Presenting & consultancy

“Wonderful , inspiring, reassuring and super professional…A great, funny way to end the day. Was uplifting, and just on the right note. Great presenting style.” — feedback on the Wellington Loop keynote address (2018)

An engaging and highly experienced presenter and facilitator, both online and face-to-face.Talk to me about educational workshops, speaking engagement and consultancy.

We can explore:

• Leading for change: Transforming and sustaining learning with learners at the heart.
• Powerful professional learning design that will take your teams with you.
• Inclusive design: Redesign learning and leading for a more inclusive, connected approach.
• Digital tech & curriculum strategic planning for leaders and schools; integrate technologies powerfully in learner-centred curriculum and pedagogy – and when we shouldn’t.
• Online community design: From ideation to facilitation, social networks and connectivity— when it works, when it doesn’t.

Selected engagements

2019

• Invitee — Education Symposium, Wellbeing and Key Competencies (Ministry of Education)
• Member —National working party developing the PLD priorities (Ministry of Education)
• Education Central panel exploring the ‘Tomorrow’s Schools Review’ (February 2019)
• Whole staff facilitation focused on inclusive practice, Nexus International School, Singapore (January 2019)

2018

• Panelist, CORE Education Accelerator (June 2018)
• LoopED conference (June 2018) – keynote
• Invited panelist, 21C Skills Lab event (March 2018)

2017

• Hawkes Bay Literacy Association (November 2017)
• Wellington Loop Breakfast (October 2017)
• NASDAP National Conference (August 2017)  – keynote
• International Schools’ NZ Conference (May 2017) – keynote
• Energise Conference, Queenstown (April 2017)
• Education Law Symposium (March 2017)

2016

• Netsafe Confronting Online Harm Together conference (Nov, 2016)
• ULearn16, Rotorua – Oct 2016 – keynote
• New Zealand Literacy Association National Conference, Oct 2016 – keynote
• Education Law Conference, Wellington (16 Sept. 2016)
• CORE Breakfast, Dunedin (August 2016)
• Mana Principals’ Association (May 2016)
• Leaders’ hui, Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu – (Feb 2016) – panel
• Teacher Only Days’ consultancy – Wellington (Feb 2016)

2015

• New Zealand Literacy Association (NZLA) National Conference, Sep 2015 – keynote
• NZATE National Conference, Jul 2015 – keynote
• CORE Breakfasts 2015 (Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington): Future focused education
• Whanganui Schools’ cluster, May 2015 – keynote
• Connected Learning Summit, Melbourne, April 2015
• Start of year kick-off, Naenae Cluster, Wellington
• Selected groups in 2015 to date: Naenae Cluster, NZQA

2014

• Connected Educator Month NZ (Oct 2014)
• SpringboardTrust, Alumni Learning Platform (Oct 2014)
• ULearn14 (Oct 2014)
• #edchatnz conference [closing keynote] (August 2014)
• DEANZ14 Conference (April 2014)
• GAFE Summit (Auckland)
• Ministry / Connecting to the N4L managed network webinars (March 2014)
• Festival of Education (Wellington, 2014)
• Learning@School Roadshow
• CORE Breakfasts 2014 (Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin): Digitising professional learning
• NZTA Christchurch & Nelson; English resources (workshops)
• NZTA Secondary and Primary Schools’ (Chair)
• Southern Schools Cluster (Dunedin, Jan 2014)
• Selected schools: Red Beach, Medbury Prep, Worser Bay, Clifton Terrace, Owhiro Bay

2013

• e-Leaders Symposium, Blenheim [Oct 2013]
• ULearn13: Invited speaker; workshop facilitation; research proceedings [Oct 2013]
• NZTA Secondary Schools Reference Group. Chair [Sept. 2013]
• Global Education First Conference, Chicago [Sept. 2013]: Innovating and Including: Creating Education First Environments
• NetHui 2013: Panel speaker (impact of broadband); Education stream facilitator [July 2013]

  

• NZCETA National Conference (2013), Christchurch; Keynote.
• Emerging Leaders’ Summit, 15 June 2013
• ICOT 2013: Workshop exploring the impact of social networks online for professional learning
• Learning@School Roadshow; Keynote: Social media for educators’ learning
• CORE Breakfasts 2013 – Invercargill, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch

2012

• eWrapper ICT PD cluster. Keynote. (November 2012)
• ULearn12: Spotlight session (October 2012). Livestream recording.
• Taranaki APDP Association conference (August, 2012): Keynote and workshop exploring e-learning.
• Digital Daze ICT PD Cluster: Keynote and workshop with Chrissie Butler.
• Somerville-Willowbank-Point View (trischool) e-learning day (July 2012). Keynote.
• NZATE national conference (July 2012), presenting for the New Zealand Transport Agency
• CORE Education breakfast sessions: How to make virtual PD work for your school. I’ll be up early in Wellington (plus workshop), Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill (plus workshop).
• DEANZ national conference, April 2012: Enabling e-Learning.
• Wellington Regional Association of English Teachers: Awesome hour exploring two new English resources I’ve developed for the New Zealand Transport Agency (29 Feb 12)
• Learning@School, 2012 (#lats12): Workshops on e-learning for those new to technologies for learning.

2011

• ULearn, 2011. Workshops on Enabling e-Learning content/community, and the e-Learning Planning Framework.
• International Conference for Teachers of English (April, 2011). Panel discussion on ICTs in English.
• Launching e-Learning PD for 2011. Presentation to St Catherine’s College, Wellington (February, 2011)

2010

• Workshop 1: eLearning and literacy: Powerful learning, not busy work (NZATE Conference, 2010)
• Workshop 1 notes (Word)
• Workshop 2: Online communities for learning (NZATE Conference, 2010)
• eLearning and literacy for the Wellington Teachers of English Association (slideshow).

2008

• Using ‘web 2.0’ tools to support English teaching. An online workshop for NZATE Conference (2008).
• Web 2.0 and English. Slideshow prepared for Wellington English teachers’ conference (Victoria University)

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