Presentation Topics
I am available to speak on any of the following topics. Presentations can be customized according to the intended audience and time available. Most of these can be done in 1, 2 or 3-hour time slots. See my past presentations page for example handouts, slides and recordings.
Using Images in Presentations
- best practices for style/design when using images
- basics of copyright and Creative Commons
- quality image sources
- citing images
Using YouTube Closed Captioning
- why use captions - Universal Design for Learning
- how to edit/correct YouTube's auto-generated captions
- captioning best practices and standards
Evernote
- organizing your notes with tags, notebooks, shortcuts and advanced searching
- ways to create notes: text, web clipper, camera
- sharing notes
Basics of HTML and CSS
- creating HTML tags with a text editor
- types of cascading style sheets (CSS): inline, internal and external
- CSS properties and values
- when to format with HTML vs. CSS
LibGuides
- using LibGuides separately or as your library's website
- types of boxes and content
- organizing your LibGuides with boxes, tabs and pages
- linking & reusing content across guides
Public Speaking / PowerPoint
- how to avoid reading bullet-points to the audience
- creating visually-appealing slides
- pitfalls to avoid when talking
- alternative presentation software to consider
Free Online Productivity Tools
- to-do list apps and websites
- integrating to-do lists with calendars, email accounts, and your mobile devices
- setting up automatic reminders for deadlines and meetings
Advanced Online Search Techniques
- avoiding the trap of just Googling a reference question
- how to maintain a list of relevant bookmarks
- sources to use other than search engines
- structuring advanced search queries
Getting Started with Drupal
- difference between pages, articles, views and nodes
- sorting and organizing information on your site automatically
- customizing your site with free modules and themes
Getting Started with WordPress
- using WordPress as just a blog or as your entire website
- organizing your posts with tags and categories
- customizing your site with free plugins and themes
Social Media Marketing
- creating engaging posts
- the problem of Facebook artificially limiting a page's "reach" (views to audience) and how to overcome it
- what are hashtags and how to use them
- Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram
- forming an overall marketing/social media strategy
- using third-party programs to integrate your social media streams with each other and with your website or blog
Google Tools for Collaboration
- sharing files with Drive
- creating documents with Docs
- creating fillable Forms for your website and collecting the results in a spreadsheet
- using Google Meet for group meetings or online reference