Julie R. Blitzer

Location: USA | New York | NY
Speaking Topics: drupal | grassroots organizing | nonprofit tech | online campaign strategy | politics | social media
Spoken Languages: English

I work at Advomatic, a web development firm based in New York. I specialize in online communications strategy for non-profits, advocacy organizations and political campaigns.

heather gold

Location: San Francisco | New York
Speaking Topics: Authenticity is Authority | community | Design for Conversation | digital entertainment | Web Video | social media | Web 2.0
Spoken Languages: English

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Heather Gold

"brilliant" —boingboing.net

Authentic conversation leads to more connections between people and ideas.

I make authentic conversations happen at companies, organizations and conferences like Google, South by Southwest Interactive, BlogHer, AIGA, Social Venture Network, Forum One’s Marketing and Online Communities Conference and Overlap 08.

My uniquely interactive talks often involve bringing out the best in you, other speakers and the “audience.” This means:
•you don’t have sit through another Powerpoint

Previous Presentations: 
Host, Design for User Experience 2005 (AIGA, SIGGRAPH)
Opening Keynote Overlap 08
Opening Keynote Forum One Online Marketing and Communities 08

CAT Susch

Location: USA | New York
Speaking Topics: blogging | Enterprise Architecture | Enterprise Technology | Web 2.0 | information architecture | podcasting | Program Management | social networking
Spoken Languages: English

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I am currently in the role as Chief Architect of The McGraw-Hill companies where I am responsible for developing, setting and enforcing the technology direction for our key businesses Standard & Poors, McGraw-Hill Education and our Magazine/Media businesses like JD Power & Assoc and Business Week. Some key technologies I specialize in are Enterprise Content Management, Service Oriented Architecture, Business Intelligence and Analytics, and Social Networking.

Previous Presentations: 
2008 New Media Expo "How to Craft Your Passion into a Professional ‘How To’ Podcast" http://letsknit2gether.com/expo
2007 Portable & New Media Expo “Striving for Excellence:The Passion and Pain of Producing a Professional How-to Video Podcast” with Eric Susch
Presented at CeBit America June 2003 on the topic "Enterprise Portals"

Suman Thareja

Location: New York | US
Speaking Topics: agile | distributed teams | offshoring | scrum
Spoken Languages: Hindi | English

Deanna Zandt

Location: USA | New York | NY
Speaking Topics: community | media technology | politics | social change | social media | social networking | tech activism | Web 2.0 | women in technology

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Deanna Zandt is a media technologist and consultant to key progressive media organizations including AlterNet, Hightower Lowdown and Feministing. She works with groups to create and implement effective web strategies toward organizational goals of civic engagement and empowerment, and uses her background in linguistics, advertising, telecommunications and finance to complement her technical expertise.

Previous Presentations: 
Women Action & The Media
Facing Race
The Media Consortium
NAMAC
Free Press
Personal Democracy Forum
Bioneers

Jessica Mah

Location: San Francisco | New York
Speaking Topics: blogging | branding | personal brand | advertising | long tail | community | twitter | entrepreneurship | women in tech | future of web | startup experiences | hiring | growing a company

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Jessica Mah is a sophomore in college and aspiring entrepreneur - she's 17 years old and feeds on the idea of being an underage entrepreneur. Later this spring, she will be featured in the PBS TV Series, Biz Kids. As of recently, she became a TEDster.

Previous Presentations: 
Supernova (San Francisco): Spoke about startup experiences & growing a company. Approx 60 people
Next Web (Amsterdam): Spoke about the future of web as it relates to internet users. Approx 750 people.
Entrepreneur Meetup (NYC): Organizer of entrepreneur meetup, introduced and managed speakers. Approx 80 people.