Jana Herwig

Location: Austria | Vienna
Speaking Topics: anthropology | blogging | Collaboration | knowledge management | new media | online collaboration | Personal Branding | pr 2.0 | Privacy | social media | twitter | virtual collaboration | Web 2.0 | web 3.0 | wikis | Social Media & Society
Spoken Languages: German | English | Dutch | some French | some Afrikaans

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Web links / Blogs: 
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Jana Herwig on Twitter
Jana Herwig's Google Profile

Current position: PhD Candidate in Media Studies (Theatre, Film and Media Studies) at Vienna University.

Experience: work experience both in web 1.0 (project manager new media and CRM; before 2003: screen designer, web developer, online editor, community manager) and web 2.0 (blogger - corporate and on own account, self-appointed social media evangelist).

See also: my professional CV on XING: https://www.xing.com/profile/Jana_Herwig

Number of talks about Social Media in 2009: eight (both at conferences and as part of in-house training or continued education events).

Previous Presentations: 
netcultures, Wissenschaftliche Tagung (Basel, 15.-16.10.2009)
eVideo Online-Konferenz (Berlin/Online, 12.-16.10.2009)
Internet: Critical (Milwaukee, 7.-10.10.2009)
Web as Culture (Gießen, 16.-18.07.2009)
Amateure im Web 2.0 (Wien, 24./25.4.2009)
Various Contributions to BarCamps and events such as the Viennese Digitalks.at
Presentation Web Links: 
eVideo Online-Konferenz 2009: Twitter & Co.
Was ist Twitter? Digitalks (Wien, April 2009)
Vom Vorteil und Elend der Tags (Webmontag, Wien, Dezember 2008)

Lauren Pressley

Location: NC | Winston-Salem
Speaking Topics: Blended Learning | E-education | Generational Technology Trends | Libraries | Online Research | Personal Branding | social media | social networking

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Web links / Blogs: 
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Lauren Pressley's Resume
Lauren's Library Blog

Lauren Pressley is a digital native with one foot in Generation X and another in the Millennial Generation. She's a librarian that examines new and emerging technologies that can enhance the library's services, reference, instruction, and workflow.

Lauren speaks on using technology to enhance education and technology with an eye to using new services to stay relevant for younger customers. She has published on the Millennial generation.

Previous Presentations: 
Womack, Giz, Kevin Gilbertson, & Lauren Pressley. (2008) “Situating Blogs and Wikis: The Value Added Proposition of the Library as Service Provider.” Triangle/Triad Instructional Technology Meeting, Greensboro, NC. May 7, 2008.
Pressley, Lauren. (2008) “Communication Strategies in a Library 2.0 Environment.” The ACRL/LAMA Joint Spring Virtual Institute: Leading from the Middle: Managing in All Directions, April 30, 2008.
Pressley, Lauren. (2008) “Managing Online: Web 2.0 Tools for Supervision 2.0.” Poster Presentation. The ACRL/LAMA Joint Spring Virtual Institute: Leading from the Middle: Managing in All Directions, April 29-30, 2008.
Pressley, Lauren & Kaeley McMahan. (2008) “A Connected Class: Blended Learning in the Information Literacy Classroom.” Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching in Greensboro, NC. February 8, 2008.
Mitchell, Erik & Lauren Pressley. (2007) “Social Software & the Future of the Library.” SOLINET Annual Membership Meeting. May 10, 2007.
Pressley, Lauren. (2007) “Training with Flickr.” Screencast. Five Weeks to a Social Library. March 5 - March 9, 2007.