Speaking

A useful conversation starts with something people recognize.

The plan looks complete, but the team is still working around it. The career looks successful, but the person carrying it has no room left. The next opportunity arrives before anyone asks what it will require.

These are some of the questions I bring to the room.

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Audience fit

Who these conversations are for

My speaking connects lived experience with systems thinking, giving audiences language for what they are noticing and practical ways to consider what comes next.

Founders and small business owners carrying more than one mission
Leaders and teams working through technology or organizational change
Professional associations, conferences and community organizations
Nonprofit, education and public-sector audiences

Formats

Built for the room you're planning

In person, virtual or hybrid, shaped around your audience and what you'd like them to leave ready to try.

Keynote
Workshop
Panel
Fireside chat
Corporate training
Facilitation
Podcast or webinar

I also co-host What Happens When AI? (opens in a new tab), a recurring live workshop series on practical AI tools.

Signature talks

Lived experience meets systems thinking

Signature talk

Don’t Drown in Success, SWIM

For people balancing professional ambition with the rest of their lives.

Drawing on the story behind Scale WithIN Means, this conversation explores how to recognize what you are carrying, define what “enough” means, and build boundaries and routines around your actual capacity.

Audiences leave with:

A way to take inventory of what you're actually carrying
Language for what “enough” means right now
One boundary and one routine to try this week

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Signature talk

When the Plan Says Done and the Work Says Otherwise

For leaders and teams working through organizational change.

Drawing on RAMP IT UP, this conversation examines the gap between a completed implementation and a working system. It looks at process, technology, and user experience together, and asks what evidence would show that an improvement is holding.

Audiences leave with:

Three lenses for reviewing a change: process, technology and people
Questions that expose workarounds before they become permanent
What evidence to look for after go-live

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Signature talk

From Perfect on Paper to Purpose Over Perception

For audiences reconsidering the relationship between achievement, identity, and purpose.

This conversation explores the expectations we inherit, the success we learn to perform, and the practical choices involved in building something that reflects what matters to us. Faith is part of the personal story behind this topic.

Audiences leave with:

Ways to separate inherited expectations from chosen ones
Practical questions for deciding what to build next
Room to reflect without performing

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More talks and workshops

Technology, systems, and the humans expected to use them

Four of these talks come from SaaS Sassy, where I teach Tech Without Trauma. Not Today, Scammer™ is my senior fraud-prevention program. Each can be booked here. Visit the SaaS Sassy homepage (opens in a new tab)

From SaaS Sassy

Tech Without Trauma

For teams and leaders whose technology has become another job.

AI, SaaS, automation, adoption and capacity through a practical, human-centered lens.

Audiences leave with:

How to tell what a tool is actually supposed to do
Adoption questions to ask before buying
Ways to protect team capacity during rollout

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From SaaS Sassy

SaaS Is a Scale

For leaders ready to build with metrics that matter.

Evaluating a software stack through business need, operational maturity, human capacity and measurable value, not hype.

Audiences leave with:

A way to weigh tools against business need
Signals of operational maturity
What to measure after adoption

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From SaaS Sassy

Automate That Sh*t

For teams tired of moving between spreadsheets and guesswork.

A workshop on what should be automated, what still needs human judgment, and how to tell the difference before you automate a bad process faster.

Audiences leave with:

A test for what is ready to automate
Where human judgment has to stay
A first workflow to map together

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From SaaS Sassy

Black, Brilliant & Automating

For underestimated innovators building and leading in systems not designed with everyone in mind.

A system-first conversation about identity, access, technology and automation.

Audiences leave with:

Language for access gaps in the systems you use
System-first habits that save time
Ways to build leverage with limited resources

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Senior fraud prevention · Talk or workshop

Not Today, Scammer™

For older adults, and the families and organizations who support them.

Scammers don't win because people are careless. They win because they create urgency, borrow trust and catch people alone. This session gives audiences a calm, practical way to spot a scam and stop it before money or information changes hands.

What your audience leaves with:

How today's most common scams work: imposter calls, “grandchild in trouble,” tech-support pop-ups, gift-card and payment demands, and romance scams
One simple habit that defeats most scams: pause, hang up, and verify through a number you already trust
What to do in the first hour if someone has already been targeted
A take-home wallet card with the key steps

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