Previous Speaking Appearances include:
- International Economic Development Conference
- TEDx Brookings
- Western Area Chamber Executives Conference, Los Angeles
- Radically Rural Conference, Keene, New Hampshire
- Colorado Hospital Association Annual Conference
- Michigan Association of Planners Annual Conference
Schedule for 2019
February 1, 2019
Kansas State Research and Education
Webinar: Marketing in a Small Town
available online after February 4
February 19 to 26, 2019
Sebring and Columbiana, Ohio
Embedded Community Experience
March 7-13, 2019
SXSW
attending in Austin, TX
March 18-20, 2019
Nebraska Catalyst Program
Embedded Community Experience
York, Nebraska
March 28-29, 2019
Tulsa, Oklahoma
SMTulsa
April 10-16, 2019
Paulding, Ohio
Embedded Community Experience
May 6-13, 2019
Clay County in North Texas
Embedded Community Experience
July 1-3, 2018
Oblong, Illinois
Embedded Community Experience
July 4-5
Timberville, Virginia
Historical visit with Ned Overton
September 6, 2019
webinar
K State Research and Extension Webinar
Filling Empty Buildings
September 27, 2019
She Is Conference
Emmetsburg, Iowa
October 13-14, 2019
Missouri Community Betterment Conference
October 19-22, 2019
National Association of Development Organizations Annual Training
Reimagining Regional Development:
Building Capacity, Building Regions
Reno,NV
October 28, 2019
Annual Celebration Legacy Learning Boone River Valley
“Who rides a bike from Canada to Mexico?”
Guest speaker Ben Weaver
December 10-20, 2019
Cruise through Jamaica, Panama Canal, Mexico, Costa Rica
Everyone should take a vacation!
Pending:
Other Speaking Appearances:
- Rural X Summit
- Misfit Conference
- 140 Character Conferences – NYC, Iowa, and Small Town
- Regards to Rural Conference, Portland, OR
- Michigan Small Town and Rural Development Conference
- Mid America Chamber Executives (MACE)
- The Future of Rural Conference, Klamath Falls, OR
- Historic Preservation Summit Iowa
- Iowa Byways
- Women’s Business Conference, Kearney, NE
- MidStates Economic Development Conference
- Stuart, Iowa Chamber Dinner
- Building Communities Conference, Surf Ballroom, Iowa
- Rural Arts and Culture Summit, Morris Minnesota
- Central Iowa Tourism
- Southern Illinois Economic Development Conference
- Western Iowa Tourism
- Missouri Community Betterment Association Conference (twice)
- Milbank, South Dakota
- Monroe Economic Development Conference, Monroe, Wisconsin
- Iowa Museum Association Annual Conference
- Rural Business and Innovation Summit, Klamath Falls, OR
- Rural That Works Annual Conference
- Social Media Breakfast, Mason City, Iowa and Albert Lea, Minnesota
Embedded Community Experiences:
- Akron, Iowa
- Belle Fourche, South Dakota
- Ritzville, Washington
- Avon, Minnesota
- Cold Springs, Minnesota
- York, Nebraska
- Rock Valley, Iowa
- Bennettsville, South Carolina
- Forest County, Pennsylvania
- Ohio RCAP Project: Minerva, Carrollton, Columbiana, Sebring, Fostoria, and Paulding, Ohio
- Roscommon County, Michigan
- Estherville, Iowa
Webinars:
- Rural Economic Development Webinar – Blaine, Canada and Pro Learning Laboratory
- SaveYour.Town Videos Monthly with Becky McCray
- National Realtors Association Webinar with Tyler Abens
- K State Research and Extension Webinar Marketing Your Small Town
- K State Research and Extension Webinar Filling Empty Buildings