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
- December – Conversations to identify and improve your organizational knowledge management. Presentation to V-Veer.
- November – Knowledge puzzles: Inspiring a problem-solving mindset. Presentation for KM World 2020.
- October – Knowledge mapping takes the guesswork out of finding knowledge. Presentation for Engineering Lean and Six Sigma Conference.
- October – Guest speaker on Marie Incontrera’s Coffee with Entrepreneurs Live!.
- October – Connecting the knowledge dots through hashtags. Webinar for Knowledge Management Institute.
- September – A knowledge mindset: What you know comes from where you sit. TEDxBeaconStreet
- August – How Army soldiers can advance their careers with green belt training & certification. Panelist for webinar on Goleansixsigma.com
- August – Combating the eight wastes of lean using a knowledge management mindset. Webinar for ASQ Raleigh Six Sigma Special Interest Group
- August – Panel member – Mastering operational excellence (OPEX) fundamentals: Leading business transformation & building teams. Panelist for OPEX Summer Summit 2020
- May – Knowledge management and innovation on firm performance of United States ship repair. Webinar for ASQ Hampton Roads Section 1114 and ASQ Tidewater Section 1128
- March – Securing explicit and tacit knowledge: How to ensure knowledge is not lost once your project closes. Presentation for Knowledge Management Institute’s KM Showcase 2020, Arlington, VA
- January – Using mind mapping in support of more robust business development. Presentation for Operational Excellence (OPEX) Week: Business Transformation World Summit 2020, Orlando, FL
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