Presentations
I present about design from time to time — on process, challenges, and hope. Here are some I’ve done. Contact me if you’d like me to speak at one of your events.
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Design principles in client work, volunteer design, collaborations, and self-initiated projects
- AIGA | UNO / University of Nebraska at Omaha :: Nov 2017
- AIGA Alaska / Downtown Anchorage :: Mar 2017
- Meet the Pros / Independent Design at Scott Conference Center Omaha :: Feb 2016
- Subversive Minds / Art & Social Movements at Indigo Bridge Books :: Mar 2015
- Design Days / Western Washington University :: May 2014
- College of Architecture / University of Nebraska at Omaha :: Mar 2013
- Department of Journalism, Media and Computing / Creighton University :: Mar 2013
- Art Directors Association of Iowa / Downtown Des Moines :: Jan 2011
- Pecha Kucha / Design Alliance Omaha :: Nov 2008
Make It Smaller
Basic principles for organization and company leaders to help lay a groundwork for understanding design
- Startup Roundtable on Branding hosted by Straight Shot :: Jul 2014–16
- Branding Roundtable hosted by Omaha Entrepreneur Network :: May 2016
- Cause Camp hosted by the American Marketing Association Lincoln :: Apr 2014
How To Stop A Pipeline
The design side of the Keystone XL story
- Six Years of #NOKXL Design hosted by Affect Conf Portland :: Oct 2016
- Designing a progressive startup in a conservative state hosted by AIGA Nebraska :: Oct 2011
Round and Round Knowledge Sharing
Presentations about current topics important in the world of design and collaboration
- How to get a (modern) website hosted by Omaha Creative Institute, Artist INC :: Oct 2015–16
- How to improve your Web presence hosted by Nebraska Writers Collective :: Jul 2016
- DO NOT LIKE THIS hosted by AIGA Nebraska + BarCamp Omaha :: Aug 2015
- Building Your Web Portfolio hosted by The Union for Contemporary Art :: Apr 2015
Infographics: The Why and The How
Let’s talk about the popular, the beautiful, and the hard-to-make
- PRSA Nebraska Professional Development Luncheon :: Aug 2014
- Me, Myself, and Design hosted by AIGA Nebraska :: Nov 2013
- Information Graphics Class / Metro Community College :: Oct 2012
Good Thinking
Sustainability, socially-conscious design, and how to create design projects for social impact
- Meet the Pros :: Feb 2011
- AIGA Bellevue University Student Group :: Nov 2009
- Me, Myself, and Design hosted by AIGA Nebraska :: Aug 2009
The Reflex Blue Show
Interviewed on the Reflex Blue show with Jake Welchert. We discussed design, politics, and President Obama. Take a listen or scroll through a variety of slides from the presentations listed above.
And then with the full crew at Round and Round and Round. We talked co-working, collaboration, and making expert design accessible to clients with small budgets.
2008–Present: Self-Initiated Project, Presentation, Workshop
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