Talks & Presentations

As part of a new initiative with the Purdue Computer Science department, I gave a talk on FIRST & why mentoring is important and how it impacts students' lives.

A presentation on the FTC awards process, including tips for teams on how to prepare and present their work effectively to judges.

A quick tour of a couple ideas from psychology, sociology, and anthropology that describe how people grow & thrive and how these concepts can be applied to our work as mentors.

A short review of how we train programming students on our FTC & FRC teams.

I've led a couple of these roundtable discussions where we've discussed people's concerns for their programs and shared strategies for success.

A discussion focused on mentor experiences, challenges, and best practices to help improve mentorship within FIRST teams.