The American Meteorological Society (AMS) is a private organization dedicated to the advancement of atmospheric and related sciences, technologies, applications, and the services for the benefit of society. I've presented a poster and/or oral presentation at the following meetings: 

AMS Boston (2020)

Oral Presentation: "Practice Makes Better: National Weather Service Training Center Methods for Helping Scientists Communicate Weather, Water, and Climate Information to Partners"

Oral Presentation: "Communicating Confidence and Uncertainty in the National Weather Service Training Center's Impact Based Decision Support Services (IDSS) Deployment Boot Camp"

AMS Seattle (2017)

Poster Presentation: "Weather Ready Nation: A Video Series Describing Advances and Roles within the NWS."

Oral Presentation: "Evolution of the Impact-Based Decision Support Services Deployment Boot Camp: A Five Year Review and Look at the Future."

Oral Presentation: "Customizing the Impact-Based Decision Support Services Deployment Boot Camp."

AMS Phoenix (2008)

Worked the Mississippi State University table at the vendors area and answered questions about the graduate program. 

The National Weather Association (NWA) is a member-led non-profit professional association with a mission of connecting operational meteorologists in pursuit of excellence in weather forecasting, communication, and service. I've participated in the following meetings: 

Kansas City (2023)

Session Chair: People Development Plenary Session

St Louis (2018)

Oral Presentation: "The Impact-based Decision Support Services Professional Development Series: Unique Training to Improve Support to a Diverse Set of Partners"

Norfolk (2016)

Oral Presentation: "Impact-Based Decision Support Services Training - A Five Year Review"

In addition to conference presentations, I’ve been invited to speak at a variety of professional and academic events, including the examples below.

Summer Institute for Distance Learning and Instructional Technology (SIDLIT) -  Sessions I've provided include: 

• Give Your Best Presentation Performance...Every time! (2013, 2014)

• Flipped Classrooms with Google (2014)

• Integrating Tech Tools: Winning over the Tech Timid and Tech Resistant (2016)

• Raise Your Cards: A Look at Plickers in an Adult Learning Environment (2016)

NOAA Studios Ribbon Cutting Ceremony (May 2018) - When NOAA modernized its recording studio in Silver Spring, Maryland, the managers of the team held a live ribbon cutting ceremony for its grand re-opening. The team responsible for the event invited me to leverage my broadcast experience and our NWSTC studio to show how production-based teams could work together with a new NOAA Studio team. 

EUMETCAL Invited Speaker (2024) - "Micro-Learning in the U.S. National Weather Service" (Recording available)

NOAA Lapenta Internship Program Invited Speaker (Since 2021) - "Giving Technical Presentations"

Rising Stars: Insights from Early Career Professionals (2022) - Rising professionals in the weather, water, and climate sector speak on their challenges, career choices, and what motivates them. Webinar provided by the American Meteorological Society (AMS). 

NOAA Climate Connections 2.0 (2024) - "Tips for Climate Media Interviews" provided twice during the conference, hosted at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C.