Comments on: What Does it Take to be a “Top 10″ Social Media Speaker?

By: How and why to get women on stage. « A Web 2.0 Wallflower

How and why to get women on stage. « A Web 2.0 Wallflower — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:04:48 +0000

[...] Maggie Fox also has some great, concise tips on how to get noticed on Technically Women. [...]

By: Technically Women represent at SXSW Interactive | Technically Women

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:41:13 +0000

[...] had a lot of discussion on this blog about empowering more women to speak at conferences and to raise the visibility of women in social media in general — now is our [...]

By: Michelle Greer

Michelle Greer — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:03:59 +0000

This is unfortunate. The online space is dominated by men. I don’t think men think of what it would be like to look at the “thought leaders” in their space only to see that they are all women. Women are the big consumers in society–why do we think that men are the ones who know how to appeal to them?

I don’t have the mojo or clients you do, so if there is anything I can do to help get you on these lists, please let me know.

By: Kerfuffle over a quandary: My take on the female conference speaker debate | Technically Women

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:57:40 +0000

[...] and social media leader who should have (in my opinion) been on that TSG list, Maggie Fox, articulates in her post here, some baseline criteria are a good start. It’s also important, as it is for any minority [...]

By: Maggie Fox

Maggie Fox — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:26:35 +0000

@Noah – thanks for your comment! The criteria really refer to people working on their own – as independent consultants or within an agency. IMHO if you’re working for a big company in social media, you know as much as anyone, and you deserve to have the opportunity to share your experiences!

By: Alan Lepofsky

Alan Lepofsky — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:23:41 +0000

Hello everyone. Since 2005, Socialtext has been hosting a wiki for Women Speakers. Please feel free to add yourself, or others, and promote it to both speakers and conference organizers.
http://bit.ly/2Qo3Qw
Alan Lepofsky – Socialtext

By: Noah Kuttler

Noah Kuttler — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:20:35 +0000

Agree with your entire (excellent) post, except for one thing.

Your post assumes that these speakers are working in an agency structure as opposed to working inside corporations.

By that, I mean that your second point “Blue-chip client list” has a point about “(i.e. one big client does not a real business make).”

While I understand what you meant by that bullet (experience across multiple projects, etc.) from personal experience (I work in a large corporation) I have worked with a number of extremely talented women (and men) who work inside large corporations and as a result have only worked for a single large client.

Large corporations don’t always use agencies. They often have some amazing skills in-house. But like I said, those people only have one client.

I understand what you meant, but there are a ton of folks who because of their jobs can only work for a single client (their corporation), but have the type of cross project skillset you mention and perspectives so sharp that that we wouldn’t want to leave them out. Hope that makes sense.

By: Debbie Friez

Debbie Friez — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:37:20 +0000

You bring-up very good points for women in any industry to take to heart.

By: David

David — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:43:33 +0000

What a great posting. I’m waddling into the social territory now and find there’s also different perceptions of what constitutes status. To the older generation my Gen X use of social media is mind boggling. A Gen Y/Z teenager who’s developed a much stronger base and knows how to organize them for specific events would, nonetheless, outrank me.

By: What Does it Take to be a “Top 10″ Social Media Speaker? | Social Media Group

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:16:38 +0000

[...] is an excerpt from a post I wrote for the Technically Women blog yesterday afternoon. With Twitter back up today, it’s been [...]