Johanna Blakley
Media | Entertainment | FashionSpeaking
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Upcoming
Shaping the Future of Work: Women & Social Media, featured speaker & workshop leader, Cognizant, Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California, March 4, 2013
What If? fractal’2013, Medellin, Colombia, May 17-18, 2013
Wie Social Media die Gesellschaft und unsere Beziehungen verändern, Swiss Media Forum, keynote speaker, Lucerne, Switzerland, May 23-24, 2013.
Past
Knight Strategy Session @ TED 2013: Ideas into Action, TED2013, February 24, 2013
The Hottest News and Latest Tools in Impact, Media That Matters 2013, Center for Social Media, American University, February 15, 2013
Championing Women & Diversity in Communication Leadership, USC Annenberg Networking & Leadership Forum, sponsored by Ms. Magazine and the USC Center for Communication Leadership, USC Town & Gown, January 24, 2013 | video
Women Empowered: Social Media & the Social Organization, featured speaker, Cognizant, December 11, 2012, Orlando, Florida
Investing in Media to Benefit Underserved Communities, Expanding Coverage: News and Information to Enhance Community Health, sponsored by The California Endowment and Media Impact Funders, December 4-5, 2012
Social Media & the End of Gender, L2 Innovation Forum 2012, New York University, November 7, 2012
Color Lust: 2012 International Summit of the Color Marketing Group, keynote speaker, Miami, October 28, 2012
Media Matters. Sure, but How Much? American Evaluation Association Conference, Minneapolis, October 25, 2012
Shaping the Future of Work: Women & Social Media, Cognizant Community 2012, Scottsdale, October 22, 2012
Arts, Culture & Social Change, Creative Change Retreat, Park City, Utah, July 31, 2012
Evaluating the Impact of Media, World Bank-Annenberg Executive Course in Communication and Governance Reform, Los Angeles, June 25, 2012
Media-fueled Impact, Making Media Now: Catalyzing Social Change With Cross-Platform Media, Boston, June 8, 2012
Films That Make a Difference, Seattle International Film Festival, June 3, 2012 | transcript
Films and Brands, Tribeca Film Festival, April 20, 2012 | video
Copyright for Fashion Design: Evaluating the IDPPPA, IP Issues in Fashion Law Symposium, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, March 20, 2012 | video
Fashion & the Democracy of Style, Honors Forum Lecture Series, Maricopa Community Colleges, Phoenix, November 16, 2011
Can Movies Really Change People? speaker, TEDxPhoenix, November 11, 2011 | video
Are You Ready for the Future? University of Rhode Island 2011 Honors Colloquium, November 8, 2011 [check out the amazing line-up!]
Mash-Ups, Categorically Not! Santa Monica Art Studios, October 30, 2011
Thought for Food, Gastronomy & Technology Days, Barcelona, Spain, October 18, 2011
Fostering Creativity & Collaboration in the Academy, Campus Technology Forum 2011, opening keynote speaker, Long Beach, September 28, 2011
Designers & the Attention Economy, Conversations at Stuart Karten Design, featured speaker, Los Angeles, 7pm, June 23, 2011 | event info | podcast
Fandom & the Future Mass Audience, Digital Fan Marketing Summit, pecha kucha presentation, Los Angeles, May 10, 2011
Fashion140 Conference: How Social Media is Changing Our Business, featured speaker, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, May 4, 2011 | video
The Business & Culture of Fashion, speaker, Rosario University, Bogota, Colombia, April 11, 2011
Entertainment as Virtual Reality: The Impact of Imitation, speaker, Fractal 11: Decoding the Present, Jardin Botanico de Medellin, Colombia, April 8-9, 2011 | video
Women, Social Media & the Networked Audience, speaker, Women in TV Breakfast, Australian Subscription Television & Radio Association, March 29, 2011 | video | transcript
Hybrid Forms: Writing in a networked world, speaker, USC Master of Professional Writing Program, Taper Hall 102, 7pm, March 10, 2011 | video
Lifting the Veil Through Media: Futbol, Dating and Revolution in Iran, panelist, Contemporary Middle Eastern Cinema, USC Norris Cinema Theatre, 6:30 – 7:30pm, reception to follow, March 6, 2011
Fashion and Free Culture, panelist, Free Culture Conference, New York University, February 19, 2011
Creativity & Copyright: The Surprising Tale of the Fashion Industry, speaker, Innovative Cultures of Copying, Indiana University, Bloomington, February 21, 2011
Social Media & the End of Gender, speaker, TED Women, Washington DC, December 8, 2010
Artists, Technology & the Ownership of Creative Content, speaker, Free Culture Forum, Barcelona, Spain, October 29, 2010 | event info
Access to Culture in the Digital Era: Legal Challenges & Copyright Issues, speaker, Spanish National Library, Madrid, Spain, October 27, 2010
Twitter in the Ivory Tower, speaker, 140 Characters Conference, Los Angeles, October 4, 2010 | event info
Why Can’t Fashion Designers Own Their Designs? Speaker, USC Alumni Leadership Conference, September 30, 2010 | video | event info
The Business & Culture of Social Media, speaker, Social Media Week Los Angeles, September 20, 2010 | video | event info
Social Media in the Curriculum: Degrees for Today’s Learners, panel moderator, New Media Consortium, June 11th, 2010 | event info
The Lear Center’s Creativity, Commerce & Culture Project, speaker, Dean’s Series on Sustainable Innovation: Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, March 25, 2010 | video | project info
Best of Times: Writing in the Age of the Internet, panelist, USC Masters in Professional Writing Program, March 11, 2010 | video
Lessons from Fashion’s Free Culture, speaker, TEDxUSC, April 13, 2010 | video
Innovation & Creativity in the Fashion Industry, speaker, USC Stevens Institute for Innovation, January 12, 2010
PUBLIC: A Keywords Roundtable Discussion, panelist, The Department of Women’s Studies at UC Irvine, May 20, 2009 | event info
The Logic of Copyright & the Ownership of Creativity, speaker, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, The Arts and Cultural Policy Study Group, April 17, 2009
MIT Communication Forum: Popular Culture and Politics, panelist, 2009 | video | transcript
Rights/Camera/Action, moderator, ACLU National Conference, 2008 | video | transcript
Creativity & Copyright: The Surprising Tale of the Fashion Industry, speaker, Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities, December 5, 2008 | audio
Women Today: Perspectives on the Next President, speaker, Spotlight Speaker Series, USC Center for Women and Men, October 29, 2008
Results of the Lear Center/Zogby Politics & Entertainment Survey, speaker, Annenberg Open Forum on Politics, War… and More, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, October 1, 2008 | project info
Fashion in the Commons, speaker, Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, August 21, 2008
Ready to Share: Fashion and the Commons, speaker, iSummit, the international conference of the Creative Commons, Sapporo, Japan, July 31, 2008 | video | interview | blog
Controversy in Context: The War on Terror, panelist, USC Academic Culture Assembly, April 22, 2008 | project description
Will Tomorrow’s World Still Need Designers? panel moderator, SXSW, March 9, 2008 | blog
The Warhol Economy: Urban Growth Seminar, speaker, USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development, September 11, 2007 | blog
Creative Diplomacy: A New Model of Exchange, panelist, Art Center College of Design, November 1, 2005 | event info
Agri(c)ulture: What’s Growing in LA? panelist, Not A Cornfield, September 16, 2005
Women in the Multimedia Industry, spearker, Women’s Night Out, July 19, 2005
Covering Entertainment in the Digital Age, speaker, Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, June 5, 2005 | audio | video | slides
Hello Johanna, I just finished watching the 15 min. presentation on the intellectual property of fashion. I teach fashion design at The Art Institute of California, San Diego, and San Diego Mesa College, and I also work in the industry. I was riveted listening to your presentation as I lay in my bed…laptop on my lap, and iPhone on my chest. I had just been on-line sourcing…looking for inspiration for my next project
, while in between I checked my email and received your linked from the librarian at the Art Institute. The reason I am writing, as a teacher, one of the first questions new students have, going into the study is “Can I protect my design?” And I usually go into a long diatribe to explain “no.” I’ve never heard it explained so eloquently, funny and thoroughly enjoyable. I’m saying all this to ask if you could speak at a seminar I am co-hosting here in San Diego. I know that you must be very busy, and I hope that you would consider. I am a member of Fashion Group International. The Professional Development Day will be an amazing day of networking and growth for all segments of the fashion industry. Strategic breakout sessions are planned covering various topics, including business set-up (LLC vs. Corp)l Marketing and Social Networking, and more, plenty of networking opportunities, and a surprise guest.
Please let me know…this is a shot in the dark…but I HAD to ask. We would be so grateful and appreciative to have you here.
Thank you for your time,
Kathie Taylor
(619) 905-6962
articlesbykt@gmail.com
Our target attendees are aspiring entrepreneurs looking to lay the groundwork for a profitable fashion business, students looking to absorb information and determine their direction, and established industry professionals looking to keep up on industry developments and trends.
The one-day event is designed to meet the needs of the San Diego fashion community by providing attendees with solid direction and best business practices to inspire them to become leaders.