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Public speaking (woof!) "As an industry insider, Tom Geller provides an entertaining yet informative 90 minutes of professional chatting on Talk City." -- Ilene Hoffman, leader of the MacSOS conference on Talk City Long before I got involved in the computer industry, I did a lot of performing. I've played instruments since I was three, produced plays in high school and dropped out of college to act in a Florida production of Fiddler on the Roof. Ultimately, I'm a tremendous egoist -- what other sort of man would put a picture of himself on every page in his Web site? So public speaking has always appealed to me, and I've always envied people who can do "the lecture circuit." Doesn't it sound like a great life? You get money, recognition, and the momentary attention of lots of people -- just for talking about what you know! I decided to lay the groundwork to follow that dream a couple of years ago, and have since presented in a variety of venues: a list follows. If you know of any speaking opportunities in my areas of expertise, please contact me at the e-mail address below. Upcoming (and ongoing) engagements: None currently scheduled. Past engagements: ClickZ Email Strategies, New York, 20-21 May 2002. I'll be on the "Spam, Permission & Privacy" panel at 2pm on the 21st with the FTC's Jennifer Mandigo and Julian Haight of Spamcop. Read the notes. California Internet Service Provider's Associtaion ISP meeting, Marina Del Rey (California), 10-12 May 2002. As usual, I'll be talking about spam. Read the notes. Direct Marketing Association seminar, San Francisco, 15 October 2001, "Maximizing Your E-mail Marketing ROI". Read the notes. ISPCON, Las Vegas, 10 October 2001. I work my SpamCon Foundation Executive Director's hat to speak on "Antispam Resources for ISPs" Read the notes. Netpreneur Conference, Denver, 16 June 2001. I gave a short talk on "How to get good coverage -- without spending a fortune". Great group! Read the notes. SpamCon 2001 SF, San Francisco, 24-25 May 2001. Besides producing this small, invitation-only antispam conference, I appeared on a press relations panel with journalists Farhad Manjoo (Wired), Katharine Mieszkowski (Salon), Stefanie Olsen (CNET), and Carrie Kirby (San Francisco Chronicle). eCustomer Intimacy, San Francisco, 26-28 February 2001. Canceled. Bummer. I was to lead a 3.5-hour workshop on "Positive eMail Perception", with Ariel Poler (Topica, Inc.) and Nick Nicholas (Return Path, Inc.). I was also to take part in the "eMail Marketing" panel (with Andrew Barrett, (Forum for Responsible and Ethical Email (FREE)), Gabriela Linares (L-Soft International, Inc.) and Sherry Chiger (Catalog Age and i-Merchant). Communications Technology Cluster, Oakland, California, 13 September 2000. I gave a general overview of public relations to a room full of high-tech entrepreneurs: Read the notes. Consumer Electronics Show, Los Angeles, 6-9 January 2000. This was a good one: "Linux: What Impact Will It Have On Consumer Electronics Products?". Speaking with me were: Erik Hughes, Director of Product Marketing, Caldera Systems Doc Searls, Senior Editor, Linux Journal You can order a copy of the tape from Mobiltape; search the Technology section for "linux" and scroll through the results. Game Developers Conference, San Jose, 15-19 March, 1999. People seem to like the "Meet the Press" panels I've done, so here's one for the games market. Johnny Wilson (Editor in Chief, Computer Gaming World), Chris Charla (Editor in Chief, Next Generation) and Vince Broady (Editorial Director, GameSpot Network), all of whom spoke on a similar panel in April 1998, were there. Tapes are available from The Sound of Knowledge. Macworld Expo '99 -- "The Future, Here and Now", San Francisco, 4-8 January, 1999. I gave a talk on "Other OSes on the Mac", covering Linux, Windows and all sorts of emulators. I also organized a separate talk about Linux on the Mac, which was part of the Pro conference. Atlanta Linux Showcase, 23-24 October, 1998. The "P.R. How-to for Free Software Projects" (or as it's colloquially known, "Flacks for Hacks") talk was well-attended, including some journalists in the audience from LinuxWorld and the Chicago Tribune. Read all about it or see notes for this talk. ISP Forum, 26-28 October, 1998. A spirited panel discussion on technical solutions for stopping spam, with John Levine (noted author), J.D. Falk (of CAUCE) Doug Urner (of BSDi) and Randy Delucchi (of HotMail). Notes from this talk are courtesy of John Levine. Vintage Computer Festival, 26-27 September, 1998. Unfortunately, the talk was canceled at the last minute. I had planned to demonstrate Mac-hosted emulators for obsolete systems such as game consoles (Colecovision, Atari 2600), arcade games (MacMAME), home computers (TRS-80, Commodore VIC-20) and serious mainframes (PDP-8/E). If you're interested in the subject, a good starting point is Emulation.net. Talk City, 2nd Tuesday of every month, 1900 Pacific Time. Every month for about a year (September 1997-1998), I talked about recent issues of interest to the Macintosh community. Hosted by Ilene Hoffman. Silicon Valley Association of Software Entrepreneurs (SVASE), 3 September, 1998. I organized and led a "Meet the Press" panel, featuring: Dan Gillmor, Technology Columnist, San Jose Mercury News Sandy Reed, Editor in Chief, Infoworld. Ms. Reed has kindly provided an outline for her talk for this Web site. Tom Abate, Technology Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle Independent notes from this talk are available from askmar. Macworld Expo '98 -- The Creative World, New York, 8 July, 1998. Gave the traditional "How to Buy Your Next Mac" talk at this seminal Macintosh event. Couldn't make it? Maybe the notes for this talk will make some sense. Center for Software Development. I've organized and moderated two past talks for this Silicon Valley-based organization: Media Night, 17 November 1997. Over 40 software and P.R. professionals packed the house to hear presentations from: Sandy Reed (Infoworld) Connie Guglielmo (Inter@ctive Week) Raines Cohen (NeTProfessional) Maggie Canon (ComputerLife) Cheryl England (MacAddict) Mary Eisenhart (MicroTimes) and Jodi Mardesich (San Jose Mercury News) and: Game Media Night, 16 April 1998. The following editors showed them how to get good press for their products: Johnny Wilson (Editor in Chief, Computer Gaming World) Wes Nihei (Editor in Chief, GamePro) Chris Charla (Editor in Chief, Next Generation) Vince Broady (Editorial Director, GameSpot Network) MacFair LA '98, 1 May 1998. For the Los Angeles Macintosh Group's annual festival, I presented two sessions: Getting publicity for Mac products Buying, upgrading and running your "obsolete" Mac International Business Incubator, 22 January 1998. Spoke to a group of international high-tech entrepreneurs on U.S. media relations and product promotion in general. Broadcast appearances, as follows: Note: As I do more and more of these, I've stopped keeping track. But see also the coverage page for SpamCon Foundation. CNET Radio, 26 June 2001. I was a guest for an hour on the Alex Bennett show, in my position as Director for Industry Affairs for CAUCE. TechTV's "Tech Live" show, 11 June 2001. CNET Radio, 25 May 2001 (about spam issues, connected with SpamCon 2001 SF). Computer.Radio, 3 February 1998 On Computers, 23 November 1997 On Computers, 29 December, 1996 This page was last updated on Friday, January 06, 2012 at 12:17am UTC. All contents copyright 2005 by Tom Geller.