Meg Hourihan Speaking Resume
Below is a list of presentations and keynotes I've given at conferences in North America and Europe. Areas of expertise include:
- Internet/technology
- Weblogs/social software
- Entrepreneurship/business leadership
- Women in business and tech
If you're interested in having me speak at your event, please contact me via email.
"Where are we going?" Panel
Les Blogs: Blogs and social software
April, 2005 | Paris, France
Les Blogs was a one-day event focused on blogs and social software, "to help us better define what's coming next, the first of this kind in Paris, all in English and with a dream panel of the key movers and shakers in the world."
Blogosphere Panel
Digital Lifestyle Day
February, 2005 | Munich, Germany
Digital Lifestyle Day was a one-day conference produced by Germany's largest media company to bring together, "[a] select group of trendsetters, investors and decision makers from industry and the media...to explore the digital lifestyle roadmap to the future."
New York Bloggers
Apple Store
May, 2004 | New York, NY
I spoke on a panel about the technology of weblogging at the Apple Store in SoHo at the New York Bloggers event.
An afternoon in the Blogosphere
ArtFutura 2003
October, 2003 | Barcelona, Spain
I was invited to ArtFutura 2003 to participate in a 2-hour panel discussion about weblogs and their impact on culture, politics, and the world-at-large.
Social Enterprise Software: from automating business process to enhancing human interactions and more
RVC SoftEdge 2003
September, 2003 | New York, NY
I participated in a 45-minute panel discussion about social software with other industry experts.
A Talk About Weblogs
Reboot 6.0
June, 2003 | Copenhagen, Denmark
For Reboot, an annual conference for the digital community in Denmark to "reflect on humans and technology." I was invited to give a 40 minute presentation. You can see videos of all the presenters online. My presentation is available here [84 KB PowerPoint].
Weblog to Webtale: Living and Writing as Electronic Art panel
eNarrative & Boston CyberArts Festival
May 2003 | Boston, MA
I participated in a 2-hour panel with three other speakers to discuss hypertext and the role of weblogs in the writable web. My presentation is available here [112 KB PowerPoint].
From the Margins of the Writable Web
O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference
April 2003 | Santa Clara, CA
I presented a 45-minute examination of activity on the fringes of the weblog/wiki world. My presentation is available here [52 KB PowerPoint].
The Weblog Revolution: How technology and amateurs are changing the way we communicate
2003 Midwestern Conference on Film, Language, and Literature
March 2003 | DeKalb, IL
I was invited to give the technology keynote address at this academic conference. I presented this 1-hour talk [112 KB PowerPoint] and lead a Q&A session afterward.
Social Software panel
PC Forum
March 2003 | Scottsdale, AZ
I participated in a 2-hour panel with three other participants to discuss the emerging genre of social software and the place of weblogs within it.
Battle of the Blogs!
DCDotComm
January 2003 | Washington, DC
Basically a web-marketing conference, the organizers of DCDotComm thought it would be fun to host a quiz show at the end of the day pitting bloggers against marketers. I spent some time talking about the role of weblogs, and more time trying to answer marketing questions to which I had no answer.
Social Software panel
Supernova
December 2002 | Palo Alto, CA
Moderated by Kevin Werbach, I spoke with two other panelists about weblogs and the emerging social software movement. We mostly talked about weblogs. Here's a photo of our panel.
Weblogs: Challenging Mass Media and Society panel
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
September 2002 | Berkeley, CA
Joined several other panelists and UC professors to discuss the role of weblogs in journalism.
State of Content Management panel
Web Builder 2002
September 2002 | Las Vegas, NV
Provided the "small but powerful microcontent" perspective in a discussion and examination of content management systems.
Microcontent Management Systems
Web Builder 2002
September 2002 | Las Vegas, NV
Gave a 1-hour presentation on the potential of weblog tools such as Movable Type to provide surprisingly robust content management, and the role of such systems within the enterprise. My presentation is available here [68 KB PowerPoint].
A Weblog Examination: Observations and Experiences from the World of Blogging
Producing New Media: Money & Law, Banff New Media Institute
June 2002 | Banff, Alberta, Canada
Gave a 45-minute presentation about the development of Blogger and the business struggles that accompanied the software's popularity. Also introduced the audience to the general concept of weblogs. My presentation is available here [36 KB PowerPoint].
Web Services for the Real World: A User-Centered Examination
O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference
May 2002 | Santa Clara, CA
Gave a 1-hour presentation on web services with specific examples from Amazon with a focus on ways in which non-technical users could benefit and implement such services. My presentation is available here [28 KB PowerPoint].
Women in Technology panel
Alaska High-Tech Council's Our Workforce -- Our Future Symposium II
April 2002 | Anchorage, AK
I joined a panel of distinguished women engineers and HR professionals to discuss ways in which companies can encourage and support women in technology roles.
Introduction to Weblogging tutorial
Alaska High-Tech Council's Our Workforce -- Our Future Symposium II
April 2002 | Anchorage, AK
Led a three-hour tutorial which introduced conference attendees to the concept of weblogging and stepped them through the process of creating their first weblog. Also discussed issues relevant to beginning bloggers, including etiquette, what to write about, and how to become part of the blogging community.
Code and Culture: Think Tank
BLUR 02: Power at Play in Digital Art and Culture
April 2002 | New York, NY
"BLUR is a biannual seminar exploring new creative practices that embrace the pleasure, seduction and energy of new technologies while calling for deeper reflection and critical awareness of our actions in digital art and culture" put on by the New School and Creative Time. I was invited to present on my work with weblogs for 45 minutes. I am now a member of the working group planning BLUR 04.
Freelance Forum: Legal Proceedings panel
2002 South-by-Southwest Interactive Festival
March 2002 | Austin, TX
I participated in an open discussion with two lawyers to answer questions and offer real-world advice to web developers who were considering, or already involved in, freelance work. The session was a lot of fun because it was nice to interact so directly with the audience and know our suggestions were making a difference.
Peer-to-Peer Journalism: Weblogs and Collaborative Media panel
2002 South-by-Southwest Interactive Festival
March 2002 | Austin, TX
I organized and moderated a panel with four participants to discuss the role and effects of weblogs on journalism.
Collaborative Journalism panel
O'Reilly Peer-to-Peer and Web Services Conference
November 2001 | Washington, DC
Joined journalists to discuss the ways in which independent writers and the web are changing journalism.
Weblogs as Peer-to-Peer Journalism: Subverting Traditional Media
O'Reilly Peer-to-Peer and Web Services Conference
November 2001 | Washington, DC
A 45-minute presentation on the role of weblogs in journalism, with special focus on the role weblogs played on and after September 11. The sparse panel set is available for view here [HTML].
Journalism's New Life Forms: Community Publishing, Weblogging, Self-Broadcasting & More panel
Online News Association Annual Conference
October 2001 | Berkeley, CA
A 1-hour panel that was lots of fun, talking all about collaborative media and what happens when news readers/consumers are also news writers/producers.
Peer-to-Peer Journalism panel
Wizards-of-OS
October 2001 | Berlin, Germany
A two-hour discussion of lots of things, unfortunately due to some poor moderation, not a lot about peer-to-peer journalism was covered.
Fibber McGee's Closet: Managing Your Content panel
SeyboldSF 2001
September 2001 | San Francisco, CA
A panel discussion of various ways in which complex content management systems can help you make sense of all your content. Once again, I offered the viewpoint of "less is more," or "how you can do 85% of what you need to do with free software."
Weblogs: Business Applications
2001 South-by-Southwest Interactive Festival
March 2001 | Austin, TX
I can't remember if this was a panel or a solo presentation that I did. I don't seem to have any PowerPoint slides for it. I'm sure it was very interesting when it happened.
Starting a Web Business from Scratch panel
2001 South-by-Southwest Interactive Festival
March 2001 | Austin, TX
A great panel filled with several entrepreneurs who'd all built, and more often than not, closed, businesses they had started. Tons of experience shared and battle scars compared.
Have Application, Will Travel: Desktop Apps Meet the Web panel
WEB2000 Conference
November 2000 | San Francisco, CA
A fun panel discussion examining what can be done when one uses the web as an application development environment and the browser as an interface container.
Weblogs Roundtable
2000 South-by-Southwest Interactive Festival
March 2000 | Austin, TX
My first speaking engagement ever! I joined two other webloggers to hash out what it meant to 'blog' with a very passionate audience. 1.5 hours and there was some yelling, and I think even some crying. Honest. But neither from me.
