Events · talks · good conversations

Good ideas.
Better conversations.

Here’s where you can find me next, plus a few photos and conversations from the years I’ve spent talking about the human side of work.

Brett speaking at a PMI Central Indiana chapter event in 2025
Give me a microphone. I have a few thoughts.

Where I’m speaking next

Come for the ideas. Stay for the conversation.

Free webinar · SoDA + PCI

Roles & responsibilities of AM & PM: Collaborating for maximum advantage

With Jenny Plant · noon–1 p.m. ET / 5–6 p.m. GMT · Online

Who owns what? Where do account management and project management overlap? Jenny and I will work through clearer handoffs, scope changes, and client communication, with examples from agency life.

Ops Week · The Bureau

Ops Week: Delivery

11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. ET · Online

I’m joining The Bureau’s Ops Week for the delivery session, part of a week of conversations about how agencies work.

A few microphones ago

On stage. Around the table.

From an early SXSW conversation to conference stages and tables covered in sticky notes. The rooms have changed. My inability to stop talking about project management has held up remarkably well.

Brett leading the Project Management for Humans core conversation at SXSW in 2011
SXSW · Austin · 2011This is where Project Management for Humans was born. The core conversation was called “Project Management for Humans (No Robots Allowed).”Photo: Kevin Hoffman · via Brett’s Flickr
Brett moderating a feedback panel he curated for North by Northeast in Toronto
North by Northeast · Toronto · 2012A panel I curated about the thing everyone has and nobody always wants: feedback.From Brett’s archive
Brett presenting Be a Better PM at DPM:UK in Manchester in 2014
DPM:UK · Manchester · 2014Taking the PM conversation across the pond. Opening the first DPM:UK with “Be a Better PM.”Photo via Sam Barnes’s event recap
Brett presenting at a PMI Central Indiana chapter event in 2025
PMI Central Indiana chapter · 2025Still talking about the people behind the plans.From Brett’s archive
Brett speaking at Dubai International Project Management Forum in 2025
Dubai International Project Management Forum · 2025Same human problems. A much bigger stage.From Brett’s archive
Brett facilitating the speaker panel at Digital PM Summit 2026 in Asheville
Digital PM Summit · 2026Hosting the event and facilitating the speaker panel. Found my people.From Brett’s archive · originally shared on LinkedIn
Brett facilitating the AM:PM workshop in 2026
AM:PM · 2026Smaller room. Plenty to untangle.From Brett’s archive

The speaking archive

Talks worth revisiting.

A selection of keynotes, workshops, panels, and online conversations. Open a year to find event details, slides, or recordings.

2026
October 21Asheville, NC

DPM/Ops Dynamic Duo Workshop

Designing better ways of working with AI

Workshop with Rob Harr

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October 19–20Asheville, NC

Digital PM Summit

Project Management Is Human

Breakout with Galen Low · host

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September 29–30Atlanta, GA

AM:PM

Agency leadership, collaboration, and AI workflows

Co-host with Jenny Plant

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2025
2025In person

Digital PM Summit

Navigating Change

Workshop · emcee

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March 3Online

Chicago Camps · Tent Talks

Stronger Teams Start with Better Habits

Conversation

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2025Dubai, UAE

Dubai International Project Management Forum

Digital Project Management

Conference session

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2024
October 14–15Austin, TX

Digital PM Summit

Conference appearance

Speaker

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2019
2019Online

UIE

Managing Projects Better by Managing Expectations

Virtual seminar

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2018
February 2018Online

Online webinar

Improve Your Estimating and Planning Skills

Practical approaches to estimating and planning

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2018Minneapolis, MN

Manage + Digital

Army of Awesome

Conference talk

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2017
2017Online

TeamGantt

Project Management Master Class: Improve Your Communication Skills

Webinar

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2016
April 21Stockholm, Sweden

DPL Forum

DPL Forum Workshop

Workshop

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October 2016San Antonio, TX

Digital PM Summit

Army of Awesome

Conference talk

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October 2016San Antonio, TX

Digital PM Summit

Digital PM Workshop

Workshop

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January 28Manchester, UK

DPM:UK

Army of Awesome

Closing keynote

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2015
November 21Mobify HQ · Vancouver, Canada

Every Day DPM · Louder Than Ten

Every Day DPM workshop

Workshop with Rachel Gertz

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2014
October 6–7Austin, TX

Digital PM Summit

The Project Communications Game

Conference talk

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2013
October 14Philadelphia, PA

Digital PM Summit

Be a Better PM

Conference talk

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October 9New York, NY

Future of Web Design

Making Projects Easy

Rising Stars track

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July 29Microsoft · London, UK

London Digital PM Workshop

Digital project management workshop

Workshop with Sam Barnes

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2012
June 2012Toronto, Canada

North by Northeast · Interactive

The F Word: feedback

Panel moderator

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2011
October 1Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh Web Design Day

Project Management for Humans (No Robots Allowed)

Conference talk

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March 14Austin, TX

SXSW Interactive

Project Management for Humans (No Robots Allowed)

Core conversation with Pamela Villacorta

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