Dr. Melissa Patton

Publications & Media

OpEd'S

Medium / Authority Magazine
Melissa Patton of Space Foundation On How We Can Increase Girls’ Participation in Engineering and Robotics
Melbourne Chamber
411 on the 321
Interview
Watch Interview
Space Coast Daily
Front Page Feature: Victory, Making a Difference in the Community
Volume 11-Issue 6
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Lake Washington Living
Front Page Feature: Meet the Pattons
February 2021 edition
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Beyond School Hours Exhibitor
Orlando, FL
Corporate Exhibitor
 
Converge Presenter/Unleashed
Long Beach, CA
Presentation on sustainable funding strategies
 
Converge Presenter/Group Facilitator
Los Angeles, CA
 
Exponential Exhibitor
Orlando, FL
Corporate Exhibitor
 
Keynote
Cocoa, FL
National Honor Society
 
Keynote, Business Acceleration Summit
Melbourne, FL
 
Palm Bay Chamber of Commerce
Palm bay, FL
 
Overcoming Business Hurdles and Stagnation
League of Cities – Keynote
Melbourne, FL
 
Keynote, Brevard Family Partnership
Melbourne, FL
 
Keynote, Melbourne Chamber of Commerce
West Melbourne, FL
Women of Excellence
 
CCDA
Cincinnati, OH
Innovative strategies to develop community partnerships and raise funds for your CCDA
 
Business Essentials Seminar
Cocoa, FL
Presentation on corporate branding, marketing, and entrepreneurship
 
Wiley Publishing Company
Hoboken, NJ
Selected as talent for Psychology in Action’s online textbook
 
Police Athletic League
Cocoa, FL
 
Weed and Seed Student Graduation Keynote
Florida A&M
Cocoa, FL
 
Parent and Student Orientation
Introduction to Time Management: 101
 
Keynote, Connecticut Human Service Education Conference
New Haven, CT
 
Iowa Statewide Teaching and Learning Conference
Des Moines, IA
 
Co-Presenter: Supporting Learners Outside the Classroom
North Carolina Human Service Education Regional Conference
Raleigh-Durham, NC
 
Welcome: Serving Others Throughout the Life Span
Circuit Court of Cook County Third Municipal District Family Violence Coordinating Council
Palatine, IL
 
Keynote: Introduction to Human Trafficking
Prosperity Bound Leadership Seminar
Rockledge, FL
 
Presenter: More Than Pom Pom’s
Harper College
Palatine, FL
Keynote: Embracing Your Call to the Helping Professions
 
Prosperity Bound Entrepreneur Workshop
Merritt Island, FL
 
Guest Speaker: Learning to Swim with The Sharks
Midwest Organization Regional Conference
Jackson, MI
 
Co-Presenter: Bending A Survivor’s Faith
Southern Organization of Human Services: Regional Conference
Helen, GA
 
Workshop Speaker: Embracing Your Calling to Human Services
Midwest Organization of Human Services Regional Conferences
Topeka, KS
 
Workshop Speaker: Pushing Your Passion to the Front Lines
University of Northern Iowa
Teacher Work Sample Dissertation Project
Invited to pilot a program for prospective adjunct and faculty. Under the direction of the provost, attended training seminars as well as interviews. A 30-page paper analysis of teaching pedagogy. Upon completion, the paper was assessed by a panel and a certificate of completion was issued along with one credit hour towards my post graduate degree.
 
Understanding the Motivation of a Volunteer
Center for Helping Professionals
 
Just Be There
The Point Magazine
 
Bernstein/Nash Essentials of Psychology
Textbook Reviewer
Asked to review an introduction to psychology textbook for a publisher.
 
Worth Publishers Scientific American
2013-2014
Reviewer – Psychology—Licht/Hull/Ballantyne Review
Contributor, 2nd edition.
 
Center for the Helping Professions
Patton, M (2011). Understanding the motivation of a volunteer. Center for Helping Professions.
 
Cyclone Illustrated
Sports Writer, Ames, IA
 
Times Delphic, Drake University Campus Newspaper
 
Columnist, Des Moines, IA
Urbandale Press Citizen
 
Sportswriter, Urbandale, IA
 
Radio Personality / Life 107.1
 
Talent, Bankers Trust – Commercial
 
Talent, Iowa State University – Commercial
 
Talent, Kraft Foods Company (Kraft Macaroni and Cheese) – Radio Commercial
 
Talent, Mudd Advertising