Over the past few years I’ve had the good fortune to speak at a variety of events, on various topics. My areas of expertise include visual thinking, translation technologies and processes and community building and I’ve delivered talks on all three topics in the past. I’m also available to help consult on the development and design of Powerpoint based presentations.

Recent Speaking Engagements:

	Visual Thinking and the Writing Process Delivered at: CAJ “Innovate News” 2010 (01/10) I delivered this presentation at the Canadian Association of Journalists “Innovate News” conference in Toronto, ON. The topic was “Visual Thinking and the Writing Process” and looks at visual techniques that writers could use in brainstorming, gathering information and developing their stories. The Presentation & other reference materials can be found here.
	Exciting Data: Designing for Visual Efficiency Delivered at: FITC 2009 (04/09) This sessiontook a look at how we see (i.e. how our brain processes visual information) and then based on that knowledge looked at some basic design recommendations to ensure that your visuals & designs were as visually efficient as possible.The Presentation & other reference materials can be found here.
	Building Visual Thinking Communities Delivered at: VizThink 2008 (01/08) This session covered my experience in founding and launching the VizThink Toronto community – it also takes attendees through my recommendations for getting their own community started. Delivered at VizThink 2008 this session led directly to the creation of three additional VizThink communities. Todays there are 13 in action around the world. View the presentation here.
	Overcoming the Language Barrier in a Global Economy Delivered at: EnterpriseCamp 2007 (05/07) View the presentation here.
	An Introduction to Visual Thinking Delivered at: VizThink Toronto 1 (02/07), Interaction Camp (05/07) An introduction to Visual Thinking: Nodes and Links. This session was what I delivered at the inauguarl VizThink Toronto event in early 2007. View the presentation here.