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Upcoming Speaking Engagements:


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4th Annual Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference, Phoenix, AZ November 12, 2009
National Association of Realtors Annual Conference, San Diego, CA November 13-16, 1009
Web 2.0 Expo, New York City, NY November 16-19, 2009
Advertising Week, Toronto, ON January 26, 2010


Former Speaking Engagements:

  • Search Engine Strategies, Toronto, ON June 8, 2009
  • WordCamp SF, San Francisco, CA May 30, 2009
  • 140 | Twitter Conference, Mountain View, CA May 26-27
  • WebVisions, Portland, OR May 22, 2009
  • Thinking Digital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK May 13-15, 2009
  • Community 2.0, San Francisco, CA May 11-13, 2009
  • An Event Apart, Seattle, WA May 4–5, 2009
  • The Digital Impact (PRSA), New York City, NY April 30-May 1, 2009
  • Social Media Club, San Jose, CA April 21, 2009
  • Web 2.0 Expo, San Francisco, CA March 31-April 3, 2009
  • SXSW interactive, Austin, TX 2009 March 13-17, 2009
  • Interactive Strategies 08: Secrets Exposed, Houston, TX, October 22, 2008
  • SHIFT 2008, Lisbon, Portugal, October 15-17, 2008
  • Online Marketing World, San Francisco, CA, October 1-3, 2008
  • Social Media Marketing Summit, San Francisco, CA October 2, 2008
  • Gnomedex 08, Seattle, WA, August 21-23, 2008
  • Fuel Conference, London, UK, June 13, 2008
  • The Seminar (no website), Scottsdale, AZ, May 31, 2008
  • Thinking Digital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, May 21-22, 2008
  • Web 2.0 Expo, San Francisco, CA, April 22-25, 2008 – BarCamp and Unconferences Panel
  • Women Who Tech, Telesummit, March 31, 2008 – Women and Social Capital
  • SXSW Interactive, Austin, TX March 7-11, 2008 – Self-replicating Awesomeness: The Marketing of No Marketing
  • Customer Service is the New Marketing, San Francisco, CA, February 4, 2008 – Community as Customer Service, Customer Service as Community
  • Web Directions North, Vancouver, BC, Canada, January 28-31, 2008 – day long workshop on Business and Government and Happiness, Talk on Government 2.0 – RECORDING/SLIDES HERE
  • California Executive Summit, Sonoma, CA, January 24, 2008 – Government 2.0
  • 2007 Algim Conference, Lake Taupo, New Zealand, November 19-21, 2007
  • 2007 NIC eGovernment Leadership Summit, Workshop Leader, Portland, OR, USA, October 22nd, 2007
  • NASCIO Annual Conference, Panelist, Tuscon, AZ, USA, October 1, 2007
  • e.day, Keynote Speaker, Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 13, 2007
  • GOVIS – Innovation in ICT, Keynote Speaker/Workshop Presenter, Wellington, New Zealand, May 8-11, 2007
  • Innotech, co-Presenter, Portland, OR, April 25-26, 2007
  • Web2Open, Co-Organizer/Presenter/etc. (at the Web 2.0 Expo), San Francisco, CA, April 17-18, 2007
  • ETech, Workshop Presenter, San Diego, CA, March 26-29, 2007
  • SXSW, Panelist, Austin, TX, 2006, 2007
  • Community 2.0, Workshop Presenter, Las Vegas, NV, March 12-14, 2007
  • Future of Web Apps, Presenter & Workshop, London, UK, February 20-22, 2007
  • CommunityNext, Presenter, Palo Alto, CA, February 9-10, 2007
  • Blog Business Summit, Panelist, Seattle, WA, 2006
  • Bay CHI, Presenter, Palo Alto, CA, 2006
  • Attention Trust Meetup, Presenter, San Francisco, CA, 2006
  • Gnomedex, Presenter, Seattle, WA, 2006
  • SuperNova, Workshop Moderator, San Francisco, CA, 2006
  • Mesh Conference, Keynote Speaker, Toronto, ON, 2006
  • Alliance of Women in Technology, Panelist, Menlo Park, CA, 2006
  • Net2 Conference, Panelist & Immoderator, Mountain View, CA, 2006
  • Net Tuesday, Presenter, San Francisco, CA, 2006
  • Several BarCamps, Presenter or Discussion Leader, All over the world, 2006-2008

Speaking Subjects

  • Blogging
  • Business Strategy
  • Brands
  • Communication
  • Community Marketing
  • Community
  • Customers
  • DIY – Do-It-Yourself Media
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Government 2.0
  • Leadership
  • Marketing & Technology
  • Marketing Research
  • Marketing
  • Networks
  • Niche Markets
  • Online Marketing
  • Product Design
  • Relationships
  • Sociable Media
  • Social Media
  • Social Networks
  • Technology & Society
  • Web 2.0
  • Women in Business
  • Word of Mouth Marketing

Tara has spoken at over 50 conferences, classes and workshops over the past 4 years and constantly gets demanded back by her audiences. She is utterly professional and will cater her presentation to your audience. For inquiries, please contact her here.

Speaking Requests:

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Recent Sample Presentations:


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