Speaking
I like talking to people about things I’m passionate about.
I regularly talk at conferences and events both large and small, in the UK and elsewhere, relating to social media and online community, or consumer experience.
As part of my consultancy work, I also run workshops and internal sessions for companies, organisations or other groups of people who want to understand more about the social web.
I’ve been a specialist guest on a number of local, national and international radio programmes, too, both in the UK and elsewhere, talking about everything from list-making to love, and from censorship to Second Life.
If you are looking for someone to come and present at your conference or event, about digital publishing, online community, cultural or social media topics, please get in touch.
I’m happy to give presentations, or participate in or moderate panels, as well as facilitate workshops.
I’m based in London, but as you can see from the event list below, I’m happy to travel.
Upcoming engagements include:
| Event | Date | Location | Role | Topic |
| Media140/International Festival of Journalism | April 2010 | Perugia, Italy | Panellist | |
| Internet World | April 2010 | London, UK | Keynote | |
| NPOX Labs: XML Amsterdam “Journalism and new(s) media” | May 2010 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Keynote & lab mentor | |
| Arts Marketing Association conference 2010: Pulling power - the social marketing revolution | July 2010 | Leeds, UK | Speaker | |
| Media Trust training: Cultivate your online community | August 2010 | London, UK | Speaker |
Previous public speaking engagements include (most recent first):
2010
| Event | Date | Location | Role | Topic |
| Guardian Changing Media Summit | March 2010 | London, UK | Panel moderator |
2009
| Event | Date | Location | Role | Topic |
| XMediaLab: Amsterdam: Public Media | November 2009 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Speaker + Mentor | - |
| Online Communication Summit | October 2009 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Dinner speaker | How to approach the Online Community - a report from both sides of the wall |
| Association of Online Publishers Annual Digital Publishing Summit | October 2009 | London, UK | Panellist | - |
| IFRA Expo | October 2009 | Vienna, Austria | Focus session speaker | - |
| Web Experience Excellence | October 2009 | London, UK | Speaker + workshop facilitator | Gen Y and Beyond: Customer Experience in a Web 2.0 World |
| BBC/Reuters institute for the study of journalism event: the rise of social media and its impact on mainstream journalism | September 2009 | London, UK | Speaker + panellist | - |
| AmbITion symposium: Do the Arts speak digital? | July 2009 | London, UK | Panel chair | Social media & the arts |
| The Royal Institution of Great Britain: Cafe Scientifique | June 2009 | London, UK | Lecturer + Q&A | Are technologies making us more or less social? |
| WebForum Norway | March 2009 | Oslo, Norway | Speaker | - |
| Webstock 2009 | February 2009 | Wellington, NZ | Speaker | - |
| XMediaLab Media09 | February 2009 | Sydney, Australia | Speaker | - |
2008
| Event | Date | Location | Role | Topic |
| Don’t Panic Guide to Social Media | December 2008 | Manchester, UK | Speaker | - |
| Association of Online Publishers event | December 2008 | London, UK | Event chair | Developing communities around content - practical advice and case studies on adding value through an engaged user base |
| Cambridge Festival of Ideas | October 2008 | Cambridge, UK | Speaker + panellist | Facebook, Friendship and Social Interaction |
| i-Level Client Conference | October 2008 | Brighton, UK | Speaker + panellist | Communities, conversations and collaborations : how digital publishers are making media social |
| EyeTravel International Show | October 2008 | Munich, Germany | Speaker | - |
| UXnet meetup | October 2008 | Oslo, Norway | Keynote speaker | Community, conversation and collaboration: how digital publishers are making media social. |
| Social Media Forum | September 2008 | Hamburg, Germany | Speaker | - |
| Women & The Web | September 2008 | Leeds, UK | Keynote speaker + panellist | Social Media Matters (or Today I had a Cheese Sandwich: why I want to tell you and why you should care) |
| Arts Marketing Association Annual Conference | July 2008 | Newcastle/ Gateshead, UK | Speaker | Breaking the Fourth Wall: using social media to interact with audiences. |
| NMA Online Marketing Show | June 2008 | London, UK | Speaker | - |
| Booksellers Association annual conference | May 2008 | Brighton, UK | Speaker + panellist | - |
| Don’t Panic Guide to Social Media | May 2008 | London, UK | Speaker | - |
| HickTech | April 2008 | Owen Sound, Canada | Speaker + panellist | Connecting with distributed audiences |
| UNICEF Fundraisers Forum | March 2008 | Istanbul, Turkey | Speaker + workshop facilitator | Growing communities from audiences |
2007
| Event | Date | Location | Role | Topic |
| XMediaLab: London | October 2007 | London, UK | Mentor | - |
| Virtual Worlds Forum | October 2007 | London, UK | Panellist | - |
| The Media Guardian Changing Advertising Summit | October 2007 | London, UK | Panel chair | - |
| AOP Online Publishing Conference | October 2007 | London, UK | Speaker + panellist | - |
| NGOs Digital Awareness Training day | September 2007 | London, UK | Speaker + workshop facilitator | - |
| Oxfam Media Training day | May 2007 | Oxford, UK | Speaker + workshop facilitator | The Social Internet Revolution |
| Innovation Forum: Soapboxes in cyberspace | May 2007 | London, UK | Speaker + panellist | - |
| NMKForum 07 | May 2007 | London, UK | Panellist | Media, Publishing & Advertising: Old guard, new tricks. |
| Women, Business & Blogging Conference | April 2007 | Leicester, UK | Keynote speaker | Whose Web is it anyway? |
| NESTA Connect: Collaborate to Innovate | January 2007 | London, UK | Speaker + panellist | The rise of social networks |
2006
| Event | Date | Location | Role | Topic |
| New Media Knowledge Beers & Innovation Event: Social By Design | November 2006 | London, UK | Speaker + panellist | - |