Presentations, Workshops, Webinars & More

I love meeting new people, sharing ideas, and collaborating. Conferences, workshops, and other events are great opportunities to do just that.  I have spoken at a number of events and can either plan and facilitate a full workshop seminar, present alone or with others, or participate on a panel.  I am happy to discuss my availability for participation and how we can work together to create a valuable opportunity for learning for your community – just let me know what you’re working on!

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Recent Presentations

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Upcoming Events

2012 Women Who Tech TeleSummit

  • Date: May 23, 2012
  • Location: Online
  • Topic: Using Technology and Social Media to Build Social Justice Movements
  • Description: Are you a social change maker or NPtechie? Then this panel is for you. We’ll explore what it takes to build a powerful movement online filled with passionate people and matched with the right technology and tools to connect and engage our activists and donors across multiple online channels.
  • Related Links: WWT Information and registration

2012 BlogWorld

  • Date: June 5, 2012
  • Location: NY, NY
  • Topic: How to Humanize Your Business
  • Description: Ever get jealous that the open, unstructured social media efforts of the community completely trounce your well-planned and even well-funded social media programs? Are you frustrated when your own social media efforts are thwarted by inter-departmental competition? These problems are common, and we can no longer blame them on people “not getting” social media. The blame actually lies in the way we run our organizations. In this session the authors of Humanize: How People-Centric Organizations Succeed in a Social World will explore how to create organizations that are more human, thus more compatible with social media.
  • Related Links: BlogWorld Registration, Session

2012 Grassroots & Groundwork

  • Date: June 6-8, 2012
  • Location: Prior Lake, MN
  • Topic: Social Media for Social Impact in 30 Minutes a Day
  • Description: By using strategic methods, it’s possible to have maximum social media impact in minimal time. Participants in this session will learn that through methods such as content planning and listening online, and that by interacting rather than broadcasting, they can accomplish an impressive amount in just 30 minutes a day. This workshop will cover planning and evaluating, as well as content and engagement for multichannel social impact.
  • Related Links: Grassroots and Groundwork

2012 Grassroots & Groundwork

  • Date: June 6-8, 2012
  • Location: Prior Lake, MN
  • Topic: Do people have the stamina and interest to engage in social media campaigns that are long-term and require participation over time?
  • Description: Groups like Change.org and Color of Change have seen big results lately, but what does that mean for nonprofits facing tough issues such as poverty that require more than a one-time petition? In the growing petition trend, are people jumping onto the next ship in lieu of building relationships (online or otherwise) with their constituents? Share your thoughts on how to move online actions into “offline” results.
  • Related Links: Grassroots and Groundwork

2012 National Conference on Volunteering and Service

  • Date: June 17, 2012
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • Topic: Social Media for Social Good Pre-Conference
  • Description: This half-day workshop will cover basic and intermediate levels of social media topics including an introduction to core tools, evaluation, implementation and strategic application. With a mix of presentations, panels and small group workshops, participants will benefit from learning best practices, hearing from other organizations using these tools effectively, and have a chance to start building some plans of their own. The event is designed to compliment other social media sessions and topics being presented during the main Conference schedule, and provide an intensive learning opportunity.
  • Related Links: Register

2012 TechWeek

  • Date: June 22, 2012
  • Location: Chicago, IL
  • Topic: Women Tech Leaders who are Changing the World!
  • Description: What happens when world-changing social impact projects collide with explosive, new, game-changing technologies? Our panel will explore the intersection of technology and social change. Women have been leaders in the non-profit and social enterprise world for many years. Now we’re combining our drive to make a difference in the world with social, video, web, mobile and gaming technologies that allow us to scale our impact and create massive change. Our panelists make educational gaming products that save lives, create portable cause campaign microsites that get astronomical levels of engagement, and help build global communication networks that give a voice to women all over the world. Come join us and discover inspiring new ways to use Technology for Change!
  • Related Links: Register

2012 Council on Accreditation National Conference

  • Date: August 5-7, 2012
  • Location: NY, NY
  • Topic: More details to come.
  • Description: More details to come.
  • Related Links: COA National Conference

Nonprofit Webinars

Images care of: Shannon McCarville, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits; Ritu Sharma & Darian Rodriguez Heyman, Social Media for Nonprofits