Suman Thareja

Location: New York | US
Speaking Topics: agile | distributed teams | offshoring | scrum
Spoken Languages: English | Hindi

Deanna Zandt

Location: USA | New York | NY
Speaking Topics: community | media technology | politics | social change | social media | social networking | tech activism | Web 2.0 | women in technology

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Deanna Zandt

Deanna Zandt is a media technologist and consultant to key progressive media organizations including AlterNet, Hightower Lowdown and Feministing. She works with groups to create and implement effective web strategies toward organizational goals of civic engagement and empowerment, and uses her background in linguistics, advertising, telecommunications and finance to complement her technical expertise.

Previous Presentations: 
Women Action & The Media
Facing Race
The Media Consortium
NAMAC
Free Press
Personal Democracy Forum
Bioneers
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Empowering Online Communities

Jessica Mah

Location: San Francisco | New York
Speaking Topics: blogging | branding | personal brand | advertising | long tail | community | twitter | entrepreneurship | women in tech | future of web | startup experiences | hiring | growing a company

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Jessica Mah's Blog

Jessica Mah is a sophomore in college and aspiring entrepreneur - she's 17 years old and feeds on the idea of being an underage entrepreneur. Later this spring, she will be featured in the PBS TV Series, Biz Kids. As of recently, she became a TEDster.

Previous Presentations: 
Supernova (San Francisco): Spoke about startup experiences & growing a company. Approx 60 people
Next Web (Amsterdam): Spoke about the future of web as it relates to internet users. Approx 750 people.
Entrepreneur Meetup (NYC): Organizer of entrepreneur meetup, introduced and managed speakers. Approx 80 people.