• Riccards, P.R. (2024, April). Preventing Targeted Violence: The Role of the Mental Wellness Field. US Department of Homeland Security. Washington, DC.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2024, April). The Path to Redemption and Healing. Virginia State University Social Justice Conference. Petersburg, VA.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2024, April). Successfully Disengaging from Violent Hate. Anti-Hate Anti-Bias Task Force. Woburn, MA.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2024, April). Moving Beyond Extremism. Catholic University of America. Washington, DC.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2024, April). Life After Hate: The Path to Redemption and Healing. Maine Counseling Association. Rockport, ME.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2024, March). Moving Beyond Violent Extremism. Edgewood College. Madison, WI.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2024, January). Interrupting Ideological Violence. Love Over Hate series. Sheboygan, WI.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2024, January). Confronting Violent Antisemitism. Israeli American Council. Los Angeles, CA.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2023, October). Insights into the Science of Reading. Center for the Collaborative Classroom. San Francisco, CA.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2023, September). State-based Interventions to Violent Extremism. Eradicate Hate Summit. Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2023, July). Trumpeting the Science of Reading. Reading League of South Carolina. Columbia, SC.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2023, July). Empowering Today’s History Teachers. White House Historical Association Educators Conference. Washington, DC.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2023, July). Compassion with Accountability. University Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Orlando, FL.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2023, June). What Matters on the Education Beat. Education Writers Association National Seminar. Atlanta, GA.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2023, May). Refusing to Accept Violent Extremism. Puffin Cultural Forum. Teaneck, NJ.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2023, May). Compassion with Accountability. ALBA/Puffin Awards for Human Rights. New York, NY.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2023, April). The Power of Hate. Temple Shalom Day of Remembrance. The Villages, FL.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2022, November). The Breeding Ground of Extremism: Exploring the Use of Social and Online Media. Extremism: Confronting Hate Without Fear Conference. New York, NY.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2022, November). Life After Extremism. Extremism: Confronting Hate Without Fear Conference. New York, NY.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2022, November). Second Chances: Life After Hate. Meta Countering Extremism Convening. London, UK.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2022, November). The Science of Reading Movement. Center for the Collaborative Classroom Educators Institute. Columbia, SC.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2022, October). Deradicalizing the Far Right. Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives Gala. Berkeley, CA.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2022, October). The Genesis of the Science of Reading. Lilly Endowment Advancing Science of Reading in Indiana Convening. Indianapolis, IN.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2022, August). Effectively Using Video to Improve History Instruction. White House Historical Association Educators Conference. Washington, DC.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2022, July). What’s Hot, What’s Not in Education Communications. Education Writers Association. Orlando, FL.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2022, April). Finding Paths of Success for Latino Students. University of Virginia Bolivar Network. Charlottesville, VA.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2022, March). Bringing Leadership Back to Rural Education. Leadership Florence Education Conference. Florence, SC.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2021, July). Why Teaching American History Matters. White House Historical Association. Washington, DC.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2020, October). Teaching the Untold American History with Multimedia. American Federation of Teachers/Share My Lesson. Washington, DC.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2020, September). American Views on History. American Association of State and Local History. Las Vegas, NV.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2020, July). Hot Topics in Education. Education Writers Association. Washington, DC.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2020, February). Why Dads are Still Wary. Dad 2.0 Summit. Washington, DC.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2020, February). Sparking Innovation in Higher Education, Advocacy. Rappaport Center at Boston College School of Law. Newton, MA.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2020, February). Asking the Right Questions Regarding STEM Education, Careers. WW-P High School Lecture Series. Princeton Junction, NJ.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2020, January). Transforming Higher Education. Pennsylvania Higher Education Funding Commission. West Chester, PA.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2020, January). History for Young Audiences. American Historical Association. New York, NY.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2019, July). Bringing the Future of Gaming to the Learning of History. Serious Play Conference. Orlando, FL.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2019, May). MBA Game-Based Training Programs. Serious Play Conference. Montreal, Quebec Canada.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2019, May). Hot or Not: What’s Trending in Education. Education Writers Association Conference, Baltimore, MD.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2019, March). What Do We Actually Know About History. History Camp, Boston, MA.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2019, February). The Need for Improving American History Instruction in High School. South Dakota House of Representatives Education Committee. Pierre, SD.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2019, January). What Comes After College? Bolivar Network/Latinx Student Alliance. Charlottesville, VA.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2018, October). New Pathways for Preparing the Teachers of Tomorrow. Philanthropy Roundtable. West Palm Beach, FL.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2018, February). No, Boys Will Not “Just Be Boys.” Dad 2.0 Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2017, December). Approaches to Higher Education Policy Development. Higher Education Policy Summit, Cary, NC.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2017, November). Personalizing Your Path in Communications. Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, MO.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2017, October). Approaches to Teacher Preparation and Equity. National Governors Association. New Orleans, LA.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2017, June). Storytelling and Social Media. Education Writers Association, Washington, DC.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2017, May). Improving the STEM Teacher Pipeline in New Jersey. New Jersey General Assembly Higher Education Committee, Trenton, NJ.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2017, April). STEM Teacher Preparation, STEM Teaching, and Teacher Equity. Mary E. Benjamin Educational Access Conference, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, AR.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2017, March). Think Teacher Education is a Game? It Can Be. SXSWEdu, Austin, TX.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2017, February). Personalizing the High School Learning, Teaching Experience. ORT, Tel Aviv, Israel.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2017, February). Where We Are: Fatherhood. Dad 2.0 Summit, San Diego, CA.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2017, January). Boosting Teacher Recruitment, Preparation, and Retention in Georgia. Georgia General Assembly Joint Education Committee, Atlanta, GA.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2016, November). Energizing ISTEAM Capital. ORT Israel ISTEM Conference, Jerusalem, Israel.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2016, June). How to Be a Brand Champion. PR News Digital PR and Marketing Conference, Miami, FL.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2016, May). Competencies, Microcredentials, and Collaboration: The Future of Teacher Education. Texas Teacher Preparation Commission, Austin, TX.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2016, May). Keeping Up With the Zuckerbergs: Effective Social Media for a New Era. Education Writers Association, Boston, MA.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2016, March). Transforming Communities Through Effective Public Engagement. Forum for the Future, New York.NY.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2016, February). The Evolution of Strategic Communications in the Political Process. Williams College, Williamstown, MA.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2015, June). Transforming School Leaders Through Business Education. National Association of State Boards of Education, Washington, DC.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2015, June). Effectively Engaging Stakeholders To Engender World Change. World Bank. Washington, DC.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2015, March). Forget Leaning In, We Need to Dadprove. SXSWEdu, Austin, TX.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2015, January). The Intersections Between Education Policy, Engagement, and Social Media. Episcopal Academy J-Term Seminar, Newtown Square, PA.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2013, November). When a Crisis Goes Viral: How Social Media Has Become Inseparable from Crisis Communications. National Press Club Digital Communications Series, Washington, DC.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2013, October). Breaking Through the White Noise: Leveraging Results-Based Communications. National League of Cities/Wallace Foundation Next Generation Afterschool System Building Initiative National Conference, St. Paul, MN.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2013, October). Telling Your Story: Lessons for the i3 Learning Community. W.T. Grant Foundation Meeting, Washington, DC.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2012, October). Closing the Gaps through Effective Community Engagement. Connecticut State NAACP 2012 Convention, Waterbury, CT.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2012, October). Effectively Engaging Educators in CT Education Reform. Capital Community College, Hartford, CT.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2012, September). Read All About It!: What States Are Doing to Ensure Kids Are Reading by Third Grade.Policy Innovators in Education National Summit, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2012, September). Effectively Engaging Educators in CT Education Reform. Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2012, September). Breaking the Land of Steady Habits: Education Reform in Connecticut. Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2012, September). Breaking the Land of Steady Habits: Education Reform in Connecticut. Yale University, New Haven, CT.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2012, April). Getting to 2032: Collaboration Between Districts, Unions, and Charter Schools. Yale University SOM Education Leadership Conference. New Haven, Ct.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2012, April). Connecticut: At the Tipping Point? Yale University SOM Education Leadership Conference, New Haven, CT.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2011, November). At the Intersection of Education Research and Education Policy. Business Today International Conference, New York, NY.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2011, April). Effectively Using Social Media in the Education Sector. Education Writers Association National Seminar, New Orleans, LA.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2011, March). Public Engagement and School Improvement. ASCD National Conference, San Francisco, CA.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2010, July). Effective Education Research and Effective Education Reporting. The Hechinger Institute, New York, NY.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2010, June). Advocating in a Crowded Education Space: The Case for Music Education. MENC: National Association of Music Educators National Conference, Arlington, VA.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2010, May). Social Media and Education R&D. Knowledge Alliance National Conference, San Francisco, CA.
  • Riccards, P.R. (2010, March). Engaging Social Media to Affect Education Improvement. ASCD National Conference, San Antonio, TX.