Fox Force Five

It’s been a very busy year so I’m pleased to say I have no more talks or conferences in 2009!

I’m always keen to attend new events as a speaker or teacher. Please contact me if you’re interested in having me attend your event or run a workshop on online publishing or online journalism, or citizen journalism. I’m also keen to talk about issues to do with teaching web skills, and evening up the representation of women in tech.

I can be reached on sarah @ foxforcefive DOT  com, or on Twitter: @stokely.

Past events

5-6 November, 2009  - Media140, Sydney

Sydney’s Media 140 conference explored “the future of journalism in the social media age’. I was one of the presenters in the workshop on Audio and Visual tools for journalists.

12 August - The 4th annual Social Media Summit, Melbourne

On Wednesday, 12 August I will be talking about the social media strategy we put in place for the 1 Million Womenenvironmental campaign, which launched nationally in May. I’ll be talking about social media was built into the overall PR campaign for the launch and its ongoing campaign, including looking at:

• How is online audience engagement different from traditional media?
• How do you engage women online?
• Using platforms like Facebook to drive traffic to your social media website
• Blogger outreach; handle with care
• What is the future of social media; do you have to own a niche topic or can you appeal to a mass audience?

I’m also looking forward to being on the panel afterwards, which is looking at effective social media & social networking strategies. I’ll be on the panel with Clinton Bown, Communications Manager, Hawthorn Football Club and Liza Boston, Founder & CEO, Cracked Pepper.

The panel will discuss the challenges facing public and corporate organisations in developing and implementing social networking strategies. All organisations are cautious about using social networks and face real barriers to secure buy-in within the wider company. What content works and why? Best practice on blogger outreach and more…

For more information on the event, visit the Frocomm site.

19 – 21 January 2009 -Linux.conf.au, Hobart

On 19 January I’ll be co-convening the LinuxChix miniconf at Linux.conf.au (Hobart). This is a full day of speakers, panel sessions and workshops. You can see the full program for the day here.

On 20 January I will be presenting a paper on Citizen Journalism at the Free as in Freedom miniconf at Linux.conf.au. The paper is called “It’s all fun and games until someone wants to sue you: Reporting in the age of citizen journalism”. The talk is scheduled for 1.45pm.

On 21 January I will be presenting at the main LCA conference for the first time (squee!). I will be co-presenting a paper with Jeff Waugh called Crikey! Opensourcing the future of news. It will look at the work we’ve done for Crikey (including setting up their blog network) looking at both the business/content side and the technical side of the project.

27 December & 30 December 2008 – Woodford Folk Festival, Queensland

I’m presenting as part of two ‘folk media’ events at Woodford Folk Festival in Queensland I’ll be taking part in a panel on citizen journalism called “Can I get a witness” which is being convened by Rosanne Bersten. The panel is taking place on Saturday, 27 November from 10.00am – 11.30am. My co-panellists include Mark Bahnisch from Larvatus Prodeo and Cameron Reilly from the Podcast Network, with a couple of others to be confirmed shortly.

On the 30th we will also be running a workshop on citizen journalism. I’m looking forward to that especially. It starts at 3pm on Tuesday, 30 December.

29 & 30 November 2008 - Sydney

I’ll be attending and convening a panel on online journalism and citizen journalism at WordCamp Sydney, the WordPress conference. More details to come on the panel once they’re confirmed.