Noreen Whysel has facilitated workshops on a number of technology topics including information architecture and accessibility, online trust and safety, mentoring and mindfulness. She has created and led workshops and tutorials for startup companies and incubators, universities, professional associations, international conferences and private organizations.
Information Architecture and Accessibility
Date: October 28-30, 2025
Presenter: Noreen Whysel and Shari Thurow
Workshop Title: Make Your Science Gateway Discoverable: A Practical Tutorial on AI and Search Optimization
Location: Gateways 2025, Science Gateways Community Institute, Green Bay, WI, USA
URL: https://www.iaroundtable.org/2025-education
Date: April 29, 2025
Presenter: Noreen Whysel
Lightning Talk Title: Information Architecture and the Technical BFA
Workshop Title: 10th Academics and Practitioners Roundtable
Location: IAC: The Information Architecture Conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA
URL: https://www.iaroundtable.org/2025-education
Date: October 27, 2023
Facilitators: Shari Thurow, Noreen Whysel
Workshop Title: Accessible Gateways: Communicating Inclusive Design Practices with Style Guides
Event: Science Gateways 2023, Online
URL: https://sciencegateways.org/gateways2023-program
Date: October 26, 2023
Facilitators: Shari Thurow, Noreen Whysel
Workshop Title: Accessible Gateways: Communicating Inclusive Design Practices with Pattern Libraries
Event: Science Gateways 2023, Online
URL: https://sciencegateways.org/gateways2023-program
Date: October 30, 2019
Facilitators: Shari Thurow, Noreen Whysel
Workshop Title: How to Create and Maintain an Effective Information Architecture and Navigation System for Science Gateway Websites
Event: Gateways 2019, Science Gateways Commuunity Institute, San Diego, CA
URL: https://osf.io/p6e79/
Date: March 13, 2019
Speaker: Noreen Whysel
Lightning Talk Title: Trust and inclusion in vulnerable populations
Workshop Title: Diversity and Inclusion: 7th Academics and Practitioners Roundtable
Location: IAC: The Information Architecture Conference, Orlando, FL, USA
URL: http://www.iaroundtable.org/2019-diversity-inclusion
Search Usability
Date: May 24, 2023
Facilitator: Noreen Whysel
Workshop Title: Designing Effective Search Experiences
Event: UX-LX: UX Lisbon, FIL Meeting Center, Lisbon, Portugal
URL: https://www.ux-lx.com/speakers/noreen-whysel.html#workshop
Date: April 20, 2021
Facilitators: Shari Thurow, Noreen Whysel
Workshop Title: Sense-Making, Search Systems & Site Optimization
Event: IAC 21: The Information Architecture Conference, Online
URL: https://www.theiaconference.com/session/sense-making-search-systems-site-optimization-2/
Lean Startup Customer Development
Date: June 1, 2022
Facilitator: Noreen Whysel
Workshop Title: User Experience Research: Deriving Insights for Customer Development
Location: Project 2.8. Columbia University, Online
Date: February 23, 2021
Facilitator: Noreen Whysel
Workshop Title: Customer Development
Location: Impact Hub of New York, Online
URL: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gQbICXka6Aa1f_P6VwWd3fqspTVx4ACYVa-Tnd1hXWY/edit
Date: April 19, 2019
Facilitator: Noreen Whysel
Workshop Title: Mentoring Roundtable: Understanding Your Customer from 3 Perspectives
Location: Technology Transfer Days, Technology Transfer Days, Microsoft, New York, NY
URL: https://www.meetup.com/technologytransferdays
Date: February 26, 2019
Facilitator: Noreen Whysel
Workshop Title: Service Design Workshop
Location: Colin Powell School of Public Administration, City University of New York, New York, NY
Mindfulness and Financial Wellness
Date: November 10, 2023
Facilitators: Brett Whysel, and Noreen Whysel
Workshop Title: Effortless Mindfulness Techniques for Everyone: An Introduction
Event: 2023 CUNY Professional Development Conference
Location: Online
Date: March 28, 2018
Facilitators: Noreen Whysel and Brett Whysel
Workshop Title: Financial Wellness Workshop
Location: Impact Hub NYC, New York, NY
URL: http://www.decisionfish.com/workshop/
Facilitators: Noreen Whysel and Brett Whysel
Workshop Title: Financial Wellness Workshop
Location: CUNY School of Social Work, New York, NY
Date: February 22, 2018
URL: http://www.decisionfish.com/workshop/
Date: January 31, 2017
Facilitators: Noreen Whysel and Brett Whysel
Workshop Title: Help Millennials Make Better Financial Decisions
Location: 100 Days of Impact, Impact Hub NYC, New York, NY
URL: http://nyc.impacthub.net/event/100-days-of-impact-decision-fish/
Digital Archives
Date: January 7, 2018
Facilitators: Tanya Elder and Noreen Whysel
Workshop Title: Preserving Performance: An Archive Making Guide for Theatre Artists
Location: DH Week NYC, American Jewish Historical Society, New York, NY
URL: http://dhweek.nycdh.org
Date: October 7, 2016
Facilitators: Claudia Chase, Tanya Elder, and Noreen Whysel
Workshop Title: Preserving Performance: An Archive Making Guide for Theatre Artists
Location: Preludes NYC, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY
URL: http://dhweek.nycdh.org
Date: February 10, 2016
Facilitator: Noreen Whysel
Workshop Title: Pinterest as Exhibition
Location: Metropolitan Library Council of New York
URL: https://nycdh.org/dhweek/event/pinterest-as-exhibition-gallery/
Additional Digital Archives Facilitation:
The Dramatists Guild (2018)
Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble (2017)
New York Theater Workshop (2015)
Wikipedia Editathons
Date: March 26, 2017
Facilitator: Noreen Whysel
Workshop Title: IA Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
Location, Information Architecture Summit, Vancouver, BC, Canada
URL: http://www.iasummit.org/talk/ia-wikipedia-edit-thon-2015/
Date: April 25, 2015
Facilitator: Noreen Whysel
Workshop Title: IA Wikipedia Editathon
Event: Information Architecture Summit, Minneapolis, MN
URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20160815002952/http://www.iasummit.org/node/51
Resources: Slide deck tutorial and Resources
Community Building
Date: November 3, 2016
Facilitator: Noreen Whysel
Workshop Title: Mentoring for Science Gateway Websites
Event: Gateways 2016, San Diego Supercomputing Center, San Diego, CA
URL: https://osf.io/p6e79/
Facilitator: Noreen Whysel
Date: September 24-25, 2015.
Workshop Title: Chapter Leaders Workshops
Location: AppSecUSA 2015. San Francisco, CA
URL: https://2015.appsecusa.org/agenda/chapter-leader-workshops/
Recordings:
Part 1: People and Capital – The Fire & Fuel for Chapter Activities
Part 2: I’m a Leader. Now What? – Basic Information for Jump Starting a Chapter (Part 1 and 2 are combined, 71MB MP4 audio only)
Part 3: What’s in Your Toolbox? – Resources for Engagement (167MB MP4 audio and video)
Part 4: If You Build It, They Will Come – The OWASP Wiki Edit-a-Thon (265MB MP4 audio and video)