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John Hall: Top-of-Mind: The Truth on Creating Habits to Stay on Top of People’s Minds
John Hall, Calendar John Hall is the co-founder of Calendar, a leading software for time management and scheduling. Hall was recognized by Forbes as the “#1 Keynote Speaker For Digital Trends” and was also mentioned as one of the “most authentic speakers.” Techweek recently listed him as one of the 100 most influential people in … Continued
Tim Regan-Porter: Packs vs. Lone Wolf Newsrooms
Tim Regan-Porter, Center for Collaborative Journalism Tim Regan-Porter is the founding executive director of the Center for Collaborative Journalism at Mercer University. The Knight Foundation-funded center is a collaboration between the university, The (Macon) Telegraph, Georgia Public Broadcasting and WMUB/ESPN that trains students and serves the community using the “teaching hospital” model of education. Previously, Regan-Porter … Continued
Kim Garretson and Andy Heddle: 1:1 Personalized News Alerts, Easy & Affordable
Kim Garretson, Realizing Innovation Kim Garretson, 2013-2014 RJI Fellow, runs Realizing Innovation, an innovation discovery service for media, retailers and brands. He currently is advising technology companies, advertisers and media properties on intelligent triggered alerting, or permission marketing and media content as a way to counter ad blocking and declining email effectiveness. Garretson has been … Continued
Bill Bledsoe: Collaborating Globally: Make it Easy!
Bill Bledsoe, Microsoft Store Bill Bledsoe is a multi-faceted marketing, technology and ecommerce leader who has been a part of companies like Microsoft, AT&T, Brown Shoe Company/Caleres and Omnicom Group. Bledsoe serves as worldwide site operations manager for emerging devices at Microsoft Store. In that role, Bledsoe is responsible for the global online ecommerce experience of Microsoft’s … Continued
Alex Kann: Meaningful Media: Making Change Through Creative Collaboration
Alex Kann, Media Trust Throughout his working life, Alex Kann has lived and breathed content – creating editorial propositions and stories driven by creativity, collaboration and innovation. At Media Trust he is director of community channel and audiences, responsible for the channel’s broadcast, digital, distribution and media and charity partnerships. Celebrating its 15th year of passionate … Continued
Katie Hawkins-Gaar: Old Walls, New Problems: Collaboration at Poynter
Katie Hawkins-Gaar, The Poynter Institute Katie Hawkins-Gaar is a member of the digital innovation faculty at The Poynter Institute, where she teaches journalists, stays on top of industry trends and geeks out about newsrooms testing new and exciting ideas. She is on a quest to prove that newsrooms don’t have to be unhappy places. Before joining Poynter, Hawkins-Gaar was … Continued
Scott Gurian: Cross-platform Collaborations on Investigative and Enterprise Reporting Series
Scott Gurian, previously NJ Spotlight and WNYC/NJ Public Radio Scott Gurian is a public radio and print journalist who has spent the past three years reporting on New Jersey’s long-term Superstorm Sandy recovery for WNYC/New Jersey Public Radio and NJ Spotlight. Previously, he worked as a producer for “The Takeaway” – a daily, national news program co-produced by WNYC, … Continued
Mark Horvit: The Power and Peril of Collaboration
Mark Horvit, Investigative Reporters & Editors Mark Horvit is the executive director of Investigative Reporters & Editors. He oversees training, conferences and services for more than 5,000 members worldwide, and for programs including the National Institute of Computer-Assisted Reporting (NICAR) and DocumentCloud. Horvit also is an associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism, where he teaches … Continued
Christina Hartman: Collaborating Up, Down and Laterally
Christina Hartman is an alumna of the University of Missouri who loves politics, cats and cooking. She’s a new mom happily married to a wonderful man with whom she likes pretending to be outdoorsy. At Newsy, she runs a newsroom of awesomely talented digital video producers who, despite practically sitting on top of each other, communicate and collaborate almost … Continued
Khari Johnson: Crowdfunding Beyond the Money
Khari Johnson, Through the Cracks Khari Johnson is a staunch believer in journalism, community, entrepreneurship and bringing underreported stories to light. He’s founder and editor of Through the Cracks: Crowdfunding in Journalism, a news website that monitors crowdfunding platforms to share stories that enable reporters and storytellers. Through the Cracks is a social enterprise whose coverage … Continued