Speaking

I greatly enjoy speaking publicly on a variety of Scrum, Agile, and career development topics. Here are some of my public speaking engagements. Please feel free to contact me with questions or opportunities if you’re interested in hearing me present.

• Agile2019 – Stalwart session – August 7, 2019
• Mile High Agile – Product Visioning and Experimentation with UX Runway and Lean UX Center of Excellence, May 29, 2019
• ProjectCon Indy – Re-doing Phase Gates and Change Requests to Refactor Confidence, May 10, 2019
• AgileMunich – Scaling diversity in organizations (Women in Agile), May 9, 2019
• Kentucky PMI – The customer is not always right and neither are you , February 19, 2019
• SAFe Summit – The UX Runway: Establishing design standards through a Lean UX Center of Excellence (LUXCE), October 3, 2018
• Agile2018 – The customer isn’t always right — and neither are you! & Minimum Viable Relationships – August 6, 2018
• Techwell DevOps West – Stop Guessing and Validate What Your Customers Want – June 7, 2018
• Agile and Beyond – That IS your job! Cross-functional teams begin with cross-functional companies! – May 18, 2018
• PMI Central Iowa – Value Mapping for Project Prioritization – May 10, 2018
• Business Agility Conference – Table facilitator – March 14-16, 2018
• Keynote: Agile Testing Days: Potsdam, Germany – Nov 15, 2017: Breaking down silos to cross functionality
  • Video of presentation
• Agile2017
  • Collaborating Uncertainty Out of your Designs with the New UX Runway, August 9,2017
  • There is such a thing as too much customer feedback (and it’s killing your MVP)!, August 10, 2017
• Agile and Beyond 2017 – Value Mapping with Fewer Dollars and More Sense, May 4, 2017
• Heart of Agile 2017 – Objectivity or Subjectivity: Owning your bias and interactions, April 27, 2017
• Agile for Humans Podcast – Women in Agile – with Ryan Ripley– February 2017
• AgileIndy Meetup – January 24, 2017 – Show me the MVP!
• AgileNext Podcast – Women in Agile and #AgileFish
• Digital PM Summit Keynote, October 13, 2016:  Show me the MVP!
• AgileNYC, September 15, 2016: Owning your bias
  • Video
• The Bureau Briefing Podcast – 2016 – Product development and MVP learning
• Leading Agile Live Podcast Agile2016 – Women in Agile
• Technically Speaking Podcast Agile2016 – Owning your Bias and Interactions
• Solutions IQ AgileAmped Podcast at Agile2016 – Bias and Judgement
• Agile2016 Atlanta, GA
  • July 24, 2016 – The Changing Face of Agile Video
  • July 26, 2016 – Objectivity or subjectivity? Owning your bias and interactions
  • July 27, 2016 – Value mapping with fewer dollars and more sense
• Agile UX Runway workshop for CA Technologies – India
• Scrum Gathering Bengaluru, June 28, 2016: Prioritizing Value Beyond Boundaries
• Gender Bias with David Prior – Podcast – May 31, 2016
• Scrum Gathering Orlando, April 18, 2016: Houston, we have a priority
• Agile Toolkit Podcast – Value Mapping and Women in Agile – April 2016
• Agile.FM Podcast – February 3, 2016
• Lviv IT Arena, Lviv, Ukraine – October 3, 2015
  • Slides: Lean Business Analysis and UX Runway: Managing Value by Reducing Waste
  • Video
• Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast
  • 9/28 – Why ScrumMasters must have partners in the org
  • 9/29 – How to help a team focus and get things done
  • 9/30 – Secret recruiting tool (listen closely to words being used)
  • 10/1 – The questions the team asks are your success metric
  • 10/2 – Observations can help you uncover the system
• Agile2015 Podcast – #WomenInAgile and Metrics w/Dave Prior
• Agile2015, Washington DC – August 3, 2015 – Metrics: A prison or a road to freedom? co-presentation with Brandon Carlson
• Twin Cities Geekettes, Minneapolis, MN – April 8, 2015 – Beyond the Audience in Their Underwear: Proposing a Great Conference Talk
• DSM Agile, Des Moines, IA – September 12, 2014 – Metrics: Not Just for Managers Anymore
• IIBA Minneapolis/St. Paul – September 11, 2014 – Documenting “Just Enough”: Definition of Ready for Agile BAs
• BigVisible Podcast w/Dave Prior @ Agile2014 on the UX Runway
• Agile 2014, Orlando, FL – July 29, 2014 – UX Runway, the trials and tribulations of a UX and Agile environment
• Twin Cities Geekettes, Minneapolis, MN – June 10, 2014 – Introduction to Agile
• Scrum Gathering New Orleans – May 6, 2014 – Can Definition of Ready Make Scrum “The Big Easy”? – co-presentation with Leslie J. Morse
• XBOSOFT Webinar, April 10, 2014 – UX Runway, Pulling Quality Forward
• Women Techmakers, Minneapolis, MN – March 22, 2014 – Applying Agile Principles for Career Success
• AgileDC – October 8, 2013 – Confessions of a New ScrumMaster
• Scrum Gathering Las Vegas – May 7, 2013 – Confessions of a New ScrumMaster