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.

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