Emira Mears

Location: Canada | Vancouver | BC
Speaking Topics: nonprofit tech | online campaign strategy | social media | the internet and non profits | women in technology | small business | Women in business
Spoken Languages: English

Many of my presentations are co-presented with Lauren Bacon, so I'm including our joint writeup here. For more details on my professional background, please refer to my professional bio here.

Previous Presentations: 
"Shaping Your Digital Footprint: Create an online identity that’s consistent with your values": Social Venture Institute, Sep 2008
"Making Sense of Web 2.0 and Making it Work for your Organization": Columbia Institute Conference: Nurturing Leadership for Sustainable Communities, Mar 2008
"Boss Lady" panel: SXSWi, Mar 2007

Lauren Bacon

Location: Canada | Vancouver
Speaking Topics: collaborative design | nonprofit tech | social media | the internet and nonprofits | Web Design
Spoken Languages: English

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Many of my presentations are co-presented with Emira Mears, so I'm including our joint writeup here. For more details on my professional background, please refer to my professional bio here.

Previous Presentations: 
"Shaping Your Digital Footprint: Create an online identity that’s consistent with your values": Social Venture Institute, Sep 2008
"Boss Lady" panel: SXSWi, Mar 2007
"Sugar and Spice vs. Puppy Dog Tails - A Discussion on Gender and Technology": Vancouver League of Drupalers, Nov 2007

Casey McKinnon

Location: USA | Canada | California | United States | Los Angeles | Montreal | Quebec
Speaking Topics: social networking | Internet | social media | new media | internet culture | Internet Marketing | Online video | Video production and post production | Internet Fame | Copyright Issues | Web Video
Spoken Languages: French | English

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Casey McKinnon is an actress, producer and pioneer in the new media field who was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. She has created and appeared on three popular internet TV shows: Galacticast; A Comicbook Orange and Kitkast.

Previous Presentations: 
"Online Adulation: Use Don't Abuse Your Fans" - SXSW Interactive 2008
"Achieving Geekgasm" - SXSW Interactive 2008
"Online Speech and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act" - 17th Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy
"The Rise of the Blogebrity" - SXSW Interactive 2007

Katherine Bailey

Location: Canada | Vancouver
Speaking Topics: drupal | jquery
Spoken Languages: German | French | English

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Previous Presentations: 
jQuery for Module Developers, Drupal Camp Vancouver 2008
Introduction to jQuery, Vancouver League of Drupallers meet-up February 2008

Audrey Foo

Location: Canada | Vancouver
Speaking Topics: linux php opensource drupal
Spoken Languages: English

Previous Presentations: 
Getting started with patches in drupal

Joan Vinall-Cox

Location: Canada | Toronto Canada
Speaking Topics: History of Human Communication | Social Media and Post-Secondary Education | Social Media (Web2.0) | Wikis for Business and/or Education
Spoken Languages: English

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I am passionate about the potential of the web platform for formal and informal learning, and for group communication and development. I am constantly exploring new web-based tools and possibilities, especially in how the web can be used to support business, teaching, academic writing, and research. As a former technophobe, I am especially skilled at introducing new users to web tools and demonstrating how they can be useful.

Previous Presentations: 
Narrative Matters, Toronto, May 7 - 10, 2008 - Finding My Font
Professional Writers' Association of Canada, (PWAC) Toronto, April 22, 2008 - Web Basics for Writers
Halton Peel Communicators Association, (HPCA) – Oakville, ON, Canada, 2007 – Wikis and Social Bookmarking

Rachel Segal

Location: Canada | Toronto | Ontario
Speaking Topics: blogging | Email Marketing | social media | writing for web
Spoken Languages: English

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Rachel Segal is responsible for the marketing and communication initiatives at b5media. She blogs about life, work, music and photography on her personal blog, Debanter and is a regular contributor to independent Toronto arts magazine, Celery. Prior to b5media, Rachel led the marketing team at the music/technology company, MusicIP.

Previous Presentations: 
Future of Music Coalition Summit, 2007 "Exploding Niches: how is technology increasing niche music discovery?"
Digital Music Forum West, 2007 "Artists Roundtable: how to self-publish, manage, promote and sell music using the latest digital tools"
Canadian Music Week, 2007 "The New Tastemakers: Recommendation Engines Rev Up The ‘Net"

Lee Godfrey

Location: Canada | Toronto | Ontario
Speaking Topics: blogging | eBusiness Strategy | elearning | eMarketing | project management | social media | social networking | usability | Web 2.0 | Women in IT | women in technology | Working Virtually
Spoken Languages: French | English

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Lee Godfrey began working on web-based projects in 1993, making her one of Canada’s internet pioneers.

With over twenty years of consulting experience, and nearly a decade as one of Canada’s best known eBusiness educators, Lee brings a solid understanding of how to best exploit the power of technology and the web.

Monica Hamburg

Location: Canada | Vancouver
Speaking Topics: Crowdsourcing | social media
Spoken Languages: English

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Monica Hamburg is a writer and social media evangelist in Vancouver, Canada. Her investigations and observations on social media (especially Crowdsourcing), and its relation to business and connecting, form the basis of her blog, “Me Like the Interweb”. She is a frequent contributor to the popular digital marketing magazine “One Degree”, as well as a former actor and class clown who now uses her dry humour for speaking engagements and in her blog “Your Dose of Lunacy”.

Previous Presentations: 
Third Tuesday (Speaker) - Crowdsourcing - http://publicrelations.meetup.com/95/calendar/7489118/
(Moderator) - MASSIVE Technology Show - New Media: Collaboration in Business - http://www.massivetechshow.com/van08/schedule/new_media.asp
Former Actor, Have been in front of audiences for many years

Kristina Mausser

Location: Ottawa | Canada
Speaking Topics: Web Content Strategy | Web Content Writing | SEO Copywriting
Spoken Languages: English

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Kristina Mausser is one of Canada's leading Web Content Strategists.

With over 10 years experience in web copywriting and communications, Kristina works with clients to provide expertise in identifying, positioning, and promoting corporate brands and messages online. A veritable niche industry within the web community, her company Digital Word attracts clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to leading edge web design firms.

Previous Presentations: 
Writing for the Web: Creating Web Content That Clicks - University of Technology, Jamaica
Shifting the Corporate Communications Paradigm Online - University of Technology, Jamaica
Build Your Business Online: Leveraging the Internet for Financial Advisors - Great-West Life Advisor Forum, Windsor and London, Ontario