Kathryn Keats

Location: United States
Speaking Topics: Anything | social networking

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KATHRYN KEATS
Kathryn’s life story is unbelievable yet substantiated in a jury trial that changed history. Kathryn was in hiding for over 20 years. She had to change her identity and could not continue her life’s work as a communicator and singer/songwriter. Forced by extreme circumstances of domestic violence, Kathryn had no choice but to give up her career. Now, safe, she has taken back her voice and is poised to use it—and her formidable connections and music skills—to help end the cycle of domestic violence.

Previous Presentations: 
Unity NYC - New York City
Jeans For Justice - San Diego
The Clothesline Project - Los Angeles

Dr. Barbara McLain

Location: United States | Honolulu | HI
Speaking Topics: distance education | Software as a Service | virtual reality | multimedia for educators | cool tools
Spoken Languages: English

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*cool tools and software for professionals
*motivational speaker on burnout in all professions
*information overload; GTD; Inbox Zero
*understanding the internet & WWW
*understanding generation X, Y & Z!

Previous Presentations: 
12 national professional assn conferences, 9 state assn conferences, numerous workshops

Maria Del Rosario Young

Location: United States | Raleigh | North Carolina
Speaking Topics: blogging | Building Blogs | community | online communities | online culture | Parenting and Technology | social networking | women
Spoken Languages: English

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Previous Presentations: 
BlogHer 2008 San Francisco: Is MommyBlogging Still a Radical Act?
BlogHer 2008 Reach Out Tour: Blogging Basics: I Blog, Therefore I Am...figuring out your blogging mojo.

Veronica Belmont

Location: San Francisco | United States
Speaking Topics: blogging | gadgets | Gaming | Internet | internet culture | microblogging | new media | online communities | social networking | tech and internet skills | Technology | Technology-General | Web 2.0 | Web Video | women in technology
Spoken Languages: English

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Veronica is the co-host of Revision3’s tech-centric show, Tekzilla, and Qore on the PLAYSTATION Network. Previous to that, she hosted several other online video shows and podcasts, including Mahalo Daily, Buzz Out Loud, MP3 Insider, and Crave. She also created tech video content for CNET TV, including the popular series Prizefight.

Veronica frequently guest hosts other technology-related podcasts, and also speaks about technology, gaming, and social networking. In her spare time, she hosts the science fiction and fantasy-themed podcast / book club The Sword and Laser.

Previous Presentations: 
"Building an Engaged Community" -- New Media Expo
"Online Video is Social: How to Market Your Video Through the Social Web" -- Web Video Summit
"Achieving Geekgasm" -- SXSW
"Social Networking in Higher Education" -- Access Group Conference on Financial Aid
"Women in Technology" -- Microsoft Silicon Valley DigiGirlz Day Event

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

Laura Scott

Location: United States | Colorado | Boulder
Speaking Topics: drupal | open source | Building a business with Open Source | Building Community
Spoken Languages: English

Laura Scott is President of pingVision, LLC, an interactive design and development company located in Boulder, Colorado, specializing in Drupal design, development and deployment.

Previous Presentations: 
BlogHer 2006: Deeply Geeky panelist
OSCMS 2007: Theming for Drupal
OSCMS 2007: Building Online Community

Tamara Norris

Location: United States | Ohio
Speaking Topics: asynchronous vs. synchronous distance learning | e-learning | Microsoft Office 2007 | Project Management Basics with MS Project | Reporting with Crystal Reports | social networking for education
Spoken Languages: English

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Tamara received her Bachelor of Education and Masters of Business Administration from the University of Toledo. She has over 18 years of experience training in computer applications and has received certification as a Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor and is a Microsoft Certified Application Specialist, an IC3 Authorized Instructor and is i-Safe and ICDL certified.

Previous Presentations: 
"Customized Reporting Makes Life Easier" ACEware National Conference
"Internet Safety: Striking a Balance Between Keeping Students Safe and Encouraging Learning Through Exploration" Education Alumni College University of Toledo
"Using Crystal Reports to Pull Data from Banner" Midwest Banner Users Conference

Cat Rambo

Location: United States | WA | Redmond
Speaking Topics: blogging | fantasy and science fiction | game development | gender identity | online communities | online magazines | podcasting | speculative fiction | technical writing | virtual team building
Spoken Languages: English

Cat Rambo is a technogeek whose experience includes co-editing Fantasy Magazine, working with the online game Armageddon MUD, freelance technology writing, teaching writing for ranges 5th grade through post-grad, and writing f&sf. She is a dynamic, quick-spirited speaker and educator with charisma, empathy and a keen sense of humor.

Previous Presentations: 
Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Just Getting Started, Norwescon, Seattle WA, March 20, 2008
Instructor for Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction, Bellevue Community College, since 2007
Reading from "The Moon's Accomplice" (fiction), Norwescon, Seattle WA, March 21, 2008

BJ Wishinsky

Location: California | United States | Palo Alto
Speaking Topics: women in technology
Spoken Languages: English

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Previous Presentations: 
Real Teamwork in the Virtual World, Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2007
Letting Go and Saying No, She's Geeky 2007

Becky Gibson

Location: Massachusetts | United States
Speaking Topics: Ajax | ARIA | web accessibility
Spoken Languages: English

Becky focuses on accessibility for the Web especially Web 2.0 and Ajax. She is currently assisting with the development of the Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) specification and implementing accessibility in the user interface components of the Dojo Open Source Toolkit for JavaScript. Becky came to IBM through Lotus where she worked as a developer on several releases of Lotus 1-2-3 as well as Lotus Notes. She has programmed in C, C++, Java and Web technologies.

Previous Presentations: 
Reaching the Entire World: Accessibility and Internationalization with Dojo - The AjaxEperience and AjaxWorld conferences
Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference - 4 years
SXSW, 2008 - Accessible Rich Media panel