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“How to Ensure a Diverse Tech Event” Selected for SXSW Interactive 2011
My proposed “How to Ensure a Diverse Tech Event” panel got selected for the 2011 South by Southwest Interactive festival. !!! !!! It will be presented as part of a Future15 track. That means I’ll be doing a 12-minute solo presentation. I’m hoping to give this presentation somewhere else next year as well. Preferably somewhere ...
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Recipient of the 2010 Twin Cities Women’s Choir Crescendo Award
The Twin Cities Women’s Choir performed its annual Illuminations concerts on Sunday, December 5. At each of our three annual concerts, we give an award. The award to be given at Illuminations is the Crescendo Award for outstanding contributions to the choir by a member of 5 years or less. Yours truly was the recipient ...
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My Minnesota Blogger Conference Presentation
Missy Berggren and Arik Hanson convened the first ever Minnesota Blogger Conference on September 11, 2010 at CoCo coworking and collaborative space in Lowertown Saint Paul. I agreed to present on the topic of generating blog content, and ended up with a presentation entitled Generating Blog Content: Out of Your Ass and Other Surprisingly Useful ...
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How to Ensure a Diverse Tech Event: My 2011 SXSW Panel Proposal
I submitted a proposal for the 2011 South by Southwest Interactive Festival for a solo presentation entitled “How to Ensure a Diverse Tech Event.”
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Speaking on Local News and Multiculturalism for The Partnership
I was asked to speak about local news and multiculturalism to executives of color recently relocated to the Twin Cities as part of their participation in The Partnership, a program aimed at acclimating and retaining professionals of color who have relocated to the Twin Cities.
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My Profile at Twin Cities Spark
I’m profiled at Twin Cities Spark, a local website dedicated to highlighting accomplished local bloggers.
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Experts: Social Media Pose a Compliance Risk
“Use of internet-based social media such as Facebook and Twitter can pose compliance risks for drug companies, experts agree.” — I’ll say this: Any time anyone who is employed by a drug (or device, or biotech) company opens their mouth, it’s a compliance risk. Regulated companies can and should use social media channels to market themselves instead of their products.