
I’ve been speaking at national and international conferences since 1995. After 25 years, I still love it. Here are a few upcoming and recent events.
2021 Events (1)
January 14-15, 2021 — Austin, TX
Austin Blockchain Conference — TBD
2020 Events (4)
October 19, 2020 — Virtual
MIT Technology Review’s EmTech 2020 — PANEL: Fueling 5G Connectivity and Intelligence Toward Digital Transformation
October 15, 2020 — Virtual
Electronic and Conductive Ink Conference – Printed IoT and the Future of Food
September 1, 2020 — Virtual
5G World — PANEL: Igniting 5G Innovation
June 17, 2020 — Minneapolis, MN (virtual)
GO! 2020 — PANEL: Safe and Transparent Food Value Chains
March 31, 2020 — Dublin, Ireland
Get Connected — The Future of Food, Irish Edition
2019 Events (7)
December 9, 2019 — St. Paul, MN, USA
FASTCON — The Future of Food, 2020 Edition
November 19, 2019 — Seattle, WA, USA
Bait and Switch: Slavery in Fishing and What We Can Do To Help — PANEL: Supply Chain Traceability
June 29, 2019 — Bellevue, WA, USA
Seattle DevCon — PANEL: Supply Chain’s Planetary Impact
October 3, 2019 — Westminster, CO, USA
2019 Global Blockchain Summit — Blockchain for Supply Chain: It’s Complicated
June 7, 2019 — Minneapolis, MN, USA
2019 Emerging Technology Conference — The Future of Food, 2019 Edition
April 11, 2019 — Seattle, WA, USA
Latest Innovations in Food & Agriculture Technology — The Future of Food, 2019 Edition
February 21, 2019 — Vancouver, Canada
Canadian Association of Gift Planners — KEYNOTE: Be Seen, Be Found, Be Engaging: Marketing to the Distracted in 2019
2018 Events (21)
November 17, 2018 — Portland, Oregon, USA
Outside the Block Conference — What are You Feeding Me? Blockchain, BS & The Future of Food
November 13, 2018 — Seattle, Washington, USA
General Assembly — PANEL: Future of Blockchain & Cryptocurrency
November 1, 2018 — Santa Clara, California, USA
Responsible Minerals Initiative 2018 — PANEL: The Role of (Blockchain) Technology in Driving Impact
October 18-19, 2018 — Denver, Colorado, USA
Global Blockchain Summit — What are You Feeding Me? Blockchain, Trust & The Future of Food – PART DEUX
October 15, 2018 — Calgary, Alberta, CA
CryptoConvention Calgary — What are You Feeding Me? Blockchain, Trust & The Future of Food
October 13, 2018 — Seattle, Washington, USA
University of Washington Blockchain Expo — What are You Feeding Me? Blockchain, Trust & The Future of Food
October 11, 2018 — Seattle, Washington, USA
Seattle Startup Week — Transparent Path: Removing All Doubt from the Food Supply
October 2, 2018 — St Paul, Minnesota, USA
2018 Emerging Technology Conference — What are You Feeding Me? Blockchain, Trust & The Future of Food
September 28, 2018 — Seattle, Washington, USA
American Ad Federation Western Regional Conference — What are You Feeding Me? Blockchain, Trust & The Future of Food
September 24, 2018 — Seattle, Washington, USA
Blockchain Technology Summit — What are You Feeding Me? Blockchain, Trust & The Future of Food
September 12-13, 2018 — London, UK
Blockchain World Summit — What are You Feeding Me? Blockchain, Trust & The Future of Food
September 10, 2018 — Seattle, Washington, USA
Blockchain Seattle 2018 — What are You Feeding Me? Blockchain, Trust & The Future of Food
August 21, 2018 — Seattle, Washington, USA
Seattle Blockchain Conference — What are You Feeding Me? Blockchain, Trust & The Future of Food
August 1, 2018 — Seattle, Washington, USA
General Assembly — PANEL: The Future of CryptoCurrency
April 19-20, 2018 — Aurora, Colorado, USA
Global Blockchain Summit — KEYNOTE: What are You Feeding Me? Blockchain, Trust & the Growing Consumer Trust Crisis
April 17, 2018 — Seattle, Washington, USA
Digital Summit Seattle — PRESENTATION: Products, Packaging & Proof: Blockchain, Food & the Growing Consumer Trust Crisis
April 2-4, 2018 — Sarasota, Florida, USA
CMO Insight Summit — PRESENTATION: Products, Packaging & Proof: Blockchain, Food & the Growing Consumer Trust Crisis
March 21, 2018 — Sunnyvale, California, USA
Brand Innovators Marketing Innovation — KEYNOTE: Products, Packaging & Proof:Blockchain, Food & the Growing Consumer Trust Crisis
March 10, 2018 — Austin, Texas, USA
Brand Innovators Marketing Innovation @ SxSW — PRESENTATION: Products, Packaging & Proof:Blockchain, Food & the Growing Consumer Trust Crisis
March 1, 2018 — New York, New York, USA
Brand Innovators Content & Data Deep Dive — PRESENTATION: Personalization & the Customer Journey
January 23, 2018 — Chicago, Illinois, USA
Trust in Food Symposium — PANEL: Blockchain, Labelling, and Building Consumer Trust through Food Marketing
2017 Events (7)
November 2, 2017 — Redmond, Washington, USA
Brand Innovators: Content Marketing — KEYNOTE: Surviving the Content Marketing Hype Cycle
October 25, 2017 — Berkeley, California, USA
The University of California at Berkeley, Haas School of Business — GUEST LECTURE: Go-to-Market Planning for Apps
October 17, 2017 — Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
CMO Council Elite Retreat — PRESENTATION: Personalization & the Customer Journey
March 27, 2017 — Reno, Nevada, USA
National Association of Education Procurement annual meeting (#NAEP2017) — PRESENTATION: The Smoke from the Mirrors: Assessing Digital Marketing Competence
March 2, 2017 — Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
IPG CMO Marketing Summit — PRESENTATION: ROX — Creating a Return on Experience
February 14, 2017 — Dublin, Ireland
GetSocial 2017 — KEYNOTE: Everybody Talks About Digital Disruption Like it’s a Good Thing
February 14, 2017 — Dublin, Ireland
Dublin City University, Masters in Digital Marketing Programme — GUEST LECTURE: Digital Marketing Strategies
2016 Events (4)
November 14, 2016 — Los Angeles, California, USA
140 Characters 2016 — PRESENTATION: The Five Horsemen of Digital Disruption
September 21, 2016 — Berkeley, California, USA
The University of California at Berkeley, Haas School of Business — GUEST LECTURE: Online Social Behavior – Why People Do What They Do
September 20, 2016 — Oakland, California, USA
Elevate 2016 — CLOSING KEYNOTE: “Leap of Faith: Surviving & Thriving in the Coming Brandocalypse”
July 6-7, 2016 — Berlin, Germany
Beverage Marketing Association eBev Global Summit — Conference chair. OPENING KEYNOTE: The Five Horsemen of Digital Disruption
2015 Events (8)
December 8, 2015 — Ankara, Turkey
Ankara Marka Festivali — KEYNOTE: Facebook’un Ötesinde: Bizim Peer-to-Peer Geleceğimiz
October 30, 2015 — London, UK
Performance Marketing Insights London — PRESENTATION: Six Secrets to Overcoming Social Marketing Hurdles
October 23 & 30, 2015 — Dublin, Ireland
Dublin City University, Masters in Digital Marketing Programme — Guest Lectures on Digital Marketing Strategy and Performance Measurement
June 23-24, 2015 — Berlin, Germany
Performance Marketing Insights Europe — The Great Social Media Crisis of Faith
May 28, 2015 — Tokyo, Japan
Performly Executive Workshop — The Great Social Media Crisis of Faith
April 16, 2015 — London, UK
Discovery III — Wave8, the Language of Content
April 14, 2015 — Madrid, Spain
UM Wave/Performly Executive Workshop — Wave8, the Language of Content
February 12, 2015 — Milan, Italy
UM Wave/Performly Executive Workshop — Wave8, the Language of Content
2014 Events (9)
December 3, 2014 — London, UK
Chief Digital Officer 2014 Forum — The Great Social Media Crisis of Faith
November 27, 2014 — London, UK
UM Wave/Performly Executive Workshop — Wave8, the Language of Content
October 21, 2014 — London, UK
ad:tech London — PANEL: #Social2015: Trends, predictions and priorities for the year ahead
October 14, 2014 — Dublin, Ireland
Get Social 2014 — KEYNOTE: The Great 2014 Social Media Crisis of Faith
October 13, 2014 — Dublin, Ireland
Dublin City University, Masters in Digital Marketing Programme — GUEST LECTURE: Social Performance Measurement
October 1-3, 2014 — Atlanta, Georgia, USA
eBev 2014 — CO-MC & KEYNOTE: The Great 2014 Social Media Crisis of Faith
July 21, 2014 — New York, NY, USA
IAB Social Performance Townhall — KEYNOTE: Is the Free Social Media Marketing Party Over?
May 21, 2014 — New York, NY, USA
Interpublic Group Asian Heritage Summit — KEYNOTE: Who Are You…Really?
March 12, 2014 — Dublin, Ireland
Dublin City University, Masters in Digital Marketing Programme — GUEST LECTURE: Social Behaviour, Social Business
2013 Events (17)
October 23, 2013 — Portland, Oregon, USA
Evoke 2013 Business Coaching Summit — KEYNOTE: Social Media Approaches for Progressive Business Coaches
October 18, 2013 — Dublin, Ireland
Dublin City University, Masters in Digital Marketing Programme — GUEST LECTURE: Digital Marketing Campaign Planning
October 18, 2013 — Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
National University of Ireland — GUEST LECTURE: Online Social Behaviour — Why People Do What They Do
October 17, 2013 — Dublin, Ireland
MarketingLab Executive Workshops — Socialising the Enterprise: the Business Case
October 15, 2013 — Dublin, Ireland
Get Social 2013 — KEYNOTE: Social Crises — Best Practices, Cautionary Tales
October 9, 2013 — Berkeley, California, USA
The University of California at Berkeley, Haas School of Business — GUEST LECTURE: Online Social Behavior – Why People Do What They Do
October 8, 2013 — Online Webinar, global attendees
Mediabrands HotHouse Session (World Markets) — KEYNOTE: What You Need to Know about Social Media Strategy
September 24, 2013 — Chicago, Illinois, USA
2013 Social Media Week Chicago/E! Television — PANEL: Listen & Learn – Using Social Tools to Inform Strategies
September 5, 2013 — Online Webinar, North American audience
Mediabrands Velocity Session — KEYNOTE: What You Need to Know about Social Media Strategy
July 29, 2013 — Seattle, Washington, USA
The University of Washington Masters in Communications/Digital Marketing Program — GUEST LECTURE: Socializing the Enterprise
July 20, 2013 — Los Angeles, California, USA
2013 World Youth Uchinanchu Festival — Business Leadership Workshop/ビジネス·リーダーシップ·ワークショップ
June 22, 2013 — Kolkata, India
Engage Digital Summit 2013 — KEYNOTE: Every Business is a Social Business
June 18, 2013 — New York, NY, USA
2013 State of Now Conference — MODERATOR: Social Media, Fitness & the Quantified Self
June 7, 2013 — Phoenix, Arizona, USA
American Advertising Federation National Conference — MODERATOR, Discussion on Social Media in Advertising
May 6, 2013 — Seattle, Washington, USA
The University of Washington Masters in Communications/Digital Marketing Program — GUEST LECTURE: Socializing the Enterprise
March 27, 2013 — Seattle, Washington, USA
Graphic Artists Guild — KEYNOTE: Creating a Personal Brand Online
March 8, 2013 — San Diego, California, USA
2013 Extraordinary E-Commerce Conference — KEYNOTE: Commerce is Social: Connecting and Converting Online Prospects
2012 Events (11)
December 6-7, 2012 — Dublin, Ireland
Dublin City University — GUEST LECTURE: Socializing the Enterprise, Lecture 2
December 4, 2012 — Dublin, Ireland
Get Mobile 2012 — MODERATOR: Windows Mobile 8: a Game Changer?
November 29, 2012 — London, UK
Digital Leaders UK — KEYNOTE: the Future of Digital Marketing with SEOmoz’ Gillian Muessig
October 18-19, 2012 — Dublin, Ireland
Dublin City University — GUEST LECTURE: Socializing the Enterprise, Lecture 1
October 16, 2012 — Dublin, Ireland
Get Social 2012 — CLOSING KEYNOTE: Social Business – The Opportunity; MODERATOR: “The State of Social Media in Ireland”
September 28, 2012 — Vancouver, Canada
Social CEO Summit — KEYNOTE: the Case for Social Business
September 26, 2012 — Berkeley, CA, USA
The University of California at Berkeley, Haas School of Business — GUEST LECTURE: Socially-Charged Advertising
September 25, 2012 — Seattle, WA, USA
Razorfish CareerLabs — Talent is Social: Advancing Your Personal Brand within Razorfish
June 5, 2012 — Kolkata, India
Engage Digital Summit 2012 — KEYNOTE: Social Business – The Opportunity for India
April 18, 2012 — Seattle, WA, USA
The University of Washington Technology Management MBA Program — GUEST LECTURE: Social Metrics for Smart Marketers
April 10, 2012 — Berkeley, CA, USA
The University of California at Berkeley, Haas School of Business — GUEST LECTURE: Online Social Behavior: Why People Do What They Do
2011 Events (15)
November 18-19, 2011 – Dublin, Ireland
Dublin City University — GUEST LECTURE: Online Consumer Behaviour, Lecture 2
November 18, 2011 — Dublin, Ireland
Innovation Dublin 2011 — CLOSING TALK: The Case for Social Business
November 12-13, 2011 — Bengalaru, India
2011 Social India Conference — KEYNOTE: Social Business—the Opportunity for India
November 5, 2011 — Mumbai, India
TFM&A India — KEYNOTE: Social Business—the Opportunity for India
November 4, 2011 — Chennai, India
Social Media Summit — Social Business—the Opportunity for India
October 21-22, 2011 – Dublin, Ireland
Dublin City University — GUEST LECTURE: Online Consumer Behaviour, Lecture 1
September 23, 2011 — Vancouver, BC
Enterprise 2.0 Summit — KEYNOTE: The Customer Engagement Journey
June 23, 2011 — Calgary, AB
mruSHIFT — KEYNOTE: Canadian Success Stories in Online Engagement
June 15, 2011 — New York, NY
140 Characters Conference NYC — The Customer Engagement Journey
June 3, 2011 — Redmond, WA
Social Media 301 Conference @ Microsoft — KEYNOTE: The Customer Engagement Journey
April 11, 2011 — Vancouver, BC
RCMP Police Leadership Conference — The Public Services Engagement Journey
March 17, 2011 — Malibu, CA
Pepperdine University, Graziadio School of Business & Management — GUEST LECTURE: You Don’t Need a Social Media Strategy
February 17, 2011 — Seattle, WA
International Association of Business Communicators — KEYNOTE: Be Seen, Be Found
February 4, 2011 — Bengalaru, India
CEO Marketing Summit — KEYNOTE: Search, Social and Personal Branding
February 2, 2011 — Bengalaru, India
Search Marketing Summit India — Multiple sessions on search, social and strategy
2010 Events (14)
December 2, 2010 — New York, NY
2010 BrandsConf — Humanizing Brands through Integrated Approaches
November 20, 2010 – Vancouver, BC
BarCamp Vancouver – You Don’t Need a Social Media Strategy
November 9, 2010 – Vancouver, BC
Custom presentation for major big-box retailer
October 21, 2010 – Edmonton, AB
Custom presentation for major bank
October 20, 2010 – Vancouver, BC
Canadian Public Relations Society — You Don’t Need a Social Media Strategy
October 4, 2010 — Hollywood, CA
140 Characters Conference — OPENING PRESENTATION: You Don’t Need a Social Media Strategy
September 21, 2010 — Vancouver, BC
2010 Internet Marketing Conference — KEYNOTE: You Don’t Need a Social Media Strategy
September 17, 2010 — Winnipeg, MB
Executing Social Media — Two presentations: the Socially Powered Enterprise, and Social Media Metrics: A Marketer’s Guide
June 17, 2010 — Washington, DC
140 Characters Conference — You Don’t Need a Social Media Strategy
June 6, 2010 — Vancouver, BC
2010 Cruise3Sixty Conference — Social Media Marketing & The Tourism Business
May 20, 2010 — Vancouver, BC
DDB Global Management Conference — DDB and Social Media: Our Positioning and Approach
April 15, 2010 — Redmond, WA
Microsoft Social Media 201 Conference — KEYNOTE: The Socially Powered Enterprise
January 28, 2010 — Calgary, AB
Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors, Western Conference — Why the Grocery Business Must Go Social
January 6, 2010 — Las Vegas, NV
2010 International Consumer Electronics Show — Ten Things Marketers Need to Know in ’10
2009 Events (14)
December 1, 2009 — Seattle, WA
Social Media Breakfast — KEYNOTE: Crafting an Engagement Strategy
November 19, 2009 — Vancouver, BC
Vancouver Entrepreneur Meetup — Social Marketing for Entrepreneurs
November 4, 2009 — Mumbai, India
2009 World Brand Congress — Branding in the Era of the Empowered Consumer
October 28, 2009 — Seattle, WA
Graphic Artists Guild — Workshop: Our Brand, Your Brand
October 21, 2009 — Vancouver, BC
International Internet Marketing Association — Our Brand, Your Brand
September 25, 2009 — Redmond, WA
Microsoft Social Media 101 Conference — KEYNOTE: Talent is Social (Employer Edition)
September 22, 2009 — Bellevue, WA
Reinvention Forum — Talent is Social (Employee Edition)
September 18, 2009 — Vancouver, BC
2009 Internet Marketing Conference — Trust Drives Transactions: A Presentweetion for the Time-Starved
August 18, 2009 — Seattle, WA
Comcast Social Media Conference — OPENING REMARKS: Facebook for Non-Profits: A Primer
July 25, 2009 — Miami, FL
Perry Ellis International Marketing Summit — KEYNOTE: Social Marketing in the Fashion Industry
July 1, 2009 — Seattle, WA
PR for People — Branding4People: Craft Your Brand, Share Your Value, and Win Customers (press coverage)
June 24, 2009 — Seattle, WA
American Marketing Association — KEYNOTE: Trust Drives Transactions: Why Healthcare Marketing Must Go Social
May 15, 2009 — Bellevue, WA
Social Networking for Business Conference — Facebook for Business: A Primer (panel)
January 6, 2009 — Las Vegas, NV
2009 International Consumer Electronics Show — Trust Drives Transactions: Why Marketing Must Go Social (press coverage)
1995 — 2008
Earlier engagements include keynoting the Independent Sellers Conference, speaking on green marketing at the Kitchen Consumer Marketing summit, panel discussions at Seybold Seminars (Boston and San Francisco), presentations to the International Television Association annual conference, Women in Communications conference, Cable & Television Association for Marketing (CTAM) annual conference, and more.