PREVIOUS SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Below are Cindy’s past speaking engagements list chronologically from most recent to last with topic and venue.

2026

 

  • May – Training Into Readiness: Lessons From Military Models. Presentation for ASQ 2026 World Conference on Quality and Improvement, Orlando, FL
  • May – Driving Introvert Success: How HR Helps Quiet Talent tHRive. SHRM Oklahoma 2026 Annual State Conference, Tulsa, OK

2025

  • August – Break Silos, Boost Outcomes: Knowledge Strategies for Project Leaders. Presentation for PMI Houston Conference 2025, Houston, TX
  • July – 18 of My Lessons Learned. Webinar for Fresno Pacific University MBA 714 Entrepreneurial Immersion
  • May – Rewiring Lessons Learned Expectations. Presentation for the DoD and Federal Knowledge Management Symposium 2025, Baltimore, MD
  • March – Knowledge to Impact: Share, Act, and Elevate Your Career. Presentation for Leidos’ Women’s Network Employee Resource Group

2024

  • November – Reducing the Time Between HR Onboarding and Full Team Collaboration. Presentation for KM World 2024, Washington, DC
  • June –  Knowledge sharing and retention through gamification and knowledge puzzles. Webinar for UN World Food Programme, Knowledge Champions
  • June – Three ways to prevent a knowledge hoarding culture. Keynote to the International E-Conferece.
  • April – Create your collaborative environment using mind mapping. Presentation for AIIP, St. Louis, MO
  • March – Sharing knowledge to build team cohesiveness and resiliency. Presentation for the Defense Health HQ, KM Working Group 
  • March – How to unlock OPEX using the synergy between VSM and KM. Presentation for 2024 Lean & Six Sigma Word Conference, Disney Springs, FL

2023

  • November – KM to strengthen the business. Presentation for KMWorld 2023, Washington, DC
  • June – Embracing personal KM after a 23-year career in the U.S. Navy. Presentation for the Midwest KM Symposium, Kent, OH
  • May – How you can use reverse mentorship to create future organizational quality leaders. Presentation for the 2023 World Conference on Quality & Improvement, Philadelphia, PA
  • March – Knowledge management and the eight wastes. Presentation for 2023 Lean & Six Sigma World Conference, Disney Springs, FL
  • February – No guarantees with know-how. Presentation for 2023 ASQ Lean and Six Sigma Conference, Phoenix, AZ

2022

  • August – Knowledge management and the eight wastes. Presentation for the Professional Development Consortium of Hampton Roads and American Society for Quality, Section 1128 Summer Series
  • July – Gamification for improving knowledge retention. Presentation for US Cyber Command Lunch-and-Learn
  • April – Using human-centric knowledge management to build a cohesive and resilient team. Presentation for the 2022 DoD and Federal Knowledge Management Symposium 
  • March – Compliers, begrudgers, and toddlers – Oh my! Presentation for the Lean & Six Sigma World Conference
  • January – Compliers, begrudgers, and toddlers – Oh my! Presentation for ASQ Grand Rapids Section 1001

2021

  • June – Three customer avatars you can retain through knowledge management practices. Presentation for Lucidworks’s Activate Virtual Search and AI Conference.
  • June – Using human-centric knowledge management when receiving the dreaded two-week’s notice. Presentation for Northcentral University’s Center of Advancement of Virtual Organizations (COVA)
  • May – Introduction to knowledge management. Presentation for Ask LEX Ph Academy.
  • March – Saving time and money by adding value through purposeful knowledge management. Presentation for American Quality Institute’s 2021 Lean and Six Sigma World Conference.

2020

2019

  • March – Hierarchy vs. teamwork: Ensuring your team is set up for success. Presentation for American Quality Institute’s 2019 Lean and Six Sigma World Conference, San Antonio, TX
  • February – Masters of Strategy! Workshop. Facilitator for the Professional Development Consortium of Hampton Roads, Norfolk, VA

2018

  • October – Employee empowerment: Using military tools to support your organizational culture. Webinar for ASQ Blue Ridge Section 1108
  • September – Baby’s first Kanban and other educational Lean Six Sigma tools. Presentation for the 2018 Engineering Lean and Six Sigma Conference, Atlanta, GA
  • August – Employee empowerment: Using military tools to support your organizational culture. Presentation for Operational Excellence Summer Business Transformation and Leaders Summit (OPEX Summer Summit 2018), San Diego, CA
  • March – Best practices for merging business strategy and business transformation. Presentation for Business Transformation and Operational Excellence Summit (BTOES 18), Orlando, FL

2017

  • April – Conversations with your customers to improve your organizational knowledge management. Webinar for ASQ Blue Ridge Section 1108
  • March – Conversations with your customers to improve your organizational knowledge management. Presentation for American Quality Institute’s 2017 Lean and Six Sigma World Conference, Nashville, TN

2016

  • November – Managing knowledge through conversation. Presentation for Knowledge Management World (KMWorld) 2016, Washington, DC
  • September – Managing knowledge through conversation to support your bottom line. Presentation and paper for the 2016 Fleet Maintenance and Modernization Symposium, Hampton, VA

2013

  • October – Quality tools in action. Presentation/co-facilitator for the Sentara Healthcare Quality Lab Workshop, Williamsburg, VA

2011

  • February – Growing Six Sigma without sacrificing requirements. Presentation for 2011 ASQ Lean and Six Sigma Conference, Phoenix, AZ