KEYNOTES, SPEAKING & FACILITATION
“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel”
You’ve been there. We all have. We’ve been in meetings, conferences, and workshops that left us searching for the coffee station far more times than we would have liked. A results-oriented and engaging speaker can make a world of difference for any convening.
Shalin has delivered more than a hundred invited keynotes, guest lectures, presentations, and workshops around a wide range of topics relating to the economic and societal impact of community colleges, universities, labor unions, and companies; how education, workforce, labor, and R&D ecosystems can better align and maximize impact; how micro-credentials, apprenticeships, and non-degree programs serve–or mislead–learners and employers; how best to structure federal science, technology, and industrial policy for public benefit; how emerging technologies and public interest technology methodologies can improve job quality and the future of learning and work; and many other topics drawing on more than a decade of research and analysis.
His philosophy for audience engagement and meeting facilitation prioritizes sensemaking, storytelling, audience-centered design, concrete examples, and context-specific simulations - a pinch of humor. Shalin aims to have every audience walk away with tangible takeaways and a renewed sense of determination, inspiration, energy, and community.