Andrew Walsh - Librarian and History Author

Presentations

More Lost Dayton Book Events for 2018-19

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Since my last post last summer, my Lost Dayton-related activities have been going well. I’ve been invited to do several more book presentations which I’ve greatly enjoyed, and book sales have been going pretty well too. The largest audience I’ve spoken to (probably ever) was at a unique and fun event: Dayton Pecha Kucha Vol. […]

Lost Dayton, Ohio Book Events: Recap and Upcoming

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Now that my book is released I’ve been doing some local events and signings to help promote it. They’ve gone pretty well! I had two signings in the Oregon District, one at Bonnett’s book store and the other at Heart Mercantile, a cool shop that recently started stocking a few books of local interest including […]

Upcoming Conference Presentation on Librarians and Student Success

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I have an upcoming conference presentation about some of the work I’ve been doing with career exploration and development. This work is a big part of our college-wide push to improve student success and completion here at Sinclair. Our Career Communities are an attempt to “shrink the college” and allow students to solidify their career […]

Recent Presentation Roundup: OER and Pathways

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Two initiatives in higher education that I’ve been greatly involved with lately are Open Educational Resources (OER) and pathways (which falls under the office of completion here at Sinclair). OER usually means free, online textbooks, although they can also be other types of content and are sometimes discussed as part of a larger “textbook affordability” […]

WordCamp Dayton 2015

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Last week I presented at WordCamp Dayton, a conference for designers, developers, bloggers, small business owners, entrepreneurs, and educators. It was held at the Dayton Convention Center downtown, conveniently located about a 10-minute walk away from my apartment. The first evening we enjoyed a speaker dinner at the Dayton Chess Club, also downtown, with incredible food from […]