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, online community, journalism and digital engagement or consumer experience.
As part of my consultancy work, I have 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 speak 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 extensive event list below, I’m happy to travel.
Speaking engagements & events
This list includes only events which are open (or partially-open) to the public, or events which have been or are likely to be well-documented via social media. On top of this, I also speak regularly at and facilitate workshops to a wide range of organisations from sectors including marketing/communications, arts/culture/publishing, third sector, academia, telecommunications and (of course) media.| Event/Organiser | Date | Location | Format | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's Place Festival 2011 | [upcoming] 2011/09 | London, UK | Lecture | |
| MagNet Annual Conference | [upcoming] 2011/06 | Toronto, Canada | Two workshops | 1. A Business Case for Blogs 2. Building Your Blog Audience |
| BBC Social Media Summit | [upcoming] 2011/05 | London, UK | Workshop | |
| Future Everything | [upcoming] 2011/05 | Manchester, UK | Presentation | Robots/Editors/Strangers/Friends: exploring some of the ways that attention and social patterns influence the way we discover, consume and curate content online. |
| Measuring Engagement Workshop, RJI | [upcoming] 2011/05 | Columbia (Missouri), USA | Workshop | [upcoming] |
| Internet World | [upcoming] 2011/05 | London, UK | Keynote | [upcoming] |
| Fundació Escacc. lecture series on digital journalism | 2011/04 | Barcelona, Spain | Lecture | |
| Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Columbia University | 2011/04 | New York, USA | Lecture + workshop | |
| Social Media Academy: Journalism in a Social Media World | 2011/04 | London, UK | Presentation | The people-powered media revolution |
| ROOSdagen | 2011/03 | Ermelo, Netherlands | Keynote + workshop | |
| University of Westminster, journalism department | 2011/02 | London, UK | Lecture | Journalism + social media |
| University of Missouri, journalism department (study abroad program) | 2011/02 | London, UK | Lecture | Journalism + social media |
| Launch of Leeds Community News Hub, Trinity University College | 2010/11 | Leeds, UK | Keynote | |
| City University, journalism department | 2010/11 | London, UK | Talk + panel | Community management in a news context |
| British Council Lecture series | 2010/11 | Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece | Lecture + presentation | Lecture: "Is the internet making us more sociable?" Presentation: "Social media in news contexts" |
| Science Museum workshop on co-curation | 2010/10 | London, UK | Keynote | |
| Arkitektur- og designhøgskolen i Oslo (AHO | 2010/10 | Oslo, Norway | Lecture | |
| Media Trust training: Cultivate your online community | 2010/08 | London, UK | Presentation | |
| Arts Marketing Association conference | 2010/07 | Leeds, UK | Presentation + Panel | Public Engagement: to control or not to control? |
| Digital engagement + social media training for Al-Masry Al-Youm (through Guardian Foundation) | 2010/07 | Cairo, Egypt | 3 day workshop | |
| Comment intégrer les internautes dans la chaîné de production de l’information ? AFP + Wan-Ifra (World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers) | 2010/06 | Paris, France | Presentation | |
| WAN-IFRA Iberico summit | 2010/05 | Madrid, Spain | Presentation | |
| NPOX Labs: XML Amsterdam “Journalism and new(s) media” | 2010/05 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Keynote + lab mentor | |
| Internet World | 2010/04 | London, UK | Keynote | |
| Media140/International Festival of Journalism | 2010/04 | Perugia, Italy | Panel | |
| UNICEF Fundraisers Forum | 2010/03 | Madrid, Spain | Keynote | |
| Guardian Changing Media Summit | 2010/03 | London, UK | Panel Moderator | Creating communities and cultivating value: The art of effective, connected social media |
| Workshop on Users, usability and user-enagement based on e-Research, and Web 2.0 | 2010/01 | Oxford, UK | Presentation | |
| XMediaLab: Amsterdam: Public Media | 2009/11 | Hilversum/Amsterdam, Netherlands | Keynote + lab mentor | |
| Association of Online Publishers Annual Digital Publishing Summit | 2009/10 | London, UK | Panel | |
| Web Experience Excellence | 2009/10 | London, UK | Presentation + workshop facilitation | Gen Y and Beyond: Customer Experience in a Web 2.0 World |
| IFRA Expo/WAN-IFRA (World Associal of Newspapers and News Publishers) | 2009/10 | Vienna, Austria | Focus session speaker | |
| Online Communication Summit (European Communication Directors Association) | 2009/10 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Dinner speaker | How to approach the Online Community – a report from both sides of the wall |
| BBC/Reuters institute for the study of journalism event: the rise of social media and its impact on mainstream journalism | 2009/09 | London, UK | Lecture + Panel | |
| AmbITion symposium: Do they Arts speak digital? | 2009/07 | London, UK | Presentation + panel moderator | Social media & the arts |
| The Royal Institution of Great Britain: Cafe Scientifique | 2009/06 | London, UK | Lecture + hosted discussion | Are technologies making us more or less social? |
| WebForum Norway | 2009/03 | Oslo, Norway | Keynote | |
| Webstock | 2009/02 | Wellington, New Zealand | Presentation | |
| Media09 | 2009/02 | Sydney, Australia | Keynote | |
| Association of Online Publishers (AOP) event | 2008/12 | London, UK | Event chair | Developing communities around content – practical advice and case studies on adding value through an engaged user base |
| Don’t Panic Guide to Social Media | 2008/12 | Manchester, UK | Presentation | |
| UXNet meetup | 2008/10 | Oslo, Norway | Lecture | Community, conversation and collaboration: how digital publishers are making media social. |
| Cambridge Festival of Ideas | 2008/10 | Cambridge, UK | Presentation + panel | Facebook, Friendship and Social Interaction |
| i-Level Client Conference | 2008/10 | Brighton, UK | Presentation +panel | Communities, conversations and collaborations : how digital publishers are making media social |
| EyeTravel International Show | 2008/10 | Munich, Germany | Presentation | |
| Women & the Web conference | 2008/09 | Leeds, UK | Keynote + panel | Social Media Matters (or Today I had a Cheese Sandwich: why I want to tell you and why you should care) |
| Social Media Forum | 2008/09 | Hamburg, Germany | Presentation | |
| Arts Marketing Association Annual Conference | 2008/07 | Newcastle/Gateshead, UK | Presentation | Breaking the Fourth Wall: using social media to interact with audiences. |
| NMA Online Marketing Show | 2008/06 | London, UK | Presentation | |
| Booksellers Association annual conference | 2008/05 | Brighton, UK | Presentation + panel | |
| Don't Panic Guide to Social Media | 2008/05 | London, UK | Presentation | |
| HICKTech | 2008/04 | Owen Sound, Canada | Presentation + panel | Connecting with distributed audiences |
| UNICEF Fundraisers Forum | 2008/03 | Istanbul, Turkey | Keynote + workshop | Growing communities from audiences |
| XMediaLab: Virtual Worlds | 2007/10 | London, UK | Mentor | |
| Virtual Worlds Forum | 2007/10 | London, UK | Panel | |
| The Media Guardian Changing Advertising Summit | 2007/10 | London, UK | Panel chair | |
| AOP Online Publishing Conference | 2007/10 | London, UK | Presentation + panel | |
| NGOs Digital Awareness Training Day | 2007/09 | London, UK | Presentation + panel | |
| Oxfam Media Training day | 2007/05 | Oxford, UK | Presentation + workshop | The social internet revolution |
| NMK Forum | 2007/05 | London, UK | Panel | Media, Publishing & Advertising: Old guard, new tricks. |
| Innovation forum: Soapboxes in cyberspace | 2007/05 | London, UK | Speech + panel | |
| Women, Business and Blogging Conference | 2007/04 | Leicester, UK | Keynote + panel | Whose Web is it anyway? |
| NESTA Connect: Collaborate to Innovate | 2007/01 | London, UK | Presentation + panel | The rise of social networks |
| New Media Knowledge: Beers & Innovation | 2006/11 | London, UK | Speech + panel |
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