Presentations

I’ve presented at local, regional, and national conferences on topics ranging from readers’ advisory, LGBTQ young adult fiction, social media, marketing, communications, and teen programming.

How to Read Now: Advanced Readers’ Advisory Skills | Northeast Kansas Library System Workshop | Fall 2023

Community Service and Rules of Conduct: Developing Policies and Procedures That Support Staff | California Library Association Annual Conference, Sacramento, CA | June 2022

Ready to Code: Using Cubetto and Cubelets for Family Engagement | American Library Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA | July 2018

An Invitation to Family Literacy | American Library Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA | July 2018

Social Media for Teen Librarians | SLJTeen Live Virtual Conference | September 2016

Building Partnerships and Collaborating on Dynamic Library Programs | Ontario Library Association Webinar | January 2016

New Adulthood: Literature & Services for NA Patrons | YALSA Symposium, Portland, Oregon | November 2015

Appealing to Genre Readers | NoveList Webinar | October 2015

Maintaining Circulating E-reader Collections | Kansas and Missouri Joint Annual Conference, Kansas City, Missouri | October 2015

RA Toolkit: Writing Reviews, Annotations, Book Talks, & Blog Posts (with Polli Kenn, Lawrence Public Library) | Kansas and Missouri Joint Annual Conference, Kansas City, Missouri | October 2015

Beyond Bestsellers: Building a Balanced and Diverse Young Adult Collection | North Central Kansas Library System Teen Workshop, Manhattan, Kansas | September 2015

Tumblr for Public Libraries | ALA Techsource Webinar | July 2015

Readers’ Advisory for LGBTQ Young Adult Fiction | Mid-America Library Alliance Workshop, Kansas City, Missouri | April 2015

Collection Development for LGBTQ Young Adult Literature (poster) | Kansas Library Association Annual Conference, Wichita, Kansas | October 2014

#TumblarianTalk (panel) | American Library Association Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada | July 2014

Readers’ Advisory and Social Media (panel) |  Mid-America Library Alliance Workshop, Kansas City, Kansas | May 2014

Readers’ Advisory with Style (with Scott Rader, Hays Public Library) | Kansas Library Association Annual Conference, Topeka, Kansas | November 2013

New Titles in LGBTQ Young Adult Fiction | Celebrate the Book Conference, Topeka, Kansas | November 2013

Creative Ways to Promote Your Collection (with Karen Allen, Lawrence Public Library) | RT Book Convention, Kansas City, Missouri | May 2013