National
“Change and Opportunities for Today’s Academic Libraries.” Academic Libraries: Constant Change, Constant Opportunity. Academic Library Association of Ohio Annual Conference. Toledo, Ohio. November 3, 2011. Invited Pre-Conference Keynote.
“LITA Tech Set Authors Conversation.” With Marshall Breeding. ALA Midwinter. San Diego, CA. January 8, 2011. Invited panelist.
“Re-visioning Teaching: Adapting to a Changing Educational Environment.” Innovation by Design: Re-visioning the Library. ACRL/NY Symposium. New York, New York. December 10, 2010. Invited speaker.
“Top Tech Trends.” With panelists Amanda Etches-Johnson, Jason Griffey, Joe Murphy, and David Walker. ALA Midwinter. Boston, MA. January 17, 2010. Invited panelist.
“Bite-Sized Repositories: The Benefits of Small Scale Repositories for Local Use.” LITA National Forum. Salt Lake City, Utah. October 2, 2009. <http://www.slideshare.net/laurenpressley/bite-sized-repositories>
“Instructional Design for Librarians: The What, Why, and How of ID.” With Kaeley McMahan. ALA Annual. Chicago, Il. July 10, 2009. ACRL Pre-Conference.
“Mapping Your Path to the Mountaintop: Planning Where You Want To Be In Your Career.” With panelists Steven Bell, Brian Mathews, and John Shank. Association of College and Research Libraries Conference. Seattle, WA. March 14, 2009.
“Extending the Impact of Online Library Instructional Tools through Collaborative Development.” With Lauren Ray. Association of College and Research Libraries Conference. Seattle, WA. March 14, 2009.
“ZSR Library Presents: Blogs and Wikis @ Wake Forest University.” With Susan Sharpless Smith and Kevin Gilbertson. MERLOT International Conference. Minneapolis, MN. August 9, 2008.
“Supervising While Away: Tools for Online Student Supervision.” Poster Presentation. ALA Annual. University Library Group. Anaheim, CA. June 28, 2008. Invited.
Regional and Local
“E-Learning Initiatives to Enhance Information and Digital Literacy.” With Beth Filar Williams and Kim Duckett. Teaching for Brain-Based Learning. Lillysouth Conference on College and University Teaching. Greensboro, NC. February 11, 2012. Invited. Upcoming.
“Patrons Left to their Own Devices: Library Databases and E-Readers.” With Lynda Kellam, Amy Harris, and Mark Sanders. Libraries: The Next Generation. North Carolina Library Association. Hickory, NC. October 6, 2011.
“Everybody Teaches: Creating Effective Online e-Learning Experiences.”?With Beth Filar Williams and Amy Archambault. Libraries: The Next Generation. North Carolina Library Association. Hickory, NC. October 4, 2011. Pre-Conference.
“QR Codes, Location Based Services, and Augmented Reality for Libraries.” Positioning your Library in the Mobile Ecosystem: Content and Delivery. LYRASIS Technology Ideas and Insights Series. Elon, NC. August 4, 2011. Invited.
“The Changing Library: Who We Were is Who We Are.” Cora Paul Bomar Lecture on Librarianship. Spring UNCG Library and Information Studies Alumni Luncheon. April 16, 2011. Invited.
“Change is What Keeps It Interesting.” Staying Vital in a Time of Change. LAUNC-CH Annual Conference. Chapel Hill, NC. March 7, 2011. <http://slidesha.re/interestingchange>
“Exploring the Combination of Techniques of Instructional Design, the Humanities, and Digital Media in an Archival Format.” With David Phillips and Ann Cunningham. THATCamp Southeast. Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. March 5, 2011.
“Help Is On The Way.” Thursdays at Starling. Wake Forest University. Winston-Salem, NC. February 3, 2011. <http://slidesha.re/helpisontheway> Invited speaker.
“Mentor Panel and Social.” With Kathy Shields. UNC-G Department of Library and Information Studies. November 19, 2010. Invited panelist.
“Finding Our Students at Their Point of Need: As Higher Education Changes, So Too Does the Point of Need.” Library Instruction at the Point of Need. NCLA College and University/Community College and Junior College Libraries Section. Thomasville, NC. October 29, 2010. <http://slidesha.re/aQeb8E> Invited keynote.
“Today’s Technology Trends, or, ‘What Do I Do With That?’” North Carolina Serials Conference. Chapel Hill, NC. April 15, 2010. <http://slidesha.re/todaystechtrends> Invited all-conference presentation.
“A Short Presentation for LIS 650: Library Management.” University of North Carolina at Greensboro Library Studies Department. Greensboro, NC. March 22, 2010. <http://slidesha.re/uncglismanage> Invited speaker.
“Teaching Teaching: The Improbable Success of a Class for Librarian Teachers.” Lillysouth Conference on College and University Teaching. Greensboro, NC. February 5, 2010. <http://slidesha.re/teachteach> Online only due to inclement weather.
“Adapting to a Changing World: Exceptional Services for a New Information Environment.” South Carolina Library Association. Columbia, SC. October 29, 2009. <http://slidesha.re/sclaadapt> Invited speaker.
“Panel Discussion: Web 2.0 Application and Usage.” With panelists Scott Hildebrand and Randy Piland. Triangle/Triad Instructional Technology Meeting. Elon, NC. March 25, 2009.
“Getting the Most Out of Google.” With Rosalind Tedford and Giz Womack. Library Instruction 2.0 Conference. Chapel Hill, NC. November 18, 2008.
“Teaching Them (2.0) to Fish: Web 2.0 as Subject and Method in Information Literacy Instruction.” With Susan Sharpless Smith and Rosalind Tedford. Library Instruction 2.0 Conference. Chapel Hill, NC. November 17, 2008. <http://tinyurl.com/lib20fish>
“Learning From the Context: Teaching Skills While Teaching Content.” Innovation In Instruction. Elon, NC. August 21, 2008. <http://www.slideshare.net/laurenpressley/learning-from-the-context>
“Convergence Literacies: Preparing Students For Life Beyond the Liberal Arts Education.” With Jolie Tingen. Innovation in Instruction. Elon, NC. August 21, 2008. <http://slidesha.re/c3QoKH>
“High Tech / Low Cost Solutions for Libraries.” With Amy Harris, Edward Hirst, Lynda Kellam, and Giz Womack. NCLA, Technology and Trends Roundtable. Elon, NC. August 4, 2008. Workshop.
“Situating Blogs and Wikis: The Value Added Proposition of the Library as Service Provider.” With Giz Womack and Kevin Gilbertson. Triangle/Triad Instructional Technology Meeting. Greensboro, NC. May 7, 2008.
“What I Wished I Had Learned in Library School.” Panelist. UNCG Library and Information Studies Student Association. Greensboro, NC. April 3, 2008.
“ZSR Library.” Teaching and Learning Center Fair. Wake Forest University. Winston-Salem, NC. February 25, 2008.
“A Connected Class: Blended Learning in the Information Literacy Classroom.” With Kaeley McMahan. Lillysouth Conference on College and University Teaching. Greensboro, NC. February 8, 2008. <http://slidesha.re/cN38uW>
“Social Software & the Future of the Library.” With Erik Mitchell. SOLINET Annual Membership Meeting. Atlanta, GA. May 10, 2007.
“Introduction to Podcasting.” UNCG Library and Information Studies Student Association. Peer Presentation. Greensboro, NC. April 3, 2007.
“Social Software and You: A Basic, Hands-on, Individualized (Yet Social) Introduction.” With Bob King. University of North Carolina’s Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference. Raleigh, NC. March 22, 2007.
“Training Student Employees.” Poster Presentation. North Carolina Library Association. Winston-Salem, NC. September 23, 2005.
“Thinking Outside the (Classification) Box.” Wake Forest University Chaplain’s Pre-School Conference. Camp Haynes, NC. August 16, 2005.
“Supervising Younger Workers.” Eastern North Carolina Support Staff Workshop. Greenville, NC. March 18, 2005.
“Gender Talk.” North Carolina Resident Advisor Drive-In. Raleigh, NC. 2002.
“Distance Learning Technology to Further IGI in a Service-Learning Enhanced Course.” With Joanne Dehoney and Patti Clayton. Inquiry Guided Instruction Symposium. Raleigh, NC, 2001.
“Service Learning in Public Schools.” With Patti Clayton. Kenan Fellows Program. Raleigh, NC. 2001.
Online
“QR Codes.” With Kevin Gilbertson. Strategic Focus and Value for Library Communities. Computers in Libraries. Washington DC. March 23, 2011. <http://guides.zsr.wfu.edu/qrcodes> Video used in preconference and QR Codes session.
“Finding Our Students at Their Point of Need: As Further Education Changes, So Too Does the Point of Need.” Online Update for Learning Resource Center Staff in the Southwest of England. Regional Support Centre South West. Online. December 1, 2010. <http://vimeo.com/17520525> Invited presentation.
“Leading the Blended Library: Two Blended Librarians Share Their Leadership Program Experience.” With Liz Siecke. Blended Librarian Webcast. February 12, 2009. Invited speaker.
“Communication Strategies in a Library 2.0 Environment.” The ACRL/LAMA Joint Spring Virtual Institute—Leading from the Middle: Managing in All Directions. Online. April 30, 2008. <http://slidesha.re/9CXn8v>
“Managing Online: Web 2.0 Tools for Supervision 2.0.” Poster Presentation. The ACRL/LAMA Joint Spring Virtual Institute—Leading from the Middle: Managing in All Directions. Online. April 29-30, 2008. <http://slidesha.re/9DEFWl>
“Training with Flickr.” Podcast. Five Weeks to a Social Library. March 5 – March 9, 2007. <http://www.sociallibraries.com/course/week4#present>
“Wikis as Training Tools.” Poster Presentation. ACRL/CNI/EDUCAUSE Virtual Conference. Online. April 20-21, 2006.