Speaking & Facilitation
My speaking and facilitation work focuses on leadership, belonging, civic engagement, service, and social impact. Across keynote speaking, TEDx programming, conference presentations, and facilitated learning experiences, I aim to create spaces where people can reflect, connect ideas to practice, and leave with a clearer understanding of how leadership shows up in everyday decisions and relationships.
These selected examples demonstrate my ability to communicate with different audiences, including students, staff, faculty, higher education professionals, civic engagement practitioners, and social impact leaders. Some projects centered on public storytelling and audience engagement, while others focused on translating leadership concepts into practical frameworks, reflective discussion, and applied learning. Across each setting, I bring a facilitative approach that balances clarity, reflection, audience connection, and actionable insight.
Together, these samples show how I use speaking and facilitation as tools for leadership development. Whether on a TEDx stage, emceeing a public program, delivering a keynote, or facilitating a national youth service experience, my goal is to help people make meaning, strengthen practice, and connect leadership to purpose, people, and impact.
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Vanlife and the Art of Belonging: Creating Community on the Move
TEDxBGSU Talk | Storytelling | Belonging | Community
This TEDxBGSU talk used vanlife as a lens to explore belonging, community, movement, and connection. Rather than framing vanlife only as travel or lifestyle, the talk connected lived experience on the road to broader questions about how people create community across changing places, relationships, and seasons of life. As a speaking sample, this project demonstrates my ability to translate personal experience into a public message that is reflective, accessible, and connected to larger leadership and belonging themes. It also reflects my ability to use story as a bridge between lived experience, audience reflection, and shared meaning.
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TEDxBGSU: Democracy for the Public Good
Emcee Role | Public Program Leadership | Civic Dialogue | Audience Engagement
As emcee for TEDxBGSU: Democracy for the Public Good, I helped guide a public-facing program centered on democracy, civic life, and the common good. This role required setting tone, creating transitions, supporting audience engagement, and helping connect individual talks to the larger theme of the event. As a speaking and event leadership sample, this experience demonstrates my ability to hold space for complex public conversations with clarity, professionalism, and purpose. It also connects closely to my broader work in civic engagement, democratic learning, and leadership development.
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The Road Was Never the Point: How Supervision Shapes Courage and the Leaders We Become
Keynote Address | Leadership Development | Supervision | Reflective Practice
This keynote, delivered for the Student Employment Leadership Conference at Bowling Green State University, explored how supervision, mentorship, and student employment shape courage and leadership development. The talk used story, reflection, and practical leadership takeaways to help supervisors think about their role not only as managers of student work, but as developmental influences in students’ lives. As a keynote sample, this project demonstrates my ability to connect personal narrative, leadership theory, and applied practice for a professional audience. It also reflects one of my core speaking strengths: helping people see everyday leadership moments as opportunities for growth, courage, and formation.
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Allstate Foundation National Youth Service Summit
Facilitation | Youth Service | Social Impact | Leadership Reflection
As a facilitator for the Allstate Foundation National Youth Service Summit, I supported a learning environment focused on youth service, civic engagement, and social impact. This facilitation experience required helping participants engage ideas, reflect on their role in service, and connect leadership development to action-oriented community impact. As a facilitation sample, this project demonstrates my ability to guide conversation, support participant reflection, and create structure for meaningful learning in a national service-focused context. It also aligns with my broader work helping young people and organizations connect purpose, leadership, and measurable social contribution.