Workshops

An overview of the workshops I design and facilitate — practical, engaging sessions that help teams build skills, deepen understanding, and create meaningful change together.

Largely decorative image. Black background with an woman holding her hand up to the camera. The hand is in focus, and the woman is slightly blurred — Personal Safety Workshops (AKA Self-Defence)

Date March 23, 2026

I run personal safety workshops that focus on confidence, awareness, and choice; not just physical techniques. In a supportive environment, I help participants build practical skills, trust their instincts, and rethink safety in everyday situations. The goal is simple: leave feeling grounded, capable, and more confident moving through the world.

AI Generated image of a womans face created with a lot of other faces — Deep Fakes & Pornography

Date November 18, 2024

This is a practical workshop that helps kaiako (educators), whānau (family) and organisations understand deepfakes and generative AI. I explain how the technology works, the real harms it causes, and how to support young people with calm, informed, safety‑focused conversations—without panic, fear‑mongering, or technical overwhelm.

Largely decorative image of a rustic stage, you can see the wooden seats and an empty stage — Stage Fright!

Date June 29, 2022

Spark Women in Tech is a group of women who work in technology roles at Spark, who are passionate about inspiring and empowering women in technology careers. This piece reflects on nerves, vulnerability, and showing up anyway, I focus on confidence, fear, and what it really means to take the stage.

Photo of me with Keanu Reeves on the screen behind me — Ad infinitum – Burnout & Mindsets

Date June 9, 2022

This talk explores burnout through the lens of growth and fixed mindsets, unpacking how constant pressure to “keep going” shapes startup culture. Presented at Startup Garage Wellington, it challenges participants to rethink productivity, sustainability, and success, before exhaustion becomes the norm

Press Play with OMGTech!

Date October 13, 2018

Delivered at the ULearn 2018 conference, this Press Play workshop invited educators to explore digital technologies through play‑based, hands‑on learning. Focusing on creativity over devices, it demonstrated practical, accessible ways to engage learners with computational thinking and the digital technologies curriculum—without needing screens

Largely decorative image of an abacus — Mathematics & the Rainbow

Date October 12, 2018

One of the workshops I created for ULearn 2018. This is a large annual teacher’s conference run by Core Education. Mathematics and the Rainbow is about teaching kids Binary arithmetic using paper worksheets

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