I love teaching and sharing. I’ve given keynote speeches, moderated panels, and taught all-day workshops. I speak about community building and online marketing (social media, content, community, brand voice, and more); intersectional feminism and social justice; and about geekdom from comic books to Doctor Who and cosplay to genre TV shows.
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Past Talks, plus slide decks & videos
| June 14, 2024 | Don’t Lose Your Head or Your Brand over AI | MNSearch Summit St. Paul, MN |
| May 6, 2019 | The Three Pillars of Public Speaking: Purpose, Presentation, and Performance |
Google Developer Groups Summit Mountain View, CA |
| December 5, 2017 | 8 Ways to Harness Communities for Good | Higher Logic Webinar |
| August 23, 2017 | How to Make Events Special | CMX Webinar q&a |
| April 12, 2017 | 7 Steps to Developing a Resonating Brand Voice | Content Marketing Conference Boston, MA |
| February 6, 2017 | Building a Creative and Compelling Brand Voice on Social Media | Digital Olympus Webinar presentation and panel |
| October 18-21, 2016 | Get Scrappy B2B! Tips And Tricks From The Digital Trenches Panel | B2B Marketing Forum Boston, MA |
| June 7, 2016 | SEO 101 class | Seattle Central College Seattle, WA |
| May 26, 2016 | Preparing to Write a Novel in a Month | Ignite Seattle Seattle, WA |
| May 18, 2016 | 7 Steps to Developing a Resonating Brand Voice | Content Marketing Conference Las Vegas, NV |
| April 22, 2016 | Putting Your Best Self Forward: Etiquette and Branding in Your Community | BrightonSEO Brighton, UK |
| March 10, 2016 | How to Be An Ally: Diversity Lab Collaborative in-house workshop |
Moz‘s Mozzer U Seattle, WA |
| March 1, 2016 | Diversity and Inclusion in Community Building | WebPromo Webinar presentation and panel |
| February 9, 2016 | Storytelling with Data | Moz Webinar |
| November 12-15, 2015 | How to Manage Your Social Media Like a Boss | BurlyCon Seattle, WA |
| September 15, 2015 | Tell Me a Story: Why Data Analysts Must be Storytellers Too | DAA Austin Symposium Austin, TX |
| 2015 | SEO and social media speed mentoring coach | Seattle Makers Speed Coaching from Seattle Made and Mercy Corps Northwest Seattle, WA |
| May 22-24, 2015 | Can Online Misogyny Become Teachable Moments? (moderator) Do Joss Whedon’s Strong Female Characters Live up to the Challenge? Pop Culture Princess (R)evolution The “Fake Geek Girl” and Misogyny in Nerd Culture Social Media: A Bridge or a Canyon? How to Run a Convention: From Start to Fabulous! (moderator) Marvel versus DC: How Their Movies Compare Wonder Woman: The Movie Geek Stuff for the Geek Girl |
BayCon Santa Clara, CA |
| May 21, 2015 | Opticon Speaker Best Practices | Optimizely Private webinar |
| April 10, 2015 | Flare and Pivot for Social Image Sharing | BrightonSEO Brighton, UK |
| April 9, 2015 | Content: Tackling the Elephant in the Room (all day workshop) |
BrightonSEO Brighton, UK |
| October 10, 2014 | Social Media Marketing for Winners | BurlyCon Seattle, WA |
| September 19, 2014 | Feminism and Fandom | Rose City Comic Con Portland, OR |
| August 19, 2014 | Social Media Metrics: What You Should Be Tracking | DigitalSherpa Webinar |
| July 21, 2014 | Speak Up! How to Write a Great Conference Proposal Co-presented with Tenessa Gemelke |
Content Strategy Seattle Seattle, WA |
| June 10, 2014 | How to Speed Up Your Twitter Process | Moz Webinar |
| May 28, 2014 | S-E-O What? | University of Washington Bellevue, WA |
| May 8, 2014 | Why 1 Million Social Media Followers Sucks
Video is practice talk done pre-conference. |
Web Congress San Francisco, CA |
| November 14, 2013 | No Time Like the Present: Optimize Your Twitter Process | Internet Summit Raleigh, NC |
| October 20, 2013 | Let’s Hear It for the Boys of Doctor Who | GeekGirlCon Seattle, WA |
| January 24, 2013 | Beyond Blogging: Content Strategy and Practice Co-presented with Dr. Matt Peters |
Moz’s Mozcation Cape Town, South Africa |
| October 11, 2012 | Harness the Power of Twitter Using Followerwonk Co-presented with Peter Bray |
Techspectations Webinar |
| August 11, 2012 | Chicks Dig Comics | GeekGirlCon Seattle, WA |
| July 3, 2012 | Social and SEO: Two Peas in an Inbound Pod | Hootsuite Webinar |
| October 9, 2011 | Women Running Geeky Businesses (moderator) | GeekGirlCon Seattle, WA |