Mission Possible: Energizing Onboarding with an Amazing Race Twist
An interactive session that uses a mission passport, live challenge, and debrief to show how onboarding can feel more like an adventure than a checklist.
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Sessions, slides, and takeaways
This page gathers the public sessions, slide decks, and supporting materials I am able to share. The focus is practical: how the work was designed, what was learned, and how the ideas can travel.
Featured sessions
Each session page can hold the slide deck, handouts, links, and any public-release resources that support the talk.
Puzzles, Portals, and Prototypes: Gamifying Learning with AI
A practical talk about using generative AI to brainstorm, refine, and prototype gamified learning experiences while keeping human judgment in the loop.
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Creating Engaging and Interactive Online Orientations
A session on designing brain-friendly onboarding with spacing, connection-building, and interactive activities that work in virtual and hybrid settings.
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Engaging Onboarding for a Hybrid Environment
A research-informed session on the future of onboarding, learner preferences, and the value of connection in hybrid programs.
Open summary →What I like to talk about
- Designing engaging learning experiences for technical audiences
- Gamification, scavenger hunts, and other interactive formats
- Using AI as a creative partner in learning design
- Designing onboarding and learning for connection, not just compliance
- Accessibility, inclusion, and practical learner support
Ways to use these materials
If you attended one of my sessions, this page is a place to revisit the main ideas and access the public-release resources. If you are looking for a speaker, it gives a quick sense of the topics I cover and the kind of learning experiences I create.
Much of the content on this site is meant to support conference attendees, so the resources are kept concise, reusable, and easy to navigate.
Speaker resources
The public handouts, slides, and downloads can live here as the pages are finalized.
Mission Possible
Slides, passport, and supporting materials for the onboarding session.
Puzzles, Portals, and Prototypes
Slides and supporting handouts for the AI and gamification session.
Creating Engaging and Interactive Online Orientations
Presentation materials, infographic, and related takeaways for the online orientation session.