* April 2024. "Academic Freedom and Free Speech at College Campuses. Panel. The Public Relations Society of America--Counselors to Higher Education.
- Feb 2024 "Brain Research, Learning Theory, and Boyer's Scholarship Reconsidered," Presentation for the Piedmont University Center for Teaching and Learning.
- Jan. 2024 "Leadership 101," Presentation for the Habersham County Chamber of Commerce Leadership Habersham.
- July 2024 "Brain Research and Learning Theory." The International Conference on Learning, Utrecht University, Utrecht Netherlands.
- Sept 2023 "Leading from Your Values." Presentation to the Piedmont University Center for Teaching and Learning.
- July 2023 "Three Pillars of Adaptive and Collaborative Leadership," and "The Congruency Model: Putting the Three Pillars Together Under One Roof," two presentations, and Panelist, for The Academy for Advancing Leadership in Atlanta, Georgia.
- July 2023 Led three strategic planning sessions for AVMA, CVMA, and NVMC in Washington, DC; Quebec City, Quebec; and Denver, CO.
- July 2022 “Lessons from Elite Athletes and Coaches in Leadership, Motivation, and Organization.” The International Conference on Learning, University of Valencia in Valencia, Spain.
- July 2021 “The Quantum University: New Knowledge Requires New Leadership.” The International Conference on Learning, Jagiellonion University in Krakow, Poland.
- Sept. 2020 Keynote: “Critical Leadership in Critical Times.” The Conference for Critical and Creative Thinking. The University of South Florida—St. Petersburg. Co-speaker with Dr. Martin Tadlock.
- July 2019 “Democratic Schools: Making Shared Governance Meaningful.” The International Conference on Learning, Queens University in Belfast, Ireland.
- July 2019 Workshop Leader: “Assuming the Mantle of Leadership.” Academy for Advancing Leadership (AAL). Atlanta, GA.
- July 2018 Workshop Leader: “Assuming the Mantle of Leadership.” Academy for Advancing Leadership (AAL). Atlanta, GA.
- Oct. 2017 Roundtable Discussant Leader: “Involving Faculty in Student Retention.” Council of Independent Colleges Annual Conference in San Antonio.
- Oct, 2017 Panel Chair: “Title IX Changes in Higher Education.” CIC Annual Conference in San Antonio.
- Nov. 2016 Interview on Georgia Public Broadcasting: Reframing Decision Making in Education. Interview with Candice Felice of WPPR.
- Oct. 2016 Keynote Speaker. “Making a Difference: Talking about Adults Students in the Right Way and Taking Action.” Reaching Out to the Adult Learner Conference at the Montana University System. Helena, MT.
- Oct. 2016 Session presentations. “A Vortex Approach to Student Retention.” Annual GACROA and GSEM Conferences. Savannah, GA.
- Oct. 2016 Roundtable Discussant Leader. “Involving Faculty in Enrollment Management.” CIC Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA.
- March 2016 Keynote Speaker. “Who are We Talking About? What is our Responsibility? Adult Student Recruitment and Retention Conference, Madison, WI.
- March 2016 Session Speaker. Adult Student Recruitment and Retention Conference.
- Madison, WI.
- Dec. 2015 “Collaborations between Academic Affairs and Development,” Discussant Chair. Council of Independent Colleges. Baltimore, MD.
- Nov. 2014 “Faculty Transitions into Retirement,” Panel Chair. Council of Independent Colleges, Portland, OR.
- Jan. 2011 “The Compass Project and Study Abroad for Underserved Students.” AAC&U Conference in San Francisco. With Carleen VandeZande.
- April 2010 “Looking at Underserved Student Success in High Impact Practices” at the annual Higher Learning Commission Conference in Chicago, IL. With Carleen VandeZande.
- April 2010 “High Impact Practices and Campus Inquiry: A Campus Journey” at
- the UW System President’s Summit in Madison, WI. With Dr. Carleen Vande Zande.
- Jan. 2010 “Student Compass: LEAP Initiative at UW Oshkosh” at the annual AAC&A Conference in Washington, DC. With Dr. Carleen VandeZande.
- June 2008 “The Graduation Project: Online for the Adult Nontraditional Student” at the World Conference on Multimedia & Telecommunications in Vienna, Austria.
- May 2007 “University Leadership Fellows: Grow Your Own Leaders” at the annual HLC Conference in Chicago, IL. With Richard Wells and Susan Nuernberg.
- Dec. 2005 “Democratic Principals in Schools” at the International Conference on Women, Diversity, and Human Rights in Melbourne, Australia.
- Dec. 2003 “School Reform Through Natural Leadership” at the Annual Learning Conference in London, England.
- Dec. 2002 “Educational Leadership Must Take a Quantum Leap” at the Annual Learning Conference in Beijing, China.
- March 2001 "Educations Quantum Leap" at the annual ASCD Conference in Boston, MA.
- Dec. 2000 "Staff Development Learns Lessons from the Sciences" at the annual National Staff Development Council conference in Atlanta, GA.
- March 2000 “A New Approach to Differentiated Supervision" as a ticketed session at the Annual ASCD Conference in New Orleans, LA.
- Oct. 1999 "The Preparation of Educational Administrators: The Caring Intellectual Model" at the North American Chapter of the World Council for Curriculum and Instruction in San Antonio, TX.
- March 1999 "Brain Research and How it Informs Pedagogy" as a ticketed session at the Annual ASCD Conference in San Francisco, CA.
- Feb. 1999 "Minority Teacher Recruitment: The Lakeland College Urban Teachers Outreach Program" at the Northern Illinois University Phi Delta Kappa Chapter.
- Jan. 1999 "Ways to Make Your Classroom Constructivist and Brain-Based." at the National Conference of "Anticipating Change: Innovations in Teaching, Learning, and Assessment" at Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi, TX
- March 1998 "Improving Teaching and Learning Through the Supervision Process" at the ASCD Annual Conference in San Antonio, TX
- Jan. 1998 "Constructivist Teaching as it Relates to Brain Research" at the North American Conference on the Learning Paradigm in San Diego, CA
- April 1997 "Minority Teacher Preparation in an Ex-Urban Setting: The Lakeland College Urban Teachers Outreach Program Case Study." For the Third Annual Conference of Family and Community Violence Prevention--in Lincoln, NE at the University of Nebraska
- Feb. 1997 "Minority Teacher Preparation in an Ex-Urban Setting: A Case Study of the Lakeland College Teachers Outreach Program." For the Third Annual Conference on Urban/Multicultural Education: Past, Present, and Future--in Miami, FL at Florida International University.