Upcoming
September 23-26, 2008
"New media - new business" Keynote
Web Directions South | Sydney, Australia
September 10
"Magazines of the Future: Maximixing your print and web strategies" Moderator
Mediabistro Panel Discussion | New York, NY
September 4
"Reaching Millions Online: Editors at Top Media Sites Reveal Best Placement Target and Tactics for PR" Panelist
Bulldog Reporter Audio Conference | Audio Conference
Past Appearances
July 14-15, 2008
"Totally Wired Hip Hop: Reaching Urban Youth" Moderator
2008 Ypulse National Mashup | San Francisco, CA
June 23 -24, 2008
"Data Geeks Unite! Building the new tools for getting out the vote, getting out the corruption, and going hyper-local" Moderator
Personal Democracy Forum 2008 | New York, NY
May 22-23, 2008
"Is Print Dead? How Digital Media is Changing the Face of Publishing" Keynote
WebVisions | Portland, OR
April 4, 2008
"Moving From "Should" to "Can", Track: Social Media Creation Best Practices" Panelist
BlogHer Business '08 | New York, NY
April 3, 2008
"Presenting Four Case Studies: Successful Social Media Creation — Hearst Mobile" Interviewer
BlogHer Business '08 | New York, NY
March 31, 2008
"Tooting your own Horn" Panelist
Women Who Tech | TeleSummit
March 7-11, 2008
"Where Are The Black Tech Bloggers?" Moderator
SXSW Interactive | Austin, TX
November 8, 2007
"Blogging Ethics: Making Tough Decisions" Panelist
BlogWorldExpo | Las Vegas, NV
October 6, 2007
"A Tribe Called Quest, The birth and evolution of a legend" Panelist
VH1 Hip Hop Honors Weekend | Brooklyn, NY
September 17, 2007
"Enterprise 2.0: How FSIs Can Use Technology to Foster Collaboration" Panelist
Web 2.0 / Enterprise 2.0
in the Capital Markets Industry | Bayrds, New York City
July 27, 2007
"Privacy, Exposure, Risk: Can you maintain safer spaces online?" Moderator
BlogHer '07 | Chicago, IL
April 24, 2007
"The Digital Decade What the Past 5 Years Can Teach Us About the Next 5." Keynote Interviewer
ad:tech Interactive Media Conference | San Francisco, CA
April 19, 2007
"Creating Community & Better Social Networking." Panelist
MinDay 2007 | New York, NY
March 23, 2007
"How to Embrace the Social Media Culture." Panelist
BlogHer Business '07 | New York, NY
March 10, 2007
"Bridging the Online Cultural Divide" Panelist
SXSW Interactive | Austin, TX
March 9, 2007
"How to Rawk SXSW." Panelist
SXSW Interactive | Austin, TX
February 27, 2007
"Hip-Hop and Homophobia: Exploring Bisexuality, Masculinity, and the DL" Panelist
Princeton University: The Spring FFR LGBTQ Lecture | Princeton University | Princeton, NJ
October 28, 2006
"Empowering Female Hip-Hop Communities Online", Keynote Speaker
Female Gender Expression in Hip-Hop | Wellesley College | Wellesley, MA
August 15, 2006
"The Future of Advertising", Television Appearance
World News This Morning | New York, NY
July 28-29, 2006
"Ten Types of Web Writing", Co-presenter
BlogHer Conference '06 | San Jose, CA
March 31 - April 2, 2006
"More Than Shadows and Whispers: Hip Hop Feminists Battle Sexism, Harassment, and Violence," Panelist
Women, Action & The Media 2006 | Cambridge, MA
March 11-14, 2006
"Blogging While Black Revisited," Moderator
SXSW Interactive | Austin, TX
December 8, 2005
"Working without a Net--Magazines Go Wireless," Panelist
Magazine Publishers of America, Magazines 24/7: Leveraging Consumer Magazine Brands in the Digital Age | New York, NY
November 1, 2005
"In the Trenches: Real-Life Challenges from Print to Web," Panelist
Folio Show 2005, Online Bootcamp | New York, NY
September 14, 2005
"The Hoarse Whisperer: Decoding the Ying-Yang Twins," Panelist
CMJ Music Marathon 2005 | New York, NY
July 30, 2005
"Feminist hip-hop bloggers: Negotiating a space dominated by men - much like the music," Session Leader
Blogher 2005 | Santa Clara, CA
April 14–17, 2005
"Playa Politics," Moderator
Experience Music Project
EMP Pop Conference, Music as Masquerade: Poseurs, Playas, and Beyond | Seattle, WA
March 23, 2005
"Video & Talk w/Coco Fusco: AKA Mrs. George Gilbert," Moderator
This hybrid video blends fictional and documentary source material to tell the story of an FBI agent who confesses to his involvement in the nationwide search for Angela Davis, the famous radical philosopher and black activist who was on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list in 1970. Director Coco Fusco, 2004, 31 min. After the screening join culture writer Lynne d Johnson as she leads a discussion with the film's director.
Sample - Film, Music, Word & Performance | Bronx, NY
March 11-15, 2005
"Blogging While Black," Moderator
SXSW Interactive | Astin, TX
February 2004
"Homosexuality and the African-American Church," TV Appearance
UPN 9 News, WWOR TV | NJ
November 3, 2003
"New Business Models in Online Publishing," Panelist
The Micropayments Conference | New York, NY
April 10–13, 2003
" Contemporary R&B," Moderator
EMP Pop Conference, Skip a Beat: Rewriting the Story of Popular Music | Seattle, WA
November 14–17, 2002
"Black Music and Technology," Panelist
American Studies Association Annual Meeting | Houston, TX
April 2001
"Psychology of Hip-Hop," Panelist
Rutgers University Student Community of Hip-Hop
Hip-Hop Explosion Seminar| Rutgers University, NJ
April 2001
"Microsoft Technology Panel," Panelist
Microsoft Build Your Own Business Tour | Los Angeles, CA & Houston, TX
March 2001
"Social Innovators in America: From College Service to Change-Making Careers," Panelist
The Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL) National Conference | Boston, MA
February 2001
"The Good and Bad about a Technological Society?," Keynote
Black Family Technology Awareness Week | White Plains, NY
February 2001
"Digital Divide," Panelist
Black Family Technology Awareness Week | Brooklyn, NY
November 2000
"ITV: The Next Big Thing," Panelist
Center for Communication | New York, NY
April 1999
"Hip-Hop Culture in Schools," Workshop Presenter
4th Annual Conference on Multicultural Education,
Popular Culture and Education
New York City Teachers Consortium | New York, NY
March 1999
"African-American Women in Media: Tribute to Ida B. Wells," Speaker
No Boundaries-The Sky is the Limit | College of Mount Saint Vincent
1998
"The Black Experience," Lecturer
Intercultural Communications | College of Mount Saint Vincent 1998
1998
"The Role of the Media in Shaping Understandings and Misunderstandings of a Multicultural Society," Presenter
Trio Student Support Services Summer Program | College of Mount Saint Vincent
April 1998
"As Technology Makes Global Communication More Accessible, What Are the Cultural Implications?," Panelist
3rd Annual Conference on Multicultural Education, Multicultural and Global Education: Culture and Communication | New York, NY
