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Category: On Tour

(Seattle) Berkun + Wine + You: special event

Posted on February 25, 2010 in On Tour, Seattleby Scott Berkun

The ever cool biznik collective is hosting me for a special author event night here in Seattle. When: Tuesday…

Speaking at The Economist Innovation event

Posted on February 25, 2010 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

I’ll be speaking at this new event, first in a series run by The Economist magazine. The ideas economy:…

Melbourne meetup – Sunday!

Posted on February 17, 2010 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

Sorry for the short notice, but I arrive in Melbourne for a few days this coming Saturday. I’m speaking…

The future of UI – interview on CBC

Posted on January 29, 2010 in design, Innovation, On Tourby Scott Berkun

The folks at CBC’s Spark show interviewed me about the future of UI, and the boring post. Good stuff…

My talk at Google HQ, on Confessions

Posted on January 25, 2010 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

I wrote a few weeks ago about how my talk at Google about Confessions was the toughest room I’d…

Live, Free webcast TODAY on speaking

Posted on January 19, 2010 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

(Updated: this is today. it’s free. If you’re in Seattle you can come down to creativetech and watch live.…

Speaking at PMI Congress, Feb. in Melbourne

Posted on January 13, 2010 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

Next month I’ll be giving the keynote talk at the 2010 PMI Global Congress, in one of my favorite…

Live chat at UW, next Friday 12pm PST

Posted on January 8, 2010 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

My friend Kathy Gill, who hosts a regular live web show at the University of Washington Digital Media department,…

Portland: Speaking Wed & Thursday, this week

Posted on January 5, 2010 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

I’ll in Portland tonight thru Thursday, speaking at a few places. Here’s the rundown: Wed: I’ll be on AM…

Speaking in Portland, Jan 6 & 7

Posted on December 22, 2009 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

I’ll be in Portland in a few weeks, early in 2010. Speaking at the Art Institute, hosted by CHIFOO,…

SF: Wed at Adaptive Path, open to public

Posted on December 7, 2009 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

I’m here in the San Francisco bay area all week, talking about the book. But my last stop on…

Live webcast in 20 minutes! (free)

Posted on December 2, 2009 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

I’ll be talking about Confessions, the new book, live, online. You can listen in for free here: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/e/1494 I’ll…

Reviews for Confessions so far – updated

Posted on November 30, 2009 in Books, On Tourby Scott Berkun

Reviews are coming in every few days now – here’s what we have so far. All have been super…

Confessions book tour: SF update

Posted on November 30, 2009 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

Update: In NYC this week. Hope you can make it out to one of these gigs. The schedule is…

Webcast: Confessions of a Public Speaker (free!)

Posted on November 12, 2009 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

I’ll be doing a free web-cast about the new book, Confessions of a Public Speaker, on Dec 2nd, 10am…

Photos from last night’s talk

Posted on November 6, 2009 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

Things went well at Refresh Boston last night. Good sized crowd (I’m told it was their biggest ever), great…

Boston Book Tour Report: Days 1 & 2

Posted on November 4, 2009 in Books, On Tourby Scott Berkun

5 lectures down, 3 more to go. The week started with my featured talk at UI14, where I got…

UI14: Ten reasons you should go (Nov ’09, Boston)

Posted on September 23, 2009 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

One of my favorite UI/UX conferences is the User Interface Conference, now in it’s 14th year. It’s held in…

Help needed: Boston/NYC book tour, Nov ’09

Posted on September 15, 2009 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

The new book, Confessions of a public speaker, is wrapping up and will be out late October / early…

What I learned at FOO Camp ’09

Posted on August 31, 2009 in On Tour, Teaching/Trainingby Scott Berkun

For the fifth time I managed to get invited to O’Reilly’s FOO (Friends Of O’Reilly) camp, an unconference weekend…

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