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Upcoming

November 29, 2011
Building Brands With Social Media Presenter
ARF Thought Leader Session with VIZU | New York, NY

Past Appearances

November 8, 2011
Inspired By Augmented Reality For Marketing Keynote
adtech Inspire 2011 | New York, NY

November 3, 2011
Social Media For Social Good: Tips & Rules Of Engagement Presenter
UN Social Media Bootcamp | New York, NY

August 6, 2011
Tools Of Engagement: Assessing Your Online Audience Panelist
NABJ 2011 | Philadelphia, PA

April 4-8, 2011
"Jon Stewart, the Onion, Colbert: The News Is a Joke," "The Wild, Wild Web: We Are All Outlaws Online," "Katy, Gaga, Ke$ha: The New Feminist Role Models," "The Future of Language From Spanglish to Cyberspeak," "Vegetarians Unite!" "Apps, Games and Brains," "RADIO BROADCAST Metro Race, Diversity, Hip Hop Style," "Gay Culture: Acceptance and Assimilation" Panelist
63rd Annual Conference On World Affairs | San Francisco, CA

March 29, 2011
Augmented Reality for Marketers: Mapping the Future of Consumer Interactions Presenter
Web 2.0 San Francisco | San Francisco, CA

March 14, 2011
Social Media Policies Panelist
Bright Talk Webcast | Webcast

March 12, 2011
Augmented Reality for Marketers: Future of Consumer Interactions Co-Presenter
SXSW Interactive | Austin, Texas

March 8, 2011
Fast Company Social Connections Presented by iMeet Moderator
Social Connections: A Virtual Conversation About The Ever-Changing Landscape Of Social Media | Virtual Conference

December 2, 2010
Listening to the Consumer: Is Social Media the New Market Research? Presenter
BrandsConf | New York, NY

October 8, 2010
"How Big Brands Use Social Media" Presenter
Brand Camp University: Brand Camp 10 | Southfield, MI

September 28, 2010
Augmented Reality for Marketers: Mapping the Future of Consumer Interactions Co-presenter
Web 2.0 Expo New York 2010 | New York, NY

September 15, 2010
Self Promotion: Is This Really a Rant About Gender? Panelist
Women Who Tech Telesummit | Everywhere

August 5, 2010
"Measuring and Monitoring: The Case for Social Media Marketing" Panelist
BlogHer Business '10 | New York, NY

July 30, 2010
"Can Social Save Media" Panelist
Supernova | Wharton School | Philadelphia, PA

June 26, 2010
"Building Your Personal Brand" Panelist
Kidult Leadership Conference | New York, NY

June 24, 2010
"The Big Shift: Buying Content vs Audience for Advertisers" Moderator
DPAC: The Digital Publishing & Advertising Conference | New York, NY

June 22, 2010
"Social Media’s Open Graph" Panelist
Audience Measurement 5.0 | New York, NY

June 21, 2010
"How to Use Social Media to Boost Marketing Effectiveness" Bootcamp Organizer and Presenter
ARF University - Social Media Bootcamp: Social Media For Research and Marketing | New York, NY

May 25, 2010
"Why Consumer Engagement is Vital to a Successful Brand" Panelist
Hall & Partners Engager Launch | The Volstead, New York, NY

May 20, 2010
"A Conversation About Social Media" Discussion Lead
Mediabistro Circus | New York, NY

May 19, 2010
"10 Essential Tips for Social Media Research and Marketing" Presenter
ARF Webcast | New York, NY

March 21, 2010
"Listening to Multicultural Consumers" Presenter
Re:think 2010: The ARF 56th Annual Convention + Expo | New York, NY

January 29, 2010
"Leveraging Online Money Makers as we Reinvent Publishing" and "Where is the Media Revolution Now?" Panelist
WIPP 2010 Women's Leadership Conference | San Francisco, CA

January 28, 2010
"The Future of Research" Panel Moderator & Event Host
ARF Industry Leader Forum – Putting Listening to Work | San Francisco, CA

January 26, 2010
"Blogging 101" Panelist
AD Council Blogging 101 | New York, NY

January 12, 2010
"Listening to the Consumer: Is Social Media the New Market Research?" Webcast Presenter
ARF Industry Leader Forum Preview Webcast | New York, NY

November 18, 2009
"Emerge: Sessions on Augmented Reality" Panelist
Web 2.0 Expo Open | New York, NY

November 3, 2009
"The New Landscape of “Listening”" Moderator
Winning With Social Media – ARF Industry Leader Forum Program | New York, NY

October 29, 2009
"Social Media, Traditional Media, Paid Media, Unpaid Media ...How to measure and analyze results ... how best to achieve optimal integration ... how can your company improve ROI performance?" Moderator
ARF & VMS Social Media Breakfast | New York, NY

October 27, 2009
"Why It Pays To #Fail" Opening Speaker
SNAP Summit FailCon '09 | San Francisco, CA

October 2, 2009
"The Future of Print" Presenter
Future of Web Apps | Kensington Town Hall, London

September 23, 2009
"Social Media Convergence" Presenter & Moderator
ARF Adweek Social Media Council | New York, NY

June 23, 2009
"HIGH-TECH TOSS-UP: Media Convergence and why 3 Screens are Better Than 1" Moderator
NAMIC | Fordham University's Lincoln Center, New York, NY

June 2-3, 2009
"Brandworks University" Speaker
Brandworks University | Monona Terrace, Madison, WI

June 1, 2009
"Urban/Multicultural Mashup" Chair
YPulse Youth Marketing Mashup | San Francisco, CA

April 6-10, 2009
"Brave New World of Journalism, If the Newspaper Dies, Who Will Print the Obituary, Party of Poets, Living Your Values in the Real World, Help! My Mom Friended Me on Facebook!, Youth Vote 2008: Now What?, Poetry: Can't Eat It, Can't Spend It, Race: Brown Is the New Black" Particiaplant
61st Annual Conference on World Affairs | University of Colorado at Boulder

March 13, 2009
"Blacks in Tech Meetup at SXSW" Panelist
Blacks In Tech Meetup at SXSW | Austin, TX

December 9, 2008
"The Customer is the Company: How Social Media is Changing Business" Panelist
Mediabistro Courses | New York, NY

September 23-26, 2008
"New media - new business" Keynote
Web Directions South | Sydney, Australia

September 16, 2008
"The State of Black Media" Panelist
Black Media Professionals Meetup | New York, NY

September 10, 2008
"Magazines of the Future: Maximixing your print and web strategies" Moderator
Mediabistro Panel Discussion | New York, NY

September 4, 2008
"Reaching Millions Online: Editors at Top Media Sites Reveal Best Placement Target and Tactics for PR" Panelist
Bulldog Reporter Audio Conference | Audio Conference

July 14-15, 2008
"Totally Wired Hip Hop: Reaching Urban Youth" Moderator
2008 Ypulse National Mashup | San Francisco, CA

June 23 -24, 2008
"Data Geeks Unite! Building the new tools for getting out the vote, getting out the corruption, and going hyper-local" Moderator
Personal Democracy Forum 2008 | New York, NY

May 22-23, 2008
"Is Print Dead? How Digital Media is Changing the Face of Publishing" Keynote
WebVisions | Portland, OR

April 4, 2008
"Moving From "Should" to "Can", Track: Social Media Creation Best Practices" Panelist
BlogHer Business '08 | New York, NY

April 3, 2008
"Presenting Four Case Studies: Successful Social Media Creation — Hearst Mobile" Interviewer
BlogHer Business '08 | New York, NY

March 31, 2008
"Tooting your own Horn" Panelist
Women Who Tech | TeleSummit

March 7-11, 2008
"Where Are The Black Tech Bloggers?" Moderator
SXSW Interactive | Austin, TX

November 8, 2007
"Blogging Ethics: Making Tough Decisions" Panelist
BlogWorldExpo | Las Vegas, NV

October 6, 2007
"A Tribe Called Quest, The birth and evolution of a legend" Panelist
VH1 Hip Hop Honors Weekend | Brooklyn, NY

September 17, 2007
"Enterprise 2.0: How FSIs Can Use Technology to Foster Collaboration" Panelist
Web 2.0 / Enterprise 2.0 in the Capital Markets Industry | Bayrds, New York City

July 27, 2007
"Privacy, Exposure, Risk: Can you maintain safer spaces online?" Moderator
BlogHer '07 | Chicago, IL

April 24, 2007
"The Digital Decade What the Past 5 Years Can Teach Us About the Next 5." Keynote Interviewer
ad:tech Interactive Media Conference | San Francisco, CA

April 19, 2007
"Creating Community & Better Social Networking." Panelist
MinDay 2007 | New York, NY

March 23, 2007
"How to Embrace the Social Media Culture." Panelist
BlogHer Business '07 | New York, NY

March 10, 2007
"Bridging the Online Cultural Divide" Panelist
SXSW Interactive | Austin, TX

March 9, 2007
"How to Rawk SXSW." Panelist
SXSW Interactive | Austin, TX

February 27, 2007
"Hip-Hop and Homophobia: Exploring Bisexuality, Masculinity, and the DL" Panelist
Princeton University: The Spring FFR LGBTQ Lecture | Princeton University | Princeton, NJ

October 28, 2006
"Empowering Female Hip-Hop Communities Online", Keynote Speaker
Female Gender Expression in Hip-Hop | Wellesley College | Wellesley, MA

August 15, 2006
"The Future of Advertising", Television Appearance
World News This Morning | New York, NY

July 28-29, 2006
"Ten Types of Web Writing", Co-presenter
BlogHer Conference '06 | San Jose, CA

March 31 - April 2, 2006
"More Than Shadows and Whispers: Hip Hop Feminists Battle Sexism, Harassment, and Violence," Panelist
Women, Action & The Media 2006 | Cambridge, MA

March 11-14, 2006
"Blogging While Black Revisited," Moderator
SXSW Interactive | Austin, TX

December 8, 2005
"Working without a Net--Magazines Go Wireless," Panelist
Magazine Publishers of America, Magazines 24/7: Leveraging Consumer Magazine Brands in the Digital Age | New York, NY

November 1, 2005
"In the Trenches: Real-Life Challenges from Print to Web," Panelist
Folio Show 2005, Online Bootcamp | New York, NY

September 14, 2005
"The Hoarse Whisperer: Decoding the Ying-Yang Twins," Panelist
CMJ Music Marathon 2005 | New York, NY

July 30, 2005
"Feminist hip-hop bloggers: Negotiating a space dominated by men - much like the music," Session Leader
Blogher 2005 | Santa Clara, CA

April 14–17, 2005
"Playa Politics," Moderator
Experience Music Project
EMP Pop Conference, Music as Masquerade: Poseurs, Playas, and Beyond | Seattle, WA

March 23, 2005
"Video & Talk w/Coco Fusco: AKA Mrs. George Gilbert," Moderator
This hybrid video blends fictional and documentary source material to tell the story of an FBI agent who confesses to his involvement in the nationwide search for Angela Davis, the famous radical philosopher and black activist who was on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list in 1970. Director Coco Fusco, 2004, 31 min. After the screening join culture writer Lynne d Johnson as she leads a discussion with the film's director.
Sample - Film, Music, Word & Performance | Bronx, NY

March 11-15, 2005
"Blogging While Black," Moderator
SXSW Interactive | Astin, TX

February 2004
"Homosexuality and the African-American Church," TV Appearance
UPN 9 News, WWOR TV | NJ

November 3, 2003
"New Business Models in Online Publishing," Panelist
The Micropayments Conference | New York, NY

April 10–13, 2003
" Contemporary R&B," Moderator
EMP Pop Conference, Skip a Beat: Rewriting the Story of Popular Music | Seattle, WA

November 14–17, 2002
"Black Music and Technology," Panelist
American Studies Association Annual Meeting | Houston, TX

April 2001
"Psychology of Hip-Hop," Panelist
Rutgers University Student Community of Hip-Hop
Hip-Hop Explosion Seminar| Rutgers University, NJ

April 2001
"Microsoft Technology Panel," Panelist
Microsoft Build Your Own Business Tour | Los Angeles, CA & Houston, TX

March 2001
"Social Innovators in America: From College Service to Change-Making Careers," Panelist
The Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL) National Conference | Boston, MA

February 2001
"The Good and Bad about a Technological Society?," Keynote
Black Family Technology Awareness Week | White Plains, NY

February 2001
"Digital Divide," Panelist
Black Family Technology Awareness Week | Brooklyn, NY

November 2000
"ITV: The Next Big Thing," Panelist
Center for Communication | New York, NY

April 1999
"Hip-Hop Culture in Schools," Workshop Presenter
4th Annual Conference on Multicultural Education,
Popular Culture and Education
New York City Teachers Consortium | New York, NY

March 1999
"African-American Women in Media: Tribute to Ida B. Wells," Speaker
No Boundaries-The Sky is the Limit | College of Mount Saint Vincent

1998
"The Black Experience," Lecturer
Intercultural Communications | College of Mount Saint Vincent 1998

1998
"The Role of the Media in Shaping Understandings and Misunderstandings of a Multicultural Society," Presenter
Trio Student Support Services Summer Program | College of Mount Saint Vincent

April 1998
"As Technology Makes Global Communication More Accessible, What Are the Cultural Implications?," Panelist
3rd Annual Conference on Multicultural Education, Multicultural and Global Education: Culture and Communication | New York, NY