Friday I spoke at "The Digital Nonprofit," the 4th annual NetSquared conference. It was a chance for mid-level marketers, fundraisers, event planners and administrators to bring their executive, senior staff or board members to talk about creating an impact with...
Last night I presented to the SEMPO Vancouver meetup group on the different perspectives of generalists and specialists when it comes to Search Marketing. In summary, marketing generalists are under a ton of pressure to understand and create effective marketing...
The Vancouver Sun recently published an article by Sean Cranbury that highlights Monique Trottier’s presentation at BNC Technology Forum 2011. Tech Forum is an annual event that showcases experts and visionaries from the international publishing and bookselling...
Friday, October 8 was Vancouver’s 3rd Interesting event. Interesting was founded in London, UK by Russell Davies and now has chapters around the world. Friend and former Vancouverite Brett Macfarlane founded the Vancouver chapter and kicked off the event this...
October 1, 2010, was the second BookCamp Vancouver and it was a great success! Thank you to Crissy Campbell, our behind-the-scenes project manager extraordinaire, and the members of the organizing committee: John Maxwell, Sean Cranbury and Cynara Geissler. A big...
The International Digital Media Arts Association Conference 2010 (iDMAa 2010) is happening November 4 - 6 at Emily Carr University. This year’s conference will focus on the subject of The Digital Narrative: Pushing scholarship, creativity and imagination....
The second BookCamp Vancouver is this Friday, October 1. BookCamp is a conference that brings together 250 members from the technology and publishing industries to talk about digital aspects of book publishing and how online media is changing the game. The early days...
Starting Friday, I’m teaching at Simon Fraser University. PUB 355-4 explores online promotion and marketing in the creative economy with a focus on publishers. Students will learn about the formulation and analysis of marketing strategy, approaches to...
In the summer of 2008 I was invited to Dallas, TX, for Portus 2008, a Harry Potter symposium by HPEF. Below is part of my presentation as the Saturday Keynote Luncheon speaker. Portus special guests also included Jim Dale, Dr. Henry Jenkins, and Edmund M. Kern. It was...
On LSB030 Haig Armen of Lift Studios and I sat down to talk about the common challenges that publishers face, the future of the book and how to augment the reading experience. LSB030-1: Monique Trottier talks about Publishing 1/3 LSB030-1: Monique Trottier talks...