Stories are the path to change.
Great stories are built on truth and in organizations, this comes from data.
The hardest stories to change are the ones we tell ourselves.
Managing change means managing culture. Bringing together innovation, assessment, storytelling and design, Lesley has had success influencing positive change in higher education and student affairs.
About Lesley
I am a student affairs assessment professional that specializes in storytelling with data. I frequently speak on topics including design thinking in education, data storytelling, equity, building empathy, digital media, women in leadership, and student transition. Data-informed empathy stories are how we can influence positive change.
Speaking Highlights.
2020 NASPA Regional Conference – Equity & Design Thinking in Student Affairs
2019 Australia and New Zealand Student Services Association – Storytelling and Change Keynote
2019 ACPA/CACUSS Assessment Institute – Storytelling and Change Management
2018 CACUSS Big Ideas – Storytelling as the Path to Change
2018 CACUSS – Decolonizing Assessment
2018 Sheridan College – Storytelling and Strategic Planning
2017 NASPA Region II – Data Storytelling
2016 Ryerson TEDx Women – Do Moms Belong in the Workplace?
2016 Ontario University & College Health Association – Data Storytelling
2016 Student Affairs Assessment Conference (Ohio State University) – Practice-based Research
2016 Canadian Association of College & University Student Services – Orientation Benchmarking: The First Canadian National Survey
Publications.
D’Souza, L. (2016). Data Storytelling. In Irland, K., Bhatt, J., Fields, A., De Matteo, S., Krieglstein, T. (Eds.), Tracking is Trending: A Survival Guide to Student Affairs Assessment (pp. 65-70). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
D’Souza, L. (2016). It Starts with Curiosity. In Irland, K., Bhatt, J., Fields, A., De Matteo, S., Krieglstein, T. (Eds.), Tracking is Trending: A Survival Guide to Student Affairs Assessment (pp. 51-56). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
D’Souza, L. (2016). Assessment is Here to Stay. In Irland, K., Bhatt, J., Fields, A., De Matteo, S., Krieglstein, T. (Eds.), Tracking is Trending: A Survival Guide to Student Affairs Assessment (pp. 84-89). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
Listen up.
Lesley has done a number of interviews about assessment, storytelling, and student affairs. Here are a few examples.