Public Speaking

2024

• Game Developers Conference : Co-Speaker — Without Fail: A Player-Centric Approach to Mass Market Game Design

2023

• St. Louis County Library : Co-Speaker — Career Series: Board Games
• University of the Arts : Guest Lecturer — Career Development in the Game Industry
• GAConf : Moderator / Panelist — Good Game Design is Accessible
• NYU Game Center : Speaker — Alumni Career Talk with Carol Mertz
• Game Developers Conference : Panelist — The State and Future of Board Games
• Game Developers Conference : Co-Speaker — Increasing Accessibility and Broadening Disability Representation in Tabletop Games
• Pratt Institute NYC : Guest Lecturer — Professional Development in Game Design

2022

• PAX Unplugged : Panelist — “Make Fancy Dumb Stuff”
• Legends of Learning : Presenter — “Test, Tweak, and Test Again: Using Player Feedback to Pump Up Your Game”
• Maryville University : Guest Lecturer — “So You’re a Game Design Student: What’s Next?”
• #intelliGDC by Intelligame : Speaker Spotlight Guest
• Game Developer’s Conference : Workshop Co-Host, Game Co-Presenter — “Experimental Gameplay Workshop” (Hand-to-Hand Wombat)

2021

• Game Developer’s Conference : Game Co-Presenter — “Experimental Gameplay Workshop” (Kroma)
• Kickstarter Summer Game Creator Gathering : Co-Speaker — “Putting a New Spin on Player Choice”

2020

• Maryville University : Guest Lecturer — “Career Paths: Indie vs. Game Studio”
• PixelPop Festival Online : Moderator — All Featured Games Q&As
• NYU Game Center : Guest Lecturer — “Indie Game Dev Survival Skills”
• Saint Louis University Entrepreneurship Camp : Panelist — “Entrepreneurship Panel”
• St. Louis Public Library : Speaker — “Intro to Game Design” Seminar
• PlayCrafting NYC : Panelist — “Women in Games: A Celebration”
• PAX East : Panelist — “Indie Game Designers Modify and Play Werewolf”
• St. Louis Public Library : Facilitator — “Introduction to Processing” Workshop

2019

• WordPlay Toronto : Co-Speaker — “The Design of ‘We Should Talk’: Putting a New Spin On Narrative Choice“
• PixelPop Festival : Moderator — “Celebrating Unique Games”
• NYU Game Center Incubator – Speaker – Incubator Presentation of “We should talk.”
• NYU Game Center – Speaker – MFA Thesis Presentation of “With You”

2018

• Different Games Conference : Speaker — “Home On The Range: An Analysis of Gender Values in Harvest Moon 3 GBC (17:25)“
• PixelPop Festival : Moderator — “Celebrating Unique Games”
• PixelPop Festival : Panelist — “Our Princess is in Another Castle: Feminism, Women, and the Game Industry”
• Venture Cafe : Moderator — “Unique Games and the People Who Make Them Possible”
• Women Who Code NYC : Speaker  —  “Game Development Show & Tell: ‘Distance’ and Designing Emotion-First”
• Games for Change : Moderator  —  “Panel – Supporting Underserved Communities Through Events”
• PAX East : Panelist  —  “Indie Game Designers Modify and Play Werewolf”
• PAX East : Speaker  — “Creative Projects as Cathartic Process” (for Kickstarter Couchland’s “Small Talks on Small Topics”)
• Different Games Mini-Conference at GDC : Speaker — “The Evolution of PixelPop Festival: 5 Years in 5 Minutes”

2017

• PAX Unplugged : Panelist — “Women of Tabletop Game Design“
• NYU Game Center’s “Anything But Games” Series : Speaker — “Love, Math, and African Art”
• PixelPop Festival : Panelist — “Going Solo: What It’s Like To Make A Game By Yourself”
• PixelPop Festival : Panelist — “Teaching Games Panel”
• PixelPop Festival : Panelist — “Hacking Hardware”
• PixelPop Festival : Moderator — “Celebrating Unique Games”
• St. Louis Public Library : Host — PixelPop Festival Presents: Twine Jam
• Venture Cafe : Moderator — “Experimental Play and the Growth of Games”
• Kinematifest : Speaker – “Following your passion into your career path: A starter guide on how to make fun of work”
• Wizard World St. Louis : Panelist — “Making Games in St. Louis“
• Wizard World St. Louis : Moderator — “How Games Can Change The World“
• PAX East : Panelist  —  “Indie Game Designers Modify and Play Werewolf”
• Webster University : Guest Lecturer — “Know Your User: Tools and Best Practices for User Testing”

2016

• PAX Prime : Panelist  —  “Indie Game Designers Modify and Play Mafia”
• PixelPop Festival : Speaker — “The Dirty Details of Self-Publishing an Indie Card Game”
• PixelPop Festival : Moderator — “Analog Game Design Panel”
• PixelPop Festival : Moderator — “Women in Games Panel”
• PixelPop Festival : Panelist — “Games: What’s the Point? Panel”
• PixelPop Festival : Panelist — “Voice Acting for Games Panel”
• Venture Cafe : Moderator — “Playing for Good: How Games Help Us Grow”
• St. Louis Game Developer Co-op : Moderator — “‘How to Sell Your Game’ Panel: Marketing/PR/Sales Best Practices”
• St. Louis Game Developer Co-op : Moderator — “The Past, Present, & Future of VR in Games (w/ the VR/AR Assoc of STL)”
• St. Louis Game Developer Co-op : Host — “One-Hour Twine Jam”
• Wizard World St. Louis : Panelist — “How to be a Nerd For A Living: Finding Your Career in Pop Culture”
• Wizard World St. Louis : Panelist — “Video Games: Forging Your Career”
• Saint Louis Science Center : Moderator — “A Game Designer’s First Steps”
• St. Louis Game Developer Co-op : Moderator — “GDC Wrap-up Roundtable”
• Pulitzer Arts Foundation : Panelist — “Engaging Art Through Technology”
• Pulitzer Arts Foundation : Co-Speaker — “The Kota Cloud Room Postmortem – Why Games?”
• Venture Cafe : Moderator — “Can Games Change the World? Panel”

2015

• Pulitzer Arts Foundation : Co-Speaker — “Data + Games Presentation and Roundtable”
• Maplewood Chamber of Commerce : Moderator — “Crowdfunding for Small Business Panel”
• Venture Cafe : Moderator — “Using Games to Shape User Experience”
• PechaKucha STL : Speaker — “How games can encourage emotion, empathy, and understanding”
• PixelPop Festival : Moderator — “Board Game Designers Panel”
• PixelPop Festival : Moderator — “Women in Games Panel”
• PixelPop Festival : Moderator — “St. Louis Game Developer Co-op Presents: Made in STL Panel”
• PixelPop Festival : Speaker — “Finding Your Game’s Aesthetic”
• Venture Cafe : Speaker — “Innovating with Play in Public Spaces”
• StartLouis : Moderator – “Game Development in St. Louis”
• Indy PopCon : Moderator – “Indie vs. Corporate: The Lives of Game Developers”
• Indy PopCon : Panelist – “Getting the Most out of User Testing”
• IGDA STL : Speaker – Microtalk: “Let me help you help me help you.”
• Wizard World St. Louis : Panelist – “Designing a Video Game: What Does it Take?”
• Wizard World St. Louis : Panelist – “How to be a Nerd for a Living”
• IGDA STL : Emcee – “One-Hour Twine Jam”
• IGDA STL : Moderator – “GDC Wrap-Up Roundtable”
• IndieCade East : Speaker – “Independent doesn’t have to mean alone: How to build a local indie community from scratch”

2014

• IGDA St. Louis : Speaker – MiniMortem: “What Putting Cats in Space Can Teach Us”
• PixelPop Festival : Moderator – “Crossing the Streams: Tabletop and Video Games Panel”
• PixelPop Festival : Moderator – “Women in Games Panel”
• PixelPop Festival : Moderator – “Made in St. Louis Panel”
• IGDA St. Louis : Speaker – Microtalk: “Down to the Letter: The Importance of Typography in Video Games”
• Anime St. Louis : Co-Speaker – “Getting Started in Game Development”
• Wizard World St. Louis : Panelist – “What Video Games Teach Us”
• IGDA STL : Moderator – “GDC Wrap-Up Roundtable”
• AIGA : Panelist – “Designer Business Roundtable: Doing it For Yourself”

2013

• St. Louis Artist’s Guild : Panelist – “STOP MATH Postmortem”
• IGDA STL : Moderator – “Kickstarting Your Game”
• Con-Vas : Co-Speaker – “Digital Marketing for Creatives”
• Maplewood Chamber of Commerce : Moderator – “Technology Roundtable”

2012

• Kinematifest : Co-Speaker – “Keynote – Stodgy Gents: A Postmortem”
• SMCSTL / SXSTL: Panelist – “Is Creative Web Design in Jeopardy?”