Speaking

“Mark Schaefer just made the price of entry to this entire event worthwhile by bringing social media back to essential truths.” – Michael O.
“Whenever you see that Mark Schaefer is speaking, DON’T MISS IT!! He is awesome, wise, savvy and truly at the top of my list of best!” – Diane M.
“What a brilliant, informative, entertaining and learning experience it was to listen to Mark Schaefer!” - Zach C.
“Amazing keynote from Mark Schaefer on 6 layers of customer engagement. Had to stop tweeting to listen, learn and laugh!” – Jeff T.
“Now I understand why so many people love Mark Schaefer. What a fun keynote. And he IS a brainiac.” – Laura D.
“Mark Schaefer taught me more about social media in an hour than I have learned over the last 10 yrs combined.” – Chris M.
Speaking Engagements
Mark Schaefer offers all types of training and speaking engagements to meet your goals and budget. Whether you need a keynote speech to ignite your conference or a full-day workshop, we can create a program to meet your needs.
Examples of available speeches and workshops include:
Social media strategy executive overviews
- Explanation of the information eco-system
- Social media strategy fundamentals
- Three elements of the social media mindset
Business networking through the social web
- Twitter as networking on steroids
- Building and engaged audience
- Hidden secrets of LinkedIn and Facebook
The Tao of Twitter
- Foundations of a business strategy
- Secrets to business success on Twitter
- Case studies
Power and Influence on the social web
- How online influence differs from offline influence
- The new sources of power on the web
- Leveraging social influence in business strategies
Critical Aspects of business blogging
- 10 business reasons to blog
- Survey of breakthrough business blogs
- Secrets to business blogging success
The three things all small businesses should know about social media
- The new role of your website on the social web
- Foundations of social media strategy
- Social media start-up basics
Digital Distance – The future of social media and customer engagement
- Exploration of digital impact on customer service and sales
- The future of selling and customer service on the web
- Brand-new sales and service insights
Social media for non-profits
- The importance of story and emotional connection
- Social media strategy fundamentals for non-profits
- Case studies
Social media for governmental organizations
- The five social media megatrends for government
- Social media strategy fundamentals for government
- Case studies
Social media for economic development
- Best practices – social media and economic development
- Social media strategy fundamentals for economic development
- Case studies
UPCOMING SPEAKING AND TRAINING SCHEDULE
2012
- Jan. 24 Tao of Twitter Presentation – Radford University
- Jan. 31 Keynote – National Trucking Distribution Conference – Nashville
- Feb. 01 Rutgers MBA classes
- Feb. 7-9 Rutgers MBA classes
- Feb. 14 Private Business workshop – New York City
- Feb. 16 Special Social Media Week Panel Event sponsored by Ogilvy New York: “We all have Influence: The next great Social Media transformation”
- Feb. 23 Private Business workshop – New Jersey
- March 6-7 Rutgers MBA classes
- March 8-12 Return On Influence Book Launch South By Southwest Conference, Austin
- March 20-23 Rutgers MBA classes
- March 29 Panel Leader “The future of information” Post Advertising Summit, New York City
- April 05 Keynote – Advertising Federation – Dayton, OH
- April 11 Online conference presentation, West Virginia University – Social Influence and Power
- April 13 Keynote – Social Media Explorer Event, Nashville
- April 16 Keynote – TechMap Conference, London
- April 17 Social Influence workshop with PeerIndex and Kred sponsored by CapGemini, London
- April 18 Guest Lectures, Oxford University
- April 19 Keynote – Digital Lounge Speaker Series, London
- April 20 Keynote Social Media Conference, Stockholm, Sweden
- April 24 Keynote – Internet World, London
- April 27 Keynote - Social Slam - Knoxille, TN
- May 15-16 Rutgers MBA classes
- May 17 Keynote – Minnesota AMA conference
- May 21-23 Rutgers MBA classes
- June 01 Keynote speaker Integrate 2012 Conference – West Virginia University
- June 3-5 Rutgers MBA classes
- June 26-27 Social Media Panel – International Food Tech Conference, Las Vegas
- July 19-20 Rutgers MBA classes
- An example of Mark Schaefer in action at 2011 Social Slam Conference:


















