I teach, train, and entertain audiences both large and small, public and private. I am available to speak at your event or run seminars with your team.
Topics include UX design, digital media, online publishing, video distribution, product management, professional creativity, content management and more.
Topics include UX design, digital media, online publishing, video distribution, product management, professional creativity, content management and more.
Sample Public Speaking & Training Topics
How to Be A Professional Creative Person
Tips, tricks, and ideas for any human with a creative edge. For designers, artists, and dreamers alike, this training will support you in utilizing your natural creativity in a professional setting to improve and finish projects.
Creative Theory
Design Concepts
Visual Phenomenon
Roles and Responsibilities
Rules, Laws & Principles
Strategy & Planning
User Experience Design Crash Course
Exploring the entire process of UX design, from research and planning, to project execution and maintenance. We start with foundational skills and design concepts and move into more specific disciplines.
From Nothing to Something: Managing Your Product
How ideas become products
Practical techniques and useful processes
Entrepreneurism and DIY
Case studies of projects I’ve been involved in
Product and project management approaches
Product lifecycle
Planning methods
Tracking and analytics
Digital Content Strategy Workshop
Content management and asset management
Consistency & Frequency
Media types
Content analytics
Supporting your brand with content production and distribution
Fun examples and videos from my experiences
Teaching & Speaking Experience
University of Washington
I taught the class “IMT 570 Analytic Methods for Information Professionals” and guest lectured for various classes at the UW iSchool in Seattle.
General Assembly
During the 2020 pandemic I taught four cohorts of students in a UX Design twelve-week bootcamp. I’ve also taught the class “Introduction to Product Management”. GA is a private, for-profit education organization. Campuses in numerous countries throughout the world teach entrepreneurs and business professionals practical technology skills.
911 Media Arts Center
I taught classes in HTML and web design. Eventually I became president of the board of directors. 911 Media was a non-profit media arts and access center in Seattle which was founded to support the expressive use of media tools through training, equipment and access grants.
Past Events and Classes
Live Digital Broadcasting, Newsroom Asset Management Techniques, Best Practices for Online Publishers, How I Survived the Dot Com Bust, Ten Lessons Learned from Working in Cannabis, Analytical Methods for Content Creators, Video Approaches for Digital Marketing, Making It Visible, Web Design 101
