Speaking & Writing
Conferences + Meetups
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“Experience Assembly: Richmond”
45-minute panel discussion
December 2024 One North Richmond, VA
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“Office hours with Shannon Leahy”
60-minute, "Ask Me Anything" Q&A
October 2024 Working in Content Virtual
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“Finding, building, and nurturing your community of practice with the resources you have”
60-minute panel discussion and Q&A
September 2024 Button Virtual
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“Button 2024 pre-game panel”
60-minute panel discussion and Q&A
September 2024 Button Virtual
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“Grow your content career: How to wrangle influence, ambiguity, and autonomy”
20-minute presentation
June 2024 Lead with Tempo London, England
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Content leadership panel
20-minute panel discussion and Q&A
June 2024 Lead with Tempo London, England
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"Make it awkward: Why saying hard things matters at work (and how to actually do it)"
60-minute panel discussion and Q&A
April 2024 Active Voice Virtual
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“From ordinary to outstanding: Delivering quality UX with everyday office tools”
30-minute presentation and Q&A
February 2024 Chicago Camps - UX Camp Winter 2024 Virtual
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“Grow your content career: How to wrangle influence, ambiguity, and autonomy”
1-hour presentation and Q&A
November 2023 Content Strategy Seattle Virtual
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“Grow your content career: How to wrangle influence, ambiguity, and autonomy”
Keynote for content strategy and design track
October 2023 Web Directions Summit Sydney, Australia
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“The state of content: a conversation”
Closing panel discussion for content strategy and design track
October 2023 Web Directions Summit Sydney, Australia
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“From ordinary to outstanding: Delivering kick-ass UX with everyday tools”
10-minute lightning talk
October 2023 UX Census RVA Insights Night Richmond, VA
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“Coffee and conversation: Grow your design career”
1-hour presentation with interactive activities and Q&A
August 2023 Branch Museum of Architecture and Design Richmond, VA
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“Grow your tech career: Wrangling influence, ambiguity, and autonomy”
30-minute presentation with interactive activities and Q&A
June 2023 U.S. Digital Corps Virtual
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“Grow your tech career: Wrangling influence, ambiguity, and autonomy”
50-minute breakout session
May 2023 Confab Minneapolis, MN
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“Into the unknown: Using (content) design best practices to help customers in unprecedented times”
1-hour breakout session
June 2022 Financial Inclusion Summit, internal Capital One conference Virtual
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“Don’t rule it out: The power of ordinary tools for extraordinary results”
15-minute lightning talk
May 2022 Richmond Design Group Virtual
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“UX careers panel”
1-hour panel discussion
October 2020 Reynolds Community College Virtual
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“Let's get legal: Improving compliance content and legalese”
40-minute breakout session
October 2020 Button Conference Virtual
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“User testing doesn't have to be hard”
45-minute breakout session
October 2018 edUi Conference Charlottesville, VA
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“4 ways to get started with content testing”
10-minute lightning talk
May 2018 Richmond Design Group Richmond, VA
Podcasts
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“Burst your bubble with Haley, Heather, and Shannon”
June 2024 Design Bubble
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“The content design job market”
May 2024 Content Strategy Insights
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“Creating bad-ass UX deliverables with common tools”
September 2023 Chicago Camps
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“Embracing content design in the digital world”
September 2023 Design Bubble
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“The state of UX content jobs”
May 2023 The Interface by UX Content Collective
Articles
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"Transitioning from content design to UX leadership"
May 2024 Button blog
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“Product content strategy - Expert insights from Button Conference speakers”
October 2020 Gather Content