Consulting

Consulting is not my day job. In fact, it usually pulls me away from my family and my regular work as a professor. However, I do really enjoy working with schools and try to help as I can. I have been fortunate to work with a number of organizations on technology leadership (and, in the past, data-driven decision-making) issues. I love to roll up my sleeves and work with administrators, teachers, and others on complex, real-world problems in school organizations. Each time I learn something new that can then be applied in other service and teaching venues.

Presentation Examples

If you want to know what I’m like as a presenter, here are a few examples:

Presentation Needs

Typically I need a laptop projector, laptop speakers loud enough for the size of the room (so participants can hear videos), a projector screen, a power strip with two free outlets, and Internet access for myself. I’ll also need a small table on which I can put things. Depending on the room, I may need a wireless microphone (preferably a lapel mic); you also might want to consider having a microphone for participants during question-and-answer time. Depending on the presentation, we may need power strips and/or Internet access for your participants. I will bring my own laptop, mouse, PowerPoint remote control, and webcam. Optimal seating arrangement for participants is at small tables of 4 to 8 people each. In an ideal setting, they’d each have a laptop (or maybe a laptop for every 3–4 people) and the facility would have robust enough Internet bandwidth to handle that number of people. Please let me know how many participants there will be, how participants will be seated, whether some or all of the participants will have laptops, what the room setup looks like, bandwidth capacity of the facility, etc.

Recording My Presentations

You have both blanket permission and encouragement to record my presentations and share my materials. If you post any recordings of me online, I request that you do so publicly — not just for your membership — and that I receive the link so that I may share with others. I make all of my resources available under a Creative Commons attribution-share alike copyright license.

Webinars and Other Presentations

Sometimes I’m unavailable to come present on your home turf. If this is the case, I often am available to do a live, 30– to 90-minute webinar to your group. I’m also open to other creative digital presentation possibilities! I use Adobe Connect Pro for my webinars. I’m happy to do so for yours. You will need a computer with Internet access, a computer projector, and computer speakers sufficiently loud to reach the back row of your audience. It’s okay with me if we use your webinar software instead; then you’re responsible for any technological glitches instead of me!

Satisfaction Guaranteed

I stand behind my work. Folks typically are extremely pleased with my visits, but if you ever have any concerns, let me know and we’ll work it out to your satisfaction. I promise. Also, let me know if you ever want to talk with other organizations with which I’ve worked.

Billing

I run my consulting work through my private company for tax purposes. Please use the following information for checks, contracts, etc.

Dr. Scott McLeod, President
STL Associates, Inc.
3108 Sycamore Road
Ames, IA 50014
(707) 722‑7853
Federal EIN: 20–1625863
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