Karen McGrane

Location: New York | NY | USA
Speaking Topics: web strategy | Web Design | User experience | information architecture | interaction design | usability | Content Strategy | publishing | content management | design patterns | social media | social business
Spoken Languages: English

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Previous Presentations: 
From Business to Buttons
Information Architecture Summit
CHI

Jade Rauenzahn

Location: New York | NY | USA
Speaking Topics: accessibility | Creating Community | CSS | Javascript | Programming Frameworks | startups | State of the Web | User-Generated Content | Web 2.0 | Web standards
Spoken Languages: English | basic Spanish

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A passionate web personality, Jade's among the "web" generation - an upcoming demographic of young adults who have always had the Internet around at their disposal.

With a solid foundation of where the web has been and a good idea on where it's going, Jade spends her days programming (mainly on the client-side) web sites and applications which inform, empower, and create passionate communities.

Nichelle Stephens

Location: New York | NY
Speaking Topics: blogging | online advertising networks | Social Media Strategy For Business
Spoken Languages: English

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Previous Presentations: 
SXSW Interactive- Finance 2.0 Panel- March 2009
Ogilvy Blacks In Tech Panel- March 2009
Ignite NYC- Cupcakes Are the IPhones of Desserts- September 2008
Ladies Who Launch Live - October 2005
BlogHer-Brown Blogger Disussion Panel- July 2005

Julie R. Blitzer

Location: New York | NY | USA
Speaking Topics: drupal | grassroots organizing | nonprofit tech | online campaign strategy | politics | social media | information architecture
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.

Previous Presentations: 
GeekLab @ IPDI's Politics Online
Organizing 2.0
YDA Convention

Marilyn Pratt

Location: NY | NYC | USA
Speaking Topics: Community Evangelism in a Developer Community | Teaching Programming Skills to Experienced Developers
Spoken Languages: English | Hebrew

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Previous Presentations: 
SAP TechEd, Americas SAP User Group Keynote, ABPMP, Sapphire, Business Objects Developer Group
SAP Classroom Training
Somesso London May 2009

Deanna Zandt

Location: New York | NY | USA
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