Speaking + Conferences

MikeR1Mike a regular speaker and attendee at conferences across the globe. A dynamic speaker, he engages, educates and entertains audiences of any size.

Speaking Topics

Mike can speak on just about any topic related to web trends, best practices and development in higher education. He is a frequent speaker on trends in social media, online video production and cloud computing. He can lead sessions of any length, from one hour to full day hands-on workshops.

If you’d like to have him speak at your event, please fill out our contact form.

Upcoming:

J.Boye Conference, May 5, 2010
Cloud Computing in Higher Education

EduComm 2010, June 8, 2010
How my website learned to stop worrying and love the cloud

University and College Designers Association, October 2-5, 2010
How to Dominate WordPress (tentative title and topic)

Past Presentations

NERCOMP Annual Conference, March 8, 2010
Pre-Conference Workshop: Hands On With Amazon Web Services

HigherEdHero Webinar, December 2, 2009
Blogging 101

HigherEdHero Webinar, October 14, 2009
Facebook on Campus: Applications, Tools & Tips for Your College

CUPRAP Fall Workshop, October 12, 2009
Social Media Overview for PR Professionals

HigherEdExperts.com Webinar, September 15, 2009
Better Online Videos 101: How to Shoot, Edit and Host Effective Web Videos

JISC Social Media Workshop, July 27 and 31, 2009
Using the Social Web To Maximise Access to Your Resources presented by Brian Kelly
London, England & Cardiff, Wales

Institutional Web Management Workshop 2009, July 28 – July 30, 2009
Using Amazon Web Services
Colchester, England

WhippleHill User Conference, June 30-July 2, 2009
Monitoring and Maintaining Your Social Media Presence

HigherEdHero Webinar, June 16, 2009
Facebook & Twitter Recruitment Tools to Engage Prospective Students

NITLE Information Services Camp, June 3-4, 2009
The Storm is Brewing: Cloud Computing and Amazon Web Services Workshop

CUPRAP Annual Conference, March 11-12, 2009
Presenting on social media with Karine Joly (Slides here)

EduWeb Conference, July 2008
Head in the Cloud: On-Demand Solutions for Processing, Storage and Content Delivery Needs
Presented with Josh Tysiachney (PDF of slides)

Business Information Technology Summit, May 2008
Introduction to Cloud Computing

HighEdWeb Conference, October 2007
Game Changer: The Facebook Platform
Presented with Josh Tysiachney
Available at HigherEdExperts.com

Digital Libraries Colloquium Series, Carnegie Mellon University, October 2006
Meta-Search in the Liberal Arts, Libraries and Beyond

Business Information Technology Summit, May 2006
Are You Missing Out on the RSS Revolution?

Coalition for Networked Information Spring 2006 Task Force
Social Meta-Search in the Liberal Arts (PPT)
Presented with Dr. Bryan Alexander, Director of Research, NITLE

HigherEdBlogCon, 2006
Chair, Websites and Web Development Track

imagesHighEdWebDev Conference, November 2005
Gnosh: Building a Social Software Search Engine
Winner, Best Poster Session

Online Teaching and Learning Conference, 1999
Using Web Plugins for Online Learning