Designed and facilitated professional development workshops for diverse audiences, including nonprofit staff, conference attendees, and organizational leaders. Created curriculum combining research-based content with active learning strategies, developing presentation materials, facilitator guides, and participant resources for both virtual and in-person delivery.
Each workshop was tailored to specific audience needs and learning objectives, balancing content delivery with interactive elements to maximize engagement and skill transfer. Utilized varied instructional approaches, including direct instruction, guided discussion, hands-on activities, and reflective practice, to support adult learning principles.
Featured Workshops
Optimistic Leadership: Using optimism as a resource to fuel your nonprofit!
Elevate Conference 2022
One-hour virtual workshop designed for Certified Nonprofit Professionals exploring optimism as a leadership resource. Sole designer and facilitator, creating curriculum, presentation materials, participant handouts, primers, and facilitator guide for virtual delivery to conference attendees.
Goodifying Your Work
The Guild for Human Services 2017
Professional development workshop for program staff exploring the application of goodification principles to daily work. Adapted curriculum from conference presentation to organizational context, designing small group activities and collaborative exercises that helped staff identify opportunities to integrate positive, strength-based practices into their roles.
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The Guild for Human Services 2015-2019
One-hour in-person training session teaching staff how to write incident and accident reports. Redesigned existing workshop curriculum to include hands-on practice activities, enabling participants to apply documentation protocols through realistic scenarios and receive feedback on their report writing. Delivered to multiple staff cohorts.