June 11, 2020
Tri-State Housing Summit
Hannibal, MO
Keynote
July 28-30, 2020
Standup Rural America
Charleston, WV
Keynote Speaker
August 24-27, 2020
Sisseton, South Dakota
Embedded Community Experience
September 15-17, 2020
Brownfield/Main Street West Virginia Conference
Plenary Speaker
October 19-23, 2020
Grundy County, Illinois Embedded Community Experience
Grundy County, Illinois
October 29-30, 2020
Minnesota Brownfield Conference
Keynote Speaker – Filling Empty Buildings
postponed until Fall
SMTulsa Conference
Tulsa, Oklahoma
postponed until Fall
Sac County, Iowa Annual Dinner
Keynote, Denison, Iowa
April 21-22,2021
Wisconsin Rural Partners Summit
Keynote and Workshop
postponed
Embedded Community Experience
Valdez, AK
postponed
AMIBA National Conference
Innovative Rural Business Solutions Created by All of Us
Pending:
Bartlett, Texas Embedded Community Experience
2021 British Columbia EC Summit
Covid19 has essentially stopped all public speaking appearances at least through May. We are working on best serving our clients and small towns by utilizing online tools.
Many of my actual onsite speaking engagements have been converted to virtual engagements. Live Zoom webinars and Live Q and A videos are the most requested.
Becky and I have been creating videos accessible online for a number of years at www.saveyour.town. We also do live broadcasts.
If this is something you’d like to talk about with me, just shoot me an email and let’s talk! deb@buildingpossibility.com
Previous Speaking Appearances include:
- Brownfields National Annual Training
- NADO Annual Conference
- 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
November 20, 2019
Embedded Community Experience and
Idea Friendly presentation for small towns
Webster City, Iowa
December 11-13
Keynote for National Brownfields Training Conference
Los Angeles, California
December 10-20, 2019
Cruise through Western Mexico
Everyone should take a vacation!
2020
Wisconsin Rural Partners Summit
Keynote and Workshop
April 22-23, 2020
Northeast Community Action Conference
Hannibal, Missouri
June 11, 2020
Pending:
SMTulsa Conference, March 26-27,2020
Sisseton, SD spring 2020
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
- Webster City, 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