Speaking Engagements
Kick off your next event with Matt.
Spark's co-founder and Chief Catalyst has delivered insightful, provocative, and entertaining talks at international conferences and has facilitated workshops for private clients.
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Topics
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Collaborative Sensemaking
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Futures & Sustainable Innovation
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Team Dynamics
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Addressing Complexity
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Human Centered Design
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Consumer Insight​
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Effectual Innovation
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Example Talks
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03.25.25 - How to Spark Creativity in Work & Life (Behavioral Grooves Podcast)
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10.01.24 - Planning & Executing Your Next Hackathon (Synthesize Pod)
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06.20.24 - Sparking Innovation (Entrepreneurship 2.0, World Business Angels Investment Forum, University College Cork)
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03.31.23 - Narrative Prototypes: Long-Form Narrative as Collaborative Sensemaking
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04.21.22 - Biomimicry Buzz: Bees as a Metaphor for Collaborative Sensemaking
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08.04.21 - Bringing Innovation to Large Organizations (Panel Discussion, Strategic Doing Conference / University of Oregon)
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06.28.21 - Effectual Innovation: Bootstrapping & Scaling Innovation (Panel Discussion, hosted by University College Cork)
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06.12.21 - The Product Manager's Mindset (Private Event)
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06.11.21 - Futures as a Design Method for Innovation (EntreFEST)
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05.27.21 - Effectual Innovation: Innovating the Way We Innovate (Panel Discussion, hosted by University College Cork)
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09.10.20 - The Iowa Idea: Creativity, Collaboration, Innovation and Persistence (Big Design)
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04.15.20 - Collaborative Sensemaking & Wayfinding (IAC20)
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02.22.20 - Sensemaking and Wayfinding: Why IA is Essential When Navigating Complex Systems (World IA Day)