Speaking
Hire Jess to Speak.
A paid motivational and keynote speaker for corporate/executive audiences and educational systems alike.
For Corporate & Executive Audiences
Main-stage workshops, panel hosting, and fireside chats for corporate/executive audiences — most recently Dent the Future’s main stage (“The Future of Right-Brained Leadership,” October 2021), the TransTechnology Conference (panel host, December 2020), and Dent the Future’s Friday Fireside Chats (panelist, May 2020).
For Educational Systems
Jess also comes in and works directly with schools and school systems — from a 2018 Design Thinking Tour through Asia (Hong Kong, Beijing, Bali, and Taichung City) to paper presentations and workshops at academic venues including Harvard LearnLaunch, Stanford FabLearn, and the Harvey Mudd Design Thinking Workshop.
Speaking & Engagement History
- Dent the Future — Main stage workshops, October 2021 — “The Future of Right-Brained Leadership.”
- TransTechnology Conference — Panel host, December 2020
- Dent the Future Friday Fireside Chats — Panelist, May 2020
- Design Thinking Tour through Asia — Speaker/facilitator, 2018 — Hong Kong, Beijing, Bali, and Taichung City.
- TEDx Praça do Santos — Invited speaker, March 2016 — “The Art of Y: Big Learning through Big Data.”
- American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference — Technical paper, June 2015
- Harvey Mudd Design Thinking Workshop — Workshop, May 2015
- Harvard LearnLaunch — Speaker, January 2015
- Stanford FabLearn — Paper presentation, October 2014
- Design Thinking Research Symposium, Purdue — Speaker, October 2014
- Creative Scholars Project, Brown University — Speaker, April 2014
- Congresso Nacional de Inovação — Speaker, June 2014 — Rio de Janeiro.
- International Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education — Paper presentation, January 2014 — Hubli, India.
Booking
Speaking sits alongside Darte’s other advising offers — see Business Advising, or get in touch and we’ll put together a proposal for your event.