SEO Writing, informational article about LinkedIn's new update to how Groups work.
Blogging to Increase Sales Comes Down to Telling an Engaging Story
Someone You Are Not: Developing Diverse Characters
An opinion article for my storytelling community Adventures in Storytelling; diversity is important to me, but being a white, middle-class, cis-gender, heterosexual man I often struggle with how much is appropriate for me to engage with areas with which I don't identify—this is an exploration into that idea.
Why Do I Like Storytelling?
Kindling the Invisible Flames: Building Digital Places for Canadian Conversations in SA
An opinion article for RyersonStudentAffairs.com / Canadian Association of Colleges and Universities Student Affairs (CACUSS); a Student Affairs professional from another institution wrote an article about a lack of "Canadian conversations" which spurred me to talk with my colleagues and CACUSS, then write this response and launch a project to try and create spaces for these Canadian SA conversations.
Stating the Obvious: Your Characters Need to Interact
Inciting Community
Just Another Day in the RyersonSA Family...
Good Advice on Writing an ACPA 2016 Program Proposal
An instructional article for RyersonStudentAffairs.com / ACPA; I was asked to put together an article to help instruct my colleagues, both at Ryerson and across Student Affairs in Canada, on the best practices for writing a program proposal for the ACPA conference 2016, which was going to be held in Canada for the first time ever.
Holistic Support: What Captain Holt Can Teach SA about Lenses
An opinion article for RyersonStudentAffairs.com's Pride 2015 series; using Captain Holt—a fan-favourite (myself included!) character from the TV series Brooklyn Nine-Nine—as an example of a fully formed 3-dimensional character, I look at representation in the show and what it can teach Student Affairs about using lenses.
It Can't Be Business As Usual...
A series of events/articles for RyersonStudentAffairs.com; post-Canadian Association of Colleges and Universities Student Services conference 2015, my colleague Tesni and I wanted a way to bring back the energy, excitement, and inspiration we felt during the conference, and not only share it with our colleagues but encourage them to activate their own projects inspired by the conference.
Reports Worth Reading: an Introduction
My Beard & Me 1: Bye, Bye, Beardie
A reflection article series I wrote for RyersonStudentAffairs.com; after being talked into participating in Movember on the RyersonSA team, I pitched a series that would follow my journey through the month as I shaved off my beloved beard, focusing on what this meant to my identity and how I saw that extrapolating into our work with students.
Why Am I Here? An Orientation Story For Staff
MacMedia, Fare Thee Well…
An editorial piece written for MacMedia, McLaughlin College of York University's monthly student-run paper; the last editorial I ever wrote for them, in fact—this was the year I graduated and this was my heartfelt, cheesy farewell to the paper, my colleagues & friends, and, in a way, McLaughlin College.
