Appearances
2011
- December 7, ‘Facebook and Twitter for Local Government’, City of Sturt, Adelaide
- December 2, ‘Social Media and Stakeholder Communication’, Local Government Finance Management Group (SA), Adelaide
- November 16, ‘Social Media in an hour’, Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia, Wollongong
- October 31, ‘Social Media and Local Government’, City of Charles Sturt, Adelaide
- October 24, ‘Ethics and social media’. Guest lecture, UniSA, Adelaide
- July 13, ‘Social Media Strategy’ full-day workshop, PRIA Adelaide
- July 12, ‘Social Media 101′ full-day workshop, PRIA Adelaide
- May 26, ‘Social Media Strategy’ full-day workshop, PRIA Sydney
- May 25, ‘Social Media 101′ full-day workshop, PRIA Sydney
- May 24, ‘Social Media Strategy’ full day workshop, PRIA Queensland
- March 4, ‘Social Media and Local Government: The Bear Facts’, Local Government Managers Association, Adelaide Zoo
- February 25, Mental Health Un-conference, Melbourne
- February 17, ‘Social Media in an hour’, Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia, Perth
- February 16, ‘Social Media in an hour’, Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia, Adelaide
- January 21, ‘Facebook, businesses and you’, ABC891 local radio, Adelaide
- January 17, ‘Queensland floods and social media’, report for ‘For Immediate Release‘ podcast no. 582
- January 6, ‘Social media’, Breakfast with Catherine Zengerer, Radio Adelaide
2010
- October 5, ‘Social Media and Ethics’, UniSA guest lecture
- September 23, Walkley Forum on Social Media. Hotel Astor, Adelaide
- September 15, Social Media and Anglicare. Anglicare National Conference, Adelaide
- August 27, ‘Communication for Emerging Leaders’. Workshop for Local Government Association
- August 26, ‘The online digital realm: the pros and cons of digital mediums in the new era of public relations’. Panel discussion
- June 29-30, Melcrum Social Media Conference, Sydney (workshop and presentation)
- June 8, Affili@Syd Conference, Sydney
- April 30, Social media and mental health support, ‘Unfinished Business’ mental health conference, MCG, Melbourne
- Jan 10, Social Media and the real estate agent. Wayville Showgrounds, Adelaide
2009
- Wednesday Oct 14, UniSA Magill, ‘The new media context for corporate communication’. Guest lecture
- Friday Sept 18, Melcrum Internal Communications Summit, Social Media Workshop, Sydney
- Tuesday Sept 15 & Wednesday 16, PRIA SA Social Media Workshops, Adelaide
- Friday Sept 11, UniSA Magill, ‘Ethics and New Media’ guest lecture
- Thursday Aug 6, UniSA City West, ‘Social Media and Marketing’ guest lecture
- June 15-16, AHRI National Convention, Sydney
- June 7-10, IABC World Conference, San Francisco
“Your excellent audience evaluations at the IABC 2009 World Conference in San Francisco qualify you as an IABC all-star speaker with the “IABC recommended speaker” designation”
Vicki Yim, Director, World Conference, IABC
- May 13, Affiliate Marketing Conference, Sydney
“Lee Hopkins was one of the key speakers at our very successful Affiliate and Performance Marketing conference – www.affiliatsyd.com in Sydney on May 13th 2009. Lee embodies his own core values of Passion, Integrity and Consistency in the way he presents. A potent mix of ‘Social Marketing Sage’ and ‘Mad Professor’, I would recommend him to anyone as a speaker and consultant on social media and the future of online business communication”
Matt Bateman, MD Viva9
My 10-minute panel presentation on social media, video marketing and affiliate relationships in this new business communication landscape. Here’s my main 45-minute presentation - May 6, ADMA’s Certificate/Diploma in Digital Media courses, Adelaide – guest speaking for the second year in a row on social media
- March 11 & 12, Digital Media Summit, Auckland New Zealand [presentation]
2008
- Dec 2, Exhibition & Event Association of Australasia Conference; Melbourne Exhibition & Conference Centre
“It was a pleasure to have Lee speak at our 2008 Industry Day conference on the topic of Online Marketing: Social Media & Converting Hits to Sales. He is an engaging, confident, knowledgeable speaker who is clearly passionate about his craft.” – Peter Thurin, MC - Nov 30 – Dec 3, ASCILITE Conference, Deakin University, Melbourne
- Nov 28 & 29, Australasian Virtual Worlds Workshop, Swinburne Uni, Melbourne
- October 29 & 30, Melcrum Social Media Workshops
Previous appearances and presentation material will begin appearing here slowly as I work backwards through my diary in those very rare spare moments…
But in the meantime, why not nip over to my SlideShare account where you can access as many slideshows I’ve been able to find after my catastrophic failure of both my hard drive and my back up drive almost simultaneously.
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- July 28 & 29, PRIA NSW Social Media Workshops
- June 19-21, Social Innovation Conference, Adelaide
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