Archive for the 'Speaking Engagements' Category

Tues 8th April: Using Wiki to Debate. EPICURE CAFE, Toronto

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

What’s being presented and about our speaker:
As part of the 2008 Toronto Wiki Tuesday Guest Speaker Series, Adrian Fritsch (Software Consultant and founder of debatum.org) will lead discussions at Toronto Wiki Tuesday at Epicure Cafe, Here’s Adrian’s event description:
What: Toronto Wiki Tuesdays: using Wikis to Debate
The problem:
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WikiSym2008 - I’m Chair for Demos and Posters

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

A bit of news - I’ve been asked to be on committee to hold the position of Chair for Demos and Posters at WikiSym 2008 in Portugal this September.
This is great as I’ll not only see breaking ideas as they happen around the world, but also be responsible to evaluate them and help them […]

Toronto Wiki Tuesdays: March, April and onward, 2008

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Some of you may have noticed on the upcoming page that March’s date for Toronto Wiki Tuesday was preliminary, due to a schedule clash on my diary. I’m settling on the 2nd Tuesday of the month whereever possible, making Toronto Wiki Tuesday on the 2nd weekday of the 2nd week of each month.

This month only, […]

I’m virtually at MooseCamp (Vancouver) - for Ask the Expert

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

If you are in Vancouver this weekend, check out Moose Camp 2008
At 11:45 PST I’ll be on their Ask The Expert panel answering questions your about wikis.
I’ll actually be in Toronto, attending PodCampToronto at the time, but will nip out to do a video webcast.

Wikis in Legal Practices - Toronto Wiki Tuesday - Feb 2008

Friday, February 15th, 2008

My congratulations go to Connie Crosby for her talk on Wikis in Legal Practices (Do Wikis belong in Law Firms)

Slides here
Despite howling winds driving a blizzard conditions and a late change of venue, 16 people successfully ventured toInsomnia on Bloor and Bathurst. My thanks to Marc Laporte, who was visiting from Montreal to run Tiki […]

Toronto Wiki Tuesday mentioned in Canada’s National Post

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Toronto Wiki Tuesdays got a brief mention in today’s National Post

‘‘I will be heading to Rower’s Pub to this month’s Toronto Wiki Tuesday, Toronto’s dedicated Wiki event. We’ve had some great topics, talking about how using a wiki efficiently creates knowledge, how we can use them to couple thinking to the output of systems […]

Available for Speaking Engagements

Friday, November 16th, 2007

It’s apparently not sufficiently well known that I am available for speaking engagements. Let’s see if we can change that
Here are some recent talks:

Professional Administrator’s Forum - Aug 16 2007 (Private)
Office 2.0, San Francisco - Sep 5 (Public)
McMaster University - Wikis and Social Software as it applies to Knowledge Management - 12 Nov […]

I’m speaking at Office2.0 on mindmapping and culture of Enterprise 2.0

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007

I’ve accepted an invite to speak on two panels (Thurs-Fri) at Office 2.0 in San Francisco, California this week:

Cultural and Technology in Enterprise 2.0 rollouts (hosted by Jevon MacDonald).

This will explore the cultural nuances related to designing, developing and deploying Social Software in the Enterprise. Being a wiki kind of guy I’ll bring some perspectives […]

Toronto Wiki Tuesday - March Meeting

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

Tonight at Toronto Wiki Tuesday we will begin with a quick talk about IBM’s QEDWiki, starting with a short video clip.

We’ll question how IBM have extended the concept of a wiki as a mashup of content to wiki as a mashup of data & content and how this relates to their other product suites. We’ll […]

Webcom Toronto 2007 - Interactive Communications and Web 2.0

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

I am delighted to announce, I’ll be a speaker at Webcom Toronto, Interactive Communications and Web 2.0 April 10th-12th, 2007.

For the First Time in Toronto…
Webcom is aimed at Communication Professionals, Intranet and Internet developers and managers, IT project managers, directors and vice-presidents.
Communications, Human Resources and IT departments in Public and Private sectors.
Over 40 World […]