• 2024 Educator of the Year Award (by SAS Gloal). Las Vegas, USA. https://www.sas.com/en_us/news/press-releases/2024/march/gapawards-2024.html

• Finding your place in the AI landscape. Canadian Community of Corporate Educators (CCCE) conference. June 2023. Markham, Canada. https://www.ccce.ca/events/ccce-in-person-event-finding-your-place-in-the-ai-landscape 

• How do I fit in the world of AI? Keynote.  Adult Centered Education (ACE) Conference. May 2023. Vancouver, Canada. https://aceconference.net/index.html

• Lead Judge, John Molson Undergraduate Case Competition (JMUCC). Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. February 2023 https://www2.jmucc.ca/

• Integrating augmented intelligence tools in our everyday workplace. Institute for Performance and Learning (I4PL), 2022. Toronto, Canada. https://cdn.ymaws.com/performanceandlearning.ca/resource/resmgr/agenda/schedule_at_a_glance-2022.pdf

• Do you know what your AI is doing right now? American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE). 2022.  Milwaukee, WI, USA. https://www.aaace.org/page/2022-session-schedule

• Ethical Challenges of Artificial Intelligence Text Generators. Adult Education Research Conference (AERC). 2022. Oklahoma City. https://newprairiepress.org/aerc/2022/roundtables/6/

• Value of Interdisciplinary, Always Work-In-Progress Learning Lab: The Humology (Human-Technology) Lab. Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) Annual Conference. 2022. Virtual.

• Lead Judge, John Molson Undergraduate Case Competition (JMUCC). Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. February 2022 https://www2.jmucc.ca/

• Robots at your office. Annual Conference of the Institute for Performance and Learning (I4PL). 2021. Virtual

• Future Skills: Preparing our Students. George Brown College (GBC). 2021. Instagram Live Session

• Lead Judge, John Molson Undergraduate Case Competition (JMUCC). Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. February 2021 https://www2.jmucc.ca/

• Our New Normal: Learning and Development Leader’s role during a pandemic. Keynote Presentation at the Institute for Performance and Learning (I4PL). 2020. Virtual

• Canada Roundtable: Power of Future Ready Talent, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), October 2019, Toronto Canada. 

• Designing multi-cultural social- and behaviour-based content results in increased knowledge retention beyond traditional intervention metrics, Institute for Performance and Learning (I4PL), October 2019, Toronto, Canada

• Leveraging Social Experiments to increase student engagement. Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education SITE 2019 Las Vegas, Nevada (USA)

• Lead Judge, John Molson Undergraduate Case Competition (JMUCC). Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. February 2019 https://www2.jmucc.ca/

• Continuous Learning and Improvement Are Fundamental at George Brown College. (Dec 2018) Globe and Mail. 

• Social experiments will increase your student engagement and knowledge retention. Research on Teaching and Learning Conference MacPherson Institute, McMaster University 2018 (Canada)

• Judge, John Molson Undergraduate Case Competition (JMUCC). Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. February 2018 https://www2.jmucc.ca/

• Increase Knowledge Transfer Retention with Social Experiments, Canadian Community of Corporate Educators 2018 (Canada)

• Judge, John Molson Undergraduate Case Competition (JMUCC). Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. February 2017 https://www2.jmucc.ca/

• Evolving "What's in it for me?  Faculty Forum, 2(2), Summer 2017 (Canada)

• You, Your Brand, Your Social Media. Toronto Association for Volunteer Administrators, 2016 (Canada)

• Yap with Dr. Yap YouTube Show 2015-present (Global)

• ​Institute for Performance and Learning Interviews like Nir Eyal, Dr. Britt Andreatta 

• Consultants! Brand Yourself. The Institute for Performance and Learning Annual Conference, 2015 (Canada)

• An Evening of Storytelling: Sharing Stories from the L&D World, Canadian Society for Training and Development Toronto, Canada 2014 (Canada)

• TELUS’ Learning Strategy in a Mobile Workstyle Environment, mLearnCon, 2014, San Diego (USA)

• Measuring Dialogues in Social Collaboration Tools  HR.com 2014 (Canada)

• Mobile Learning in a Virtual Work Style Environment, Canadian Society for Training and Development Annual Conference Toronto Canada, November 2013 (Canada)

• Cutting edge custom solutions that leverage Gaming and Mobile Learning, Skillsoft 2013 Perspectives [Learning Transformed], Orlando, Florida, May 2013 (USA)

• Talking about … Collaborative Learning! Canadian Society for Training and Development Toronto Canada, May 2013 (Canada)

• Work-life balance of mobile workers, CBC Radio Toronto  and CBC Radio Kitchener-Waterloo, March 2013 (Canada)

• Social Media and Advocacy, University of Fraser Valley, Vancouver, Canada, March 2013 (Canada)

• Social Media TV Interview, ANC Alerts, ABS-CBN News Channel (CNN Asia), January, 2013 (Philippines)

• Keynote: Social Media in Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR Research Institute, De La Salle University, January, 2013 (Philippines) 

• Measuring the value of online communities and networks of practice for business,9th Networked Learning Conference, Maastrich, 2012 (Netherlands) 

• Promoting Your Programs through Social Media Catholic Immigration Centre 2012 (Canada)

• Village Avatars: A Low to No-Cost Design Model (with Marcello Bigotti) Canadian Society for Training and Development Annual Conference 2011 (Canada)

• Leveraging social learning technologies in corporate environments, 7th Networked Learning Conference, Aalborg, 2010 (Denmark) 

• Social Learning Quarterly Information Learning Forum,  Blackberry’s Research in Motion [RIM], Waterloo, Ontario 2010 (Canada) 

• eLearning Platforms Canadian Society for Training and Development, Peel Chapter 2010 (Canada)

• Facebook, much? Social Learning Networks,  Platforms, and Technologies, Canadian Society for Training and Development. South West Chapter 2010 (Canada)

• Critical Thinking in Learning, Visiting Professor, St. Anthony College of Technology. 2009 (Philippines) 

• Online Learner Competencies, Tokyo 2009 (Japan)    

• Competencies del director de instrucción (Training Manager Competencies) Universitat Obierta de Catalunya, Barcelona. 2008 (Spain) 

• Transforming learning theories into HRD Learning Games (European Perspective) Presented at the Eighth Annual Conference of HRD Research and Practice across Europe, Oxford. 2008 (England) 

• Beyond Competencies: Implementing the Next Generation Organisational Certification Programmes Canadian Society for Training and Development 2008 (Canada)

• Evaluator competencies: A global validation with local implications (with Dr. Darlene Russ-Eft) Presented at the Eighth Annual Conference of HRD Research and Practice across Europe, Oxford  2007 (England) 

• Critical HRD – Need for Emergence of Critters in Adult Education Adult Education Research Conference (AERC), Halifax, Nova Scotia 2007 (Canada)

• Global Evaluator Competencies: A Project of the International Board of Standards for Training, Performance, and Instruction (ibstpi) (with Dr. Darlene Russ-Eft) Academy of Human Resource Development Conference, Indianapolis 2007 (USA)

• Transforming learning theories into HRD Learning Games (Asian Perspective) Academyof Human Resource Development Conference, Kuala Lumpur 2007 (Malaysia) 

• Organizational Communication, Business Communication, and Presenting Data Effectively, New York University Kaufman Management Center and Stern Business School, New York 2007 (USA)

• Humor in Presentations: The Global Perspective and Transforming learning theories into HRD Learning Games (North American Perspective)Academy of Human Resource Development Conference, Columbus, OH 2006 (USA)

• Developing Certified Technical Trainers, TechLearn, Las Vegas, NV 2006 (USA)

• Blog: Is it a Viable Research Tool? Delta Pi Epsilon Scholar’s Confraternity, Cincinnati 2005 (USA)

• Humor in Presentations (Workplace Solutions) Columbia University, New York, NY 2005 (USA)

• Effecting Customer Satisfaction through the use of RHI©, Triple Triangle©, and X Factoring©  QFD Institute Novi, MI 1995 (USA)

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