You Can't
Hire Me

And I have nothing to sell

This isn't a low-key pitch for consulting services, courses, a Substack or a Patreon.

I have a job I like, various hobbies, a rich and full life. I do not want to consult for you, or for anyone. I don't need your money, but I do think there are many interesting, very difficult, niche areas of higher education that are under-discussed and under-supported.

So if you're reading this through a squinted eye wondering when I'm getting to the sales pitch, I'm not. I'm rediscovering my joy for the subject by writing about it, now that I no longer work in the field.

Practical Guides

Step By Step Solutions
to Higher Ed Marcomms Problems

grad book cover

RECRUITING GRADUATE STUDENTS IS REALLY, REALLY HARD (AVAILABLE NOW)

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WHY ADVANCEMENT AND MARKETING HATE EACH OTHER, AND HOW TO MAKE IT STOP (COMING SOON)

Who is Matt Shepherd?

He's a guy who does stuff.

picture of the tiniest gallery

Tiniest gallery

Public art project

For over 10 years, the Tiniest Gallery has been the world's smallest continously operating art gallery.

the IMP

The IMP

Local merchant support

The Independent Merchant Project is a low-fi, human-centric, scaleable approach to listings for locally owned businesses.

SHEP.CA

The mandatory blog

A sporadically updated pile of meandering thoughts, photos, flowcharts, and general silliness.

comic strip character man-man

MAN-MAN

The comic strip

With artist James Duncan - a long-running, intermittently popular, comic strip that ran for about a decade.

I might not get back to you

But what the hell, you can give 'er a shot