My Topics for Events and Appearances

I do a fair amount of public speaking. This is one of my favorite parts of my career, since these live events always produce plenty of energy and ideas.

I have a wide range of interests ane expertise, so I offer talks and workshops on many topics.

Here's my current topic list...

Most of the topics listed below can be delivered either as talks, teleclasses, or hands-on workshops. (More about Amy Gahran's speaking engagement services.)

My current speaking/workshop topics include (but are not limited to):

Understanding Conversational Media:

• What the public conversation can do for your business

• Conversational media: A far bigger deal than "Web 2.0"

• Why Google loves the public conversation

• Boundaries: How not to drown in the public conversation

• What are they saying about you? Monitoring the public conversation

• Women's influential voices in the public conversation

Blogging for Organizations and Professionals:

• Five reasons why (and why not) to blog

• Blogging: Ditch the myths, seize the opportunities

• Engaging opinion leaders with business blogs

• How NOT to do business blogging

• What's a blog, really? Just a content management tool

• Your weblog audience: How to attract opinion leaders

• Group weblogs: The art of herding cats

• Nonprofits and blogs: The sleeping giant

• How to find and read the best weblogs for you

• Very basic blogging: Terms, tools, and tips

• Strategic blog comments: Speak up wherever the conversation happens

• Who should blog? Pros and cons of bosses, experts, editors, and anyone

• Should you be scared of blogs? Putting risks in context

• How blogs build mutually rewarding relationships

Credible, Effective Communication:

• Consistently great content: The real "killer SEO app"

• Long-haul content planning: Sustainable, on-target, and FUN!

• It's all about the audience: How to define, understand, and engage the right people

• Who says? Credibility and influence in an era of discussion

• Transparency: Why you want your audience to see right through you

• Public relations means relating to PEOPLE

• Get Human! How organizations succeed by conversing with -- and like -- real people

• Ouch! Gracefully handling criticism and awkward questions online.

• Writing CAN be fun! Unlearning bad lessons from school and work

• Teaching executives to write well

• Teaching experts to write well

• Taming jargon (before it eats your business alive)

• How not to write like a geek

• Meet the press: How to serve journalists well online

Practical Online Skills and Tools:

• Feeds (RSS): The simple secret of staying conveniently connected

• E-mail discussion lists: How to foster community and quality without going crazy

• Podcasts: What they are and how to get them

• Where e-mail publishing still works (and where it doesn't)

• How Furl made my work, and life, easier

• How to find, read, and comment on weblogs

• The delightfully chaotic art of social bookmarking

• Managing forums: Building constructive communities

The Evolving News Biz:

- Note: I offer these talks and workshops with my partner Adam Glenn through our venture I, Reporter.

• Re-envisioning the news business: Citizen journalism and conversational media

• What's news? Who gets to define it, and how that's changing

• Secrets of great citizen journalism

• How journalists can make the most of weblogs

• Feeds: A crucial tool for online news

• Five stand-out ideas for citizen journalism

• Serendipity: Why the "daily me" hasn't killed the joy of discovery

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