Presentations & special events (selected):
Local History Meeting of Capital Affiliates: Outreach & Engagement: How to Make Space for Both - October 2022
WiLSWorld Shorts: Outreach & Engagement: How to Make Space for Both - July 2022
AISL Summer Institute Facilitator - July 2021
IMLS Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries Community Memory case study presentation - November 2019
ALA eLearning Webinar: Becoming a Creative Hub for Your Community - July 2019, March 2020
UW Writers' Institute: How to Make the Most of Your Best Free Resource - Your Public Library, April 2018
WiLSWorld Conference: All Good Things: How to End a Project 101, July 2018
Rochester Regional Library Council Webinar: Incubating Creativity at Your Library, September 2017
American Library Association Annual Conference: Library Takeover, June 2017
American Library Association Annual Conference: Artist Residencies in Libraries, June 2017
LACONI Staff Presentation: Innovative Community Engagement, January 2017
AASL Webinar: Incubating Creativity at Your Library, summer 2016
OCLC WebJunction Webinar: Incubating Creativity at Your Library, spring 2016
South by Southwest Conference, April 2016
Wisconsin Library Association Conference, November 2015 (Youth Services Leadership Panel: Getting to Yes)
ILEAD Wisconsin Presentation on Project Development & Sustainability, October 2015
Minnesota Library Association Conference, October 2015 (featured speaker)
Facilitating the Artist's Library/Libraries as Incubators for the Arts, State Library of New South Wales Australia, July 2015 (webinar leader)
Immersive Theatre workshop, Craig High School, May 2015 (facilitator)
Kansas City IMLS Convening on Learning Spaces in Libraries, May 2015 (panelist)
Florida Association of Independent School Librarians, April 2015 (keynote presentation, session presentations)
Corning Museum of Glass, January 2015 (lecture)
Gale-Cengage Learning, November 2014 (webinar/blog post on community outreach)
Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conference, November 2014 (session on Mobile Makerspaces, session on Leadership in Youth Services)
Wisconsin Book Festival, October 2014 (art exploration & installation)
Cedar Rapids Public Library staff training day (keynote: Libraries and the Community & breakout session: The S.T.E.A.M.punks Club)
Iowa Library Association Annual Conference, October 2014 (keynote presentation / concurrent session)
Texas Book Festival, October 2014
Open Field at Walker Art Center, August 2014 (art exploration & interactive installation)
WiLSWorld Conference, July 2014 (panel on creativity in libraries)
Madison Public Library-The Bubbler, May-June 2014 (artist-in-residence)
American Library Association Annual Conference, June 2014 (Connect & Create @ Your Library, Out of the Box Book Clubs)
Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries Annual Conference, May 2014 (session on Book to Art Club)
Games Learning Society Conference, June 2014 (panel on gaming workshops in libraries)
Mad Theory Performance Philosophy Symposium, April 2014 (interactive workshop / performance-lecture)
American Craft Council, April 2014 (Library Salon co-hosted with Jessica Pigza, author of BiblioCraft)
Give & Take by Works Progress, April 2014 (interactive art workshop, co-presenter)
Handmade at the Library, April 2014 (Bubbler program with Jessica Pigza, author of BiblioCraft)
South Central Library System, February 2014 (session on adult programming)
Arrowhead Library System, January 2014 (special presentation on makerspaces & libraries)
Mississippi Library Association Annual Conference, Fall 2013 (keynote presentation)
American Library Association Annual Conference, Summer 2013
Ontario Library Association Education Institute, Spring 2013 (webinar)
Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conference, Fall 2012
Outagamie Library System, Spring 2012 (webinar) - click to listen to archived presentation
Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries Annual Conference, Spring 2012
Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conference, Fall 2011