Selected speaking engagements

Blueprints
“State of the Industry Report”
LATAM, September 2020 | EMEA, May 2020 | North America, April 2020
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OpenStack Days Australia
Master of Ceremonies & Keynote presentation: “The Future of OpenStack – Trends and Insights from the User Survey”
Melbourne, June 2017
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OpenStack Summit
“Inside the community-generated roadmap” watch
“Key insights from the user survey” watch
Boston, May 2017

Silicon Angle TV
On-camera interview about the OpenStack User Survey with Stu Minniman 
Boston, May 2017
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Cloud Unfiltered Podcast
On-camera interview about the OpenStack User Survey and publishing
Washington, April 2017
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OpenStack Days Poland
Keynote presentation: “The Future of OpenStack – Trends and Insights from the User Survey”
Warsaw, March 2017
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KATU Afternoon Live studio guest spot
“How to write a romance novel: Secrets of writing steamy scenes”
Portland, February 2017
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Digital Book World
Insights from the new breed of indie authors
New York City, January 2017

OpenStack Summit
“From Venti Lattes to Valet Parking: Wacky Analogies to Explain OpenStack”
Barcelona, October 2016
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Novelists, Inc. National Conference
“Redeeming the antagonist”
St. Petersburg, Florida, October 2016

Spark Marketing Conference, presented by TrackMaven
“Brand messaging architecture in a hurry”
”Finding and navigating by your north star: Brand essence”
Washington, DC, September 2016

Romance Writers of America National Conference
“Mechanics and metaphor in writing steamy scenes”
San Diego, July 2016
(nsfw) slides

OpenStack Summit
”We Love Data: Ten Things The User Survey Reveals About OpenStack”
”Winning Marketing Strategies for OpenStack”
Austin, May 2016
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Superuser TV
OpenStack User Survey Findings, interview with Shamail Tahir
Tokyo, October 2015
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OpenStack Summit
”Proud to be a noob: How to make the most of your first OpenStack Summit”
Tokyo, October 2015
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Willamette Writer’s Conference
“You’re doing it wrong: How to make the most of working with an editor”
“Snap, Crackle Pop Dialogue: How to write banter that sizzles off the page” slides
Both of the above co-presented with editor Jim Thomsen

“The Indie Author’s Launch Kit: Best practices for packaging your self-published book”
“Make them melt: Mechanics and metaphor of writing steamy scenes”
Portland, July 2015
conference program

Retail TouchPoints: Connected Consumer series
“Is your app irresistible? Mobile engagement lessons from dating apps”
Portland, March 2015
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Portland Startup Week: Women in Tech panel
”Breaking into technology without an engineering background”
Portland, February 2015
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Self-Publishing Roundtable
Episode #71: Indie Ingenuity with Heidi Tretheway
Portland, November 2014
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Colliers University global sales training camps
“Building your brand identity” 
“Integrated touch-point campaigns” (ABM)
“Nurturing your lead pipeline”
Vancouver Island, BC 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012 and Prague, 2007