Keynote for Thursday, May 24th, 2012:
Sidneyeve Matrix
Sidneyeve Matrix is Queen’s National Scholar and Assistant Professor in the Department of Media and Film at Queen’s University. She teaches courses in mass communications, marketing, digital and social media for undergrads, and in the Queen’s School of Business Executive Development Centre and for Rutgers University Center for Management Development. She is an Educator in Residence at The Centre for Teaching and Learning at Queen’s, and the recipient of the OUSA Award for Excellence in Teaching at Queen’s University, by the Alma Mater Society and the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance.
Sidneyeve has a Masters degree from The University of Western Ontario, a graduate certificate from Syracuse University, and a PhD from The University of Minnesota. She is an Associate Editor (social media) of The Journal of Professional Communications and on the editorial board of International Journal of Interactive Multimedia.
Sidneyeve also works as a social media developer helping brands increase their digital IQ, at MatrixMediaFX. She sits on Marketing magazine’s Editorial Advisory Board. She is a regular digital trends analyst for national media outlets, including CBC News and CBC Radio, CTVGlobeMedia, The Canadian Press, Sun Media, CanWest Global, and many regional newspapers and radio broadcasts. Her educational technology initiatives and research have been featured in University Affairs Magazine, Macleans Magazine, Yahoo!, MSN.ca, Canada.com, The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, and elsewhere.
Please visit Sydneyeve’s website for more information at: http://sidneyevematrix.com/
Keynote for Friday, May 25th, 2012:
Drew Dudley
The former Coordinator of one of the largest university leadership development programs in Canada, Drew Dudley nevertheless embraces the idea that “leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.”
“I’ve never thought of what I do as ‘teaching’ leadership,” says Drew. “For me, it’s always been about trying to find a way to help others explore the concept – what it means to them, and to their communities.”
A professional speaker, writer, educator and entrepreneur, Drew has helped raise over $5 million as the Founder or Chair of several organizations dedicated to supporting scholarship funds, social entrepreneurship, and charitable initiatives, including a record-breaking term as the National Chair of Canada’s largest fundraiser for post-secondary students, “Shinerama: Students Fighting Cystic Fibrosis”.
Now the Founder and Chief Catalyst of Nuance Leadership Inc., Drew works with dozens of corporations, universities, colleges, high schools, charities and other organizations around the world to empower people to increase their leadership capacity.
Drew has spoken to almost 100,000 people in Canada, the US, Europe and the Middle East, and has delivered four “TED Talks” as part of the TEDx series of events. His work with some of Canada’s largest schools, corporations and government agencies has led to him being called “one of the most motivating and inspiring speakers on leadership out there right now” (Dr. Brian Harrington, Oxford University).
Drew is shamelessly addicted to “The West Wing”, and has what his friends refer to as an embarrassingly large stuffed penguin collection for a grown man.
For more information about Drew and Nuance Leadership Inc., please visit: http://nuanceleadership.ca/
Panel on Thursday, May 24th, 2012
A panel of students from a variety of colleges and programs will be invited to discuss and share their thoughts about what engages them most effectively in learning. The panel will be moderated by James Bradshaw, Post-Secondary Education reporter for the Globe and Mail.