Event Schedule and Speakers

eduTweetup Boston 2011 will feature a series of short talks from thought-leaders in higher education. They’ll discuss innovation and technology in a variety of areas including student affairs, enrollment and marketing, management, education, politics and more. Each speaker will present for about five minutes, quickly describing a visionary idea in their area of expertise.

Event Schedule:

6:00 pm – eduTweetup begins!
6:30pm – Welcome from Seth Odell, Higher Ed Live
7:30pm – Speakers begin 5-minute talks
8:30pm – Speakers conclude
10:00pm – eduTweetup event ends at McGreevy’s

	Nick DeNardis Nick DeNardis is the Associate Director of Web Communications at Wayne State University. As host of the video blog, EDU Checkup, he reviews higher education websites from the point of view of a first time visitor. He is a staff writer at .eduGuru, a higher education marketing and web development blog. He takes an active role in the higher education web community by sharing his thoughts and real world analysis in the Wayne State Web Communications Blog. He is also an officer for Refresh Detroit, a group of web professionals whose goal is to promote web standards, usability, and accessibility. Lastly, he is always looking for higher education websites that “get it” and documents the ones that do at EDU Snippits.
	Michael Fienen Michael joined Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, KS (NOT Pennsylvania, they spell it wrong anyway) in 2006 and is currently the Director of Web Marketing. He is also CTO for the interactive map provider nuCloud. Web development’s role in interpersonal communication is a principle focus of his efforts to improve and enhance higher ed web commodities. He’s a staff writer at .eduGuru, an active supporter of the dotCMS community, accessibility advocate, freelance consultant, frequent speaker at web events, and general purpose geek who wears many hats.
	Scott Jaschik Scott Jaschik is editor and one of the three founders of Inside Higher Ed. He leads the editorial operations of Inside Higher Ed, overseeing news content, opinion pieces, career advice, blogs and other features. Scott is a leading voice on higher education issues, quoted regularly in publications nationwide, and publishing articles on colleges in publications such as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, Salon, and elsewhere. He has been a judge or screener for the National Magazine Awards, the Online Journalism Awards, the Folio Editorial Excellence Awards, and the Education Writers Association Awards. Scott served as a mentor in the community college fellowship program of the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media, of Teachers College, Columbia University. He is a member of the board of the Education Writers Association. From 1999-2003, Scott was editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education. Scott grew up in Rochester, N.Y., and graduated from Cornell University in 1985. He lives in Washington.
	Robin Smail What is there to say about Robin2go? She is loud. She is a chewy center of enthusiasm, wrapped in a shiny candy coating of laughter. She has an uncanny ability to build community around her just by walking into a room. She’s notorious in the higher ed community, as inescapable as her brilliantly red hair, always favors authenticity over political correctness, and can tie any lesson to a Firefly/Serenity quote. Her career highlights include having a job that pays her to play with technology and people, and that, for some unknown reason, people invite her to speak at conferences on community engagement, social networking, organizational outreach, and knitting. Also, she can kill you with her brain.
	Brooks Morgan Brooks Morgan is the Director of Business Development at Inigral. Brooks began his career in Villanova, PA at the Provco Group managing venture investments for a 500MM private equity & venture capital portfolio. While working at Provco he vetted new venture opportunities and participated in managing the direction of portfolio companies. Agter leaving the Provco Group, Brooks joined social media analytics firm, Infegy (creators of Social Radar), as employee #1 and SVP of Business Development. At Infegy Broks worked with the two technical cofounders to build Infegy into an international software company serving many of the worlds largest brands and agencies. Brooks also has extensive experience in scooter riding and coffee drinking. He received his BS in Finance and Entrepreneurship from the University of Kansas.
	Eric Stoller Eric Stoller is a nationally known thought leader and consultant on using social media in higher education to create connections and enhance communication. He has been blogging for more than 5 years and is the Student Affairs and Technology blogger for Inside Higher Ed. Eric is a former Academic Advisor & Web Coordinator for the College of Health and Human Sciences at Oregon State University and has over 10 years of student affairs technology experience. His technology expertise includes social media strategies, blogging best practices, web marketing, content syndication, web site statistics, accessibility/usability analysis and search engine optimization.
	Tony Zanders Tony Zanders leads marketing and customer development for the North American region at Ex Libris – a global library automation company focusing on higher education. Developing his social media background through marketing Facebook applications to college admissions departments to increase their yield, he’s focused on successfully transitioning the college campus into the next generation of technology. He currently lives in Boston with his wife and daughter, but misses silicon valley dearly for its spirit of entrepreneurship and Zachary’s Chicago-style pizza.