What are the core components of a compelling story? What examples in student affairs can we look to for engaging storytelling practices using data and assessment? Look no further than Lesley D’Souza and Ryerson Student Affairs in Toronto, Canada. This self-proclaimed assessment nerd has built a division-wide assessment cycle at Ryerson that fuels the Storytelling team she managers found at RyersonSA.com and #RyersonSA. Lesley shares the ingredients to a good story, which features students, emotions, and data – composed to build community, recruit higher quality students/staff/faculty and even advocate for more resources from campus decision makers. We also talk about the Twitter chat #SAcdn that Lesley manages, which aims to build a functional networked community of Canadian student affairs professionals.
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Notes from this Episode
ACPA – College Student Affairs International
NDSS Engaging the Digital Generation Book
Ryerson University Student Affairs
Heather Lane Vetere – Vice Provost, Students at Ryerson
Chantal Joy, Director of Advising & Student Academic Support at Humber College
Carney Strange, Professor – Emeritus in BGSU Higher Ed & Student Affairs
CACUSS – (Association representing and serving those individuals who work in Canadian post-secondary institutions in student affairs and services.)
Mark Solomon, Director, Student Life at Seneca College
Glen Weppler, Director of Housing at the University of Waterloo
Gavin Henning, Higher Education Faculty at New England College
https://ryersonstudentaffairs.com/contextualizing-differences-in-canadian-and-american-higher-ed/
Adam Kuhn, Director, Student & Campus Community Development at University of Toronto
SA Relay Podcast
#SARyerson Blog
ACPA Commission for Assessment & Evaluation
John Austin – Executive Director of Student Affairs, Ryerson University
SAAL – student affairs assessment leaders
More about Lesley
Lesley is the Manager of Student Affairs Storytelling in the department of Student Affairs at Ryerson University. She is a student affairs assessment nerd that specializes in storytelling with data and frequently speaks on topics including data storytelling, building empathy, women in leadership, and student transition. At Ryerson, she is responsible for division-wide assessment and works with the Student Affairs Storytelling team to apply design-thinking to higher education practice, and to transform good data into compelling stories. She has an MA in College Student Personnel from Bowling Green State University.
She’s a mom of two boys and an avid gardener, tea drinker, writer, musician and random fact junkie. Ask her anything! She hopes to write a book someday, get a Ph.D. and inspire others.
Connect with Lesley
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lesley.dsouza/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesleydsouza/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lesley_DSouza
Website: https://lesleydsouza.com/
Ryerson: www.ryersonstudentaffairs.com
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