Katie DeVito

Location: USA - New Jersey
Speaking Topics: unemployment | community | Networking | social media
Spoken Languages: English

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Helen Harrop

Location: United Kingdom | York
Speaking Topics: code as art | creativity and computing | social media | women in technology
Spoken Languages: English

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I am an artist, I'm also a geek who believes that well written code is aesthetically beautiful and restful to look at. I am currently fascinated by the intersection of creativity, code, art, analysis and design.

My journey to being a geek is full of mis-steps, diversions and serendipity. Over the past 15 years I have been paid to:
- type paragraphs of ancient greek text using a re-mapped UK keyboard
- take apart and clean a commercial printing machine
- learn to touch type on an electronic typewriter

Previous Presentations: 
to be completed

Katy Beale

Location: London | UK
Speaking Topics: digital in arts/culture | digital marketing | social games | social media | social web
Spoken Languages: English

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Katy Beale helps arts, cultural and third sector organisations to get the best out of social media and also works with award-winning digital agencies on strategy and creative ideas for brands such as Orange, Pernod Ricard, Johnson & Johnson, Diageo, Coors and Phillips.

Previous Presentations: 
Arts Marketing Association - workshop on creative conversation for social web (2010)
Museums & Heritage Show - social media trends presentation (2010)
Ambition roadshow - case study presentation on Tate gallery digital programme (2009)
Art of Digital - arts/cultural case studies in twitter usage (2010)
MuseumsEtc conference - social media presentation (2010)
The Guardian Advertising Summit - panel on viral marketing (2009)
London College of Communication - social web presentation (2009)
London College of Fashion - social web presentation (2010)

Dimple Thakkar

Location: Los Angeles
Speaking Topics: social media | Marketing | online marketing | Web 2.0 | entertainment industry | music industry | branding and identity | Community Management | new media | digital pr | publicity | Facebook | twitter | online communities | web analytics
Spoken Languages: English

Leslie Poston

Location: New Hampshire | USA
Speaking Topics: social media | Film | music | Art | Wine | Food | Off-Bear Businesses | Gender Issues | Psychology/Sociology of SocMed | Future Thinking | strategy | Development | Writing | more
Spoken Languages: English

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About Leslie Poston

Providing Social Media, New Media and Digital Strategies and Business Development for Film, Music, Wine, Food, Corporations, Individuals.

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Upcoming: MIDEM January 2010 (Cannes, France)

Kate-Madonna Hindes

Location: MN | USA
Speaking Topics: social media | Passion | Finding Happiness Before Finding A Career | Cervical Cancer Prevention and Survivor
Spoken Languages: English

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Kate-Madonna Hindes is a nationally recognized and sought after public speaker and writer on Social Media and a state-wide facilitator for DEED Minnesota.
Her recent credits include speaking at Minnesota‟s WorkForce Centers and at Social Media Breakfast, along with the 2009 National Cancer Conference in Chicago.
She is the Midwest NCCC chapter leader and speaker who promotes hope and education to those diagnosed or who have survived Cervical Cancer.

Previous Presentations: 
Social Media Breakfast, MN: Finding Passion and Happiness Before Finding A Job
2009-2010 DEED Workshop Facilitator: Social Media, Technology for the Job Search
2009 NCCC Cervical Cancer Survivor Stories

Nichola Stott

Location: London | United Kingdom
Speaking Topics: Online business strategy | making money online | commercial websites | social media | Search engine optimisation | SEO | search engine marketing. sem. social media marketing | SMM | conversion rate optimisation | web business models | commercial usability | web analytics | conversion analysis | online performance analysis | online reputation | online reputation momnitoring | digital footprint
Spoken Languages: English

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Nichola is an experienced, entertaining and engaging speaker. With an extensive experience of communicating and doing business online, for over 12 years, Nichola has worked in many disciplines (including online advertising, public relations, web design, corporate communications, search and search marketing and social media) for brands including: Government departments, Virgin Mobile, Stagecoach, National Express, Guardian Unlimited, Orange, Tiscali, Autotrader, Cheapflights and many more.

Previous Presentations: 
Using OnlineMediatlas for total media communications: PR Newswire
Quality Traffic Generation Strategies: Yahoo! Partner Summit
Yahoo! Answers for traffic extension and brand penetration

Margot Bloomstein

Location: Cambridge | MA | USA
Speaking Topics: User experience | user generated content | Content Strategy | Content Strategy in Online Communities | social media | Brand Development | Messaging | Content Strategy in Content Management System (CMS) Consulting
Spoken Languages: English

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Margot Bloomstein is a content strategist at ISITE Design. She focuses on crafting brand-appropriate user experiences to help clients effectively engage their target audiences and project key messages with consistency and clarity. Her experience encompasses a range of industries and both traditional and social media.

Previous Presentations: 
Speaker/participant in the inaugural Content Strategy Consortium at the 2009 IA Summit
Speaker in the MITX (Massachusetts Interactive Technology Exchange) UX Speaker Series
Speaker in the NHUPA (New Hampshire Usability Professionals Association) monthly speaker series

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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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

Pam Broviak

Location: Geneva | Illinois | United States
Speaking Topics: civil engineering | municipal engineering | public works | social media | Virtual Worlds | wastewater | water
Spoken Languages: English

Licensed civil engineer working for the city of Geneva, IL as their city engineer/assistant director of public works. Most of my 27-year career in public works has been spent working for municipalities. My emphasis has been in general municipal engineering including roads, sewer systems, water distribution and treatment, and wastewater treatment. I also have experience with CAD (Autodesk) and GIS (ESRI).

Previous Presentations: 
APWA Congress 2008 & 2009: Social Media for Public Works Professionals
ALI Social Media for Government: Mar 2009 & Sept 2009
IL-AWWA Mar 2009: Social Media for Water Professionals