Lesley D'Souza's guest appearances

Lesley D'Souza

The Student Affairs Spectacular

Josie and the Podcast

Mindset in Motion (MIM)

Sumi Pendakur

James Robilotta

Sara Goldrick-Rab

Kevin O'Connell

Ed Cabellon

Jennielle Strother

Amma Marfo

Joe Sabado

Lloyd Ahlquist

Tyler Miller

Joe Baker

Kevin Wright

Karen Freberg

Ben Williams

Reuben Pressman

OwlTail

Join Bill and Lesley D'Souza, as they explore storytelling with data and how design thinking can be bridge equitable approaches to assessment at the post-secondary level.

Join Bill and Lesley D'Souza, as they explore storytelling with data and how design thinking can be bridge equitable approaches to assessment at the post-secondary level.

Season 2, Episode 2: Decolonizing Data Collection & Design Thinking, with Lesley D'Souza

A popular phrase in Student Affairs is, "Data doesn't drive." Another way to think about this is that if we aren't good at converting our data into great stories...and then telling those stories, then the data doesn't matter. Tom got to interview Lesley D'Souza who's entire job is to bridge the gap between collecting great assessment and then converting that assessment into great stories for both internal and external use. 

A popular phrase in Student Affairs is, "Data doesn't drive." Another way to think about this is that if we aren't good at converting our data into great stories...and then telling those stories, then the data doesn't matter. Tom got to interview Lesley D'Souza who's entire job is to bridge the gap between collecting great assessment and then converting that assessment into great stories for both internal and external use.

Episode #150 - Lesley D'Souza - Converting Assessment Into Great Stories

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.

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 <a href="http://RyersonSA.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RyersonSA.com</a> 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.

Lesley D'Souza // Secret Sauce of Storytelling, Higher Ed in Canada, #RyersonSA & Empathic Assessment