I’ve presented keynote talks about user experience, information architecture, and content strategy at over 90 events in 9 countries on 5 continents. My talks are story-driven, rich with examples, and filled with strategies that your audience can put to use.

Current talks

Transparent Recruiting: A Better Way to Hire People

Summary:
In The Great Resignation and Remote Jobs Boom, high-growth companies will need to hire more designers and design leaders in the next 2 years than they did in the past 10. How will they hire them in the most competitive employer market of our lifetime?

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How to maximize the impact of content design

Summary:
Most content design leaders stretch their teams to cover many products at once, or sometimes 5-10 or more. This unintentionally causes the team to constantly switch context, drive less product impact, lag in their career development, earn less pay, and ultimately burn out and leave, only to repeat the cycle elsewhere. This is normal… but it shouldn’t be.

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What do we owe to each other?

Summary:
Men tend to sit out conversations about gender equality and equity. They often consider it to be a “women’s issue” or are afraid of making a mistake and saying the wrong thing. But men are also in the majority of leadership roles—and not just in the design industry. They have the most power to create change and create equity across all genders. So this isn’t a conversation they can sit out. When it comes to gender equity, what should we expect of men in the design industry? And what do they expect of themselves?

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Past talks

My speaking portfolio on Notist includes over 10 years of talks on UX, content strategy and design, information architecture, SEO, marketing, and more!

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