

January 14, 2019

Presented session:  Using Checklists to Increase Consistency and Productivity in Communications Tasks

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More information and a link to the video: https://www.single-sourcing.com/events/checklists-increase-productivity/


STC – New England Chapter’s Interchange Conference

October 26 and 27, 2018, Lowell, MA

Presented session: Engineering Your Networking Experiences

The theme for this conference was Engineering Experiences, so I updated some slides I had used on networking to give a session called Engineering Your Networking Experiences. I  was in the first session of the first day, right after the keynote, so I did my best to send InterChange attendees out into the rest of the conference and the world with some tools for better networking. It was gratifying to hear attendees use some of my phrases in talking to me and others in an effort to network and use what they learned.

Webinar

September 19, 2018

Presented session: Ideas and Advice for Building Side Gigs at Your Day Job

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Slides: Ideas and Advice for Building Side Gigs at Your Day Job

Webinar

May 9, 2018

Presented session: Using Checklists to Increase Consistency and Productivity in Communications Tasks

Slides: Using Checklists to Increase Consistency and Productivity in Communication Tasks

STC – Philadelphia-Metro Chapter’s Conduit Conference

April 7, 2018, Philadelphia, PA

Presented session: Ready to Pivot, Advance, or Change? Use Side Gigs to Move Your Career Forward (with Todd DeLuca)

STC – Rochester Chapter’s Spectrum Conference

March 25-27, 2018, Rochester, NY

Presented a Spotlight Talk on Using Checklists to Increase Consistency and Productivity in Communications Tasks. Due to time constraints, I rushed through it a bit but I got some good feedback. My slides are on SlideShare and my other resources include an infographic on How to Create an Editing Checklist.

STC – New England Chapter’s Interchange Conference

October 20-21, 2017, Lowell, MA

Presented session: Ideas and Advice for Building Side Gigs at Your Day Job

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