Speaking Requests:
Contact Leigh Bureau.
Upcoming Speaking Engagements:
[currently limiting my speaking gigs in order to focus on my company]
E-nnovation Conference, Poznan, Poland – October 10-11, 2011
RE-Think Conference, Oslo, Norway – October 11-12, 2011
Blissdom 2011, Toronto, Ontario, Canada – October 13-15, 2011
Women in Wireless Public Speaking Workshop, New York City, New York – November 3, 2011
Former Speaking Engagements:
- SXSW Interactive, Austin, TX – March 11-15, 2011
- SXSW Accelerator Emcee, Austin, TX – March 14-16, 2011
- Where 2.0 Summit Keynote, Santa Clara, CA – April 19-21, 2011
- Conference Board of Canada, Web – April 27, 2011
- TEDxConcordia, Montreal, QC – February 19, 2011
- Canada eConnect, Toronto, ON – February 2-4, 2011
- Digital4Change: featuring Mohammed Yunus (moderator), Paris, France – December 9, 2010
- Soirée Exclusive avec Tara Hunt (L’Effet Whuffie presentation), Paris, France – December 6, 2010
- Broadsoft Conference, Phoenix, AZ – October 26, 2011
- Women Who Tech TeleConference, Online Everywhere – September 15, 2010
- Conference Board of Canada Annual Conference, Halifax, NS, Canada – September 23, 2010
- The 1 Credit Union Conference, Las Vegas, NV – July 12-14, 2010
- Pacific Coast Builders Conference, San Francisco, CA – June 10, 2010
- CMA Convention, Toronto, ON – May 27, 2010
- WebCom, Montreal, QC – May 26, 2010
- The Future of Money and Technology Summit, San Francisco, CA – April 26, 2010
- PRSA Southwest District Conference, Oklahoma City, OK – April 16, 2010
- Connect Now, Sydney, Australia – April 7-8, 2010
- South by Southwest Interactive, Austin, TX – March 15, 2010
- International Cemetery, Cremation & Funeral Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX – March 12, 2010
- Transworld Business Snow Industry Conference, Brighton, UT – March 10, 2010
- Future of Web Apps (FOWA), Miami, FL – February 23, 2010
- Third Tuesday, Montreal, QC – February 16, 2010
- DemoCamp Guelph, Guelph, ON – January 27, 2010
- Advertising Week – Leading Social Change, Toronto, ON January 26, 2010
- Social Media Club Masters Series – Best Buy Workshop, Minneapolis, MN – January 15, 2010
- NEXTMedia, Toronto, ON November 30-December 1, 2009
- Web 2.0 Expo, New York City, NY November 16-19, 2009
- National Association of Realtors Annual Conference, San Diego, CA November 13-16, 2009
- 4th Annual Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference, Phoenix, AZ November 12, 2009
- Strategic Communication CBA Conference (Dept of Defense), San Antonio, TX October 26-29th, 2009
- National eXtension Initiative Luncheon, St. Louis, MO October 20-23, 2009
- Q2C Summit, Waterloo, ON October 15-25, 2009
- Startup Camp Montreal, October 15, 2009
- UC Berkeley Media Technology Summit, Mountain View, CA
- Social Media Breakfast, Ottawa, ON September 16, 2009
- Girl Geek Dinner, Ottawa, ON September 15, 2009
- The Future of Influence Summit, San Francisco, CA (and Sidney, Australia) August 31, 2009
- Social Media Club, Des Moines July 22, 2009
- Personal Democracy Forum, New York, NY June 29-30, 2009
- 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
Include:
| Blogging | Business Strategy | Brands/Branding | Communications |
| Community Marketing | Community | Customer Collaboration | DIY – Do-It-Yourself Media |
| Entrepreneurship | Government 2.0 | Leadership | Marketing & Tech |
| Market Research | Marketing Strategy | Networks | Niche Markets |
| Online Marketing | Product Design | Relationships | Social Media |
| Social Networks | Tech & Society | Web 2.0 | Women Entrepreneurs |
| Word of Mouth Mktg |
Tara has spoken at over 75 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 Leigh Bureau.
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