Brian has been an invited speaker at academic and corporate events on a range of topics related to creativity, innovation, and collaborative design. When inspiration and insight are essential to move your community forward, consider a Creativity Talk as a powerful way to start discussion and motivate change. Current suggested topics that can be tailored to your organizational needs:
Topic: Innovation Comes From Experience
This talk focuses on how creative range, iterative design, and critical feedback make innovation possible.
Topic: Collaborative Learning is the Engine for Collaborative Design
This talk focuses on new possibilities for collaborative learning that are changing the way communities interact and solve problems in the 21st century.
Topic: The Virtues of Cyborg Environments
This talk highlights how data-rich environments change the way we think and act, and how interfaces and habits will elevate personal achievement.
Recent selected talks and publications:
“Art for Democracy in Crisis” | Brill Sense (2020)
“The Future of Learning” | The Leakey Foundation (2019)
“Environmental Design for Collaboration” | Columbia University (2018)
“Designing Learning Environments to be Re-designed” | Society of College and University Planners (2016)
“Creating a Physical Environment for Blending Face-to-Face and Online Learning” | Online Learning International Symposium (2015)
“Design Practices at the Intersection of Technology and Education” | American Education Research Association (2012)
“Schools for Tomorrow” | The New York Times (2011)
“Supporting Academic Creativity with Online Tools” | Columbia University (2011)
“Web Video as a Public Sphere” | American Education Research Association (2008)
“Civic Education for Participation” | Mid-Atlantic States Philosophy of Education Society (2003)