Presentations.

As a scientist and professor, I give 40-50 presentations a year. They aren't always knock 'em dead TED talks, but I'm confident I hit more than I miss. That alone is pretty impressive given my [former] crippling fear of public speaking (glossophobia). You might have noticed that I started doing science in 1999, yet my first public presentation wasn't until 2009. It took me ten years and two kids to finally get over my fear. I even started a website (Your Next BIG Speech) to help others with similar anxiety. Here are most of the things I've spoken about since that first talk...

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• GIS-based techniques for construction of pre-landslide slope surfaces in Oregon using LIDAR-derived topographic data sets (2009)
• Analysis of geomorphic and hydrologic characteristics of Mount Jefferson debris flow, Oregon, November 6, 2006 (2009)
• Engineering Properties and Mitigation Efforts for the Bear Trap Slide, North Fork Road, Oregon (2010)
• Using Turbidity Monitoring and LiDAR-Derived Imagery to Investigate Sources of Suspended Sediment in the Little North Santiam River Basin, Oregon, Winter 2009-2010 (2010)
• GIS for Water Resources (2011, 2012, 2013)
• Cartographic Projections (2011, 2012, 2013)
• ArcHydroTools (2011, 2012, 2013)
• Watershed Delineation (2011, 2012, 2013)
• Building a Groundwater Protection Model (2011, 2012, 2013)
• StreamStats (2011, 2012, 2013)
• Water Quality Assessment with GIS (2011, 2012, 2013)
• National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) (2011, 2012, 2013)
• Trends in Water Use in the United States 1950-2005 (2011, 2012, 2013)
• Bathymetric Data Collection Methods (2011, 2012, 2013)
• Bathymetric Survey of the Willamette River (2011, 2012, 2013)
• Interpolating Rainfall with Spline, Kriging, or IDW (2011, 2012, 2013)
• PRISM Models for Rainfall and Temperature in Oregon (2011, 2012, 2013)
• Riparian and Wetland Protection (2011, 2012, 2013)
• FUSION Lidar Viewer (2011, 2012, 2013)
• Landslides Play Role in Reducing Drinking-Water Quality in the Western Cascades (2011)
• Water, Water Everywhere…Well, Not Really (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
• Visualizing the World with LiDAR (2011)
• Fanno Creek Carbon Study: Year One Summary (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
• Instream Turbidity Monitoring Used to Assess Landslide Hazards in the Western Cascades (2012)
• Tualatin River Basin Water Quality Assessment: Lessons Learned from 1991-2012 (2012)
• Sedimentation in Fanno Creek (2012)
• How to Use Social Media (2013)
• Life as a Scientist (2013)
• Tracking Landslides: Using Instream Monitoring Techniques to Investigate Landslide Hazards in the Western Cascades (2013)
• Urban Disturbance: Investigating Fine Sediment and Organic Matter in an Urban Stream (2013, 2014)
• Organic Matters: Investigating the Sources, Transport, and Fate of Organic Matter in Fanno Creek, Oregon (2014, 2015)
• Diversity and Inclusion (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
• Hydrology (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
• Evaporation (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
• Precipitation (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
• Runoff (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
• Streamflow (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
• Storage (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
• Water Quality (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
• How to Make Web Videos (2014, 2015)
• Production 101: Making Videos for the Web (2015)
• Land and Water (2015)
• Water Quality for Stream Restoration (2015, 2016)
• Water-Quality Monitoring and Sampling Protocols (2015, 2016)
• Map Reading and Interpretation (2015)
• Water 101: Watersheds (2015)
• Water Quality and Sediment Transport in the Wilson and Trask Rivers (2015)
• Decoupling Turbidity and Discharge in Landslide Prone Watersheds of the Cascade Range, Oregon, USA (2015)
• Let’s Make Maps (2016)
• Discharge Measurements for Stream Evaluation and Assessment (2016, 2017)
• 5 Ways Parenting Can Improve Public Speaking (2016)
• Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (2016)​
• Self-Mapping Sandbox (2016, 2017, 2018)
• Guiding Principles for Business (2016)
• Communications: Why Good Communication Matters (2016, 2017, 2018)
• Communications: Developing a Communications Plan (2016, 2017)
• Communications: Keys to Crafting a Successful Message (2016, 2017, 2018)
• Communications: Crafting a 30-Second Elevator Speech (2016, 2017, 2018)
• Communications: Presenting Science to Normal People (2016, 2017)
• Communications: The Value of Using Photos and Video (2016, 2017)
• Communications: Ways to Reach a Larger Audience (2016, 2017)
• Communications: How to Field a Press Inquiry (2016, 2017)
• Water Seeps in the Ground: Advice for How to Talk Science To Normal People (2016, 2017)
• Break the Ice with Your "30-Second Speech" (2018, 2019)
• After the Flames: The Science Behind the Eagle Creek Fire Response (2018)
• The Art of Good Science Communication: Be Bold, Speak Clearly (2018, 2019)
• Videos for the Web (2020)
• Advice for Talking Science to Normal People (2020)

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