Speaking
Neal Schaffer Speaking at the Cool Twitter Conference | Photo by Diana Wei
Looking for a passionate and energetic keynote speaker to enlighten your company or professional association on social media? Neal Schaffer has a unique ability to demystify and inspire businesses and professionals to understand and truly embrace the potential of the social web and social networking.
Neal ‘s speaking experience on a variety of topics has brought him outside of his native Southern California to speak on multiple occasions in Tokyo, Japan as well as throughout the United States in cities such as Washington D.C., Portland, Jacksonville, and San Francisco. Popular speaking topics include “Developing Business in the Social Web,” “LinkedIn: Your Hub for Business to Business Social Media Marketing,” “Social Media for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses,” and “Job Seekers: Think Like a Social Media Strategist.”
Utilizing the wealth of knowledge from writing his own book on social networking and LinkedIn as well as his authoritative Windmill Networking blog on social media, Neal can suitably customize and speak on a variety of topics to energize YOUR audience to embrace the benefits of the social web. Neal can also provide his book, “Windmill Networking: Understanding, Leveraging & Maximizing LinkedIn” at a discount for speaking events for giveaways or as souvenirs for your audience. Contact Neal today at nealschaffer@gmail.com.
Here’s a recent sample of Neal speaking about LinkedIn Connections and Social Networking:
Note that the below events do not include speaking engagements to corporate employees that I have done on behalf of my consulting clients.
Upcoming Events
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October 7, 2010 Young Presidents’ Organization of Southern California
October 13, 2010 USC Alumni Association of Orange County
December 2, 2010 #UnGeeked in San Francisco
Past Events
July 20, 2010 Social Media Club of Orange County Panel, “The State of Social Media” – Here’s one blog’s coverage of the Social Media Club of Orange County Social Media Panel event with video and photos.
June 29, 2010 Inside NGO Webinar “LinkedIn Introduction for NGOs”
June 3, 2010 California State Employment Development Department Regional Conference, “Online Social Networking and the Job Search”
June 2, 2010 Guest Lecture for UCLA Extension Social Media Marketing Class, “LinkedIn for Social Media Marketers”
May 20, 2010 First Coast Diversity Council / BlueCross BlueShield of Florida Diversity Conference, “LinkedIn: The Benefits for Every Employee to Participate”
April 28, 2010 Davis, Wright & Tremaine Portland Event Keynote Speaker, “The Complete Tweet: Social Media for Human Resources Executives”
April 14, 2010 California State Employment Development Department Regional Manager’s Conference, “Online Social Networking and the Job Search”
March 25, 2010 National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, Orange County Chapter, “Social Media for Real Estate Professionals”
March 23, 2010 American Chamber of Commerce, Tokyo, Japan, “Developing Business in the Social Web”
March 9, 2010 Thompson Financial Search, San Diego, CA, “Online Social Networking and Your Job Search”
February 24, 2010 Personnel Management Association of Aztlan, East Los Angeles, CA, “Social Media for Human Resources Executives”
February 23, 2010 Confidential Corporate Advisory Board, Phoenix, AZ, “Developing Business in the Social Web”
February 22, 2010 Gravity Summit Social Media Marketing Conference at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, “LinkedIn: Your Hub for B2B Social Media Marketing”
February 17, 2010 Chinese Information & Networking Association, Mountain View, CA, “Developing Business in the Social Web”
February 16,2010 Career Enlightenment Webinar, “Social Media and Your Job Search: How to Get More Hiring Managers and Recruiters to Find YOU”
February 2, 2010 McDermott & Bull Executive Seminar, San Francisco, CA, “Social Media and Your Job Search”
January 26, 2010 Davis, Wright & Tremaine Los Angeles Event Keynote Speaker, “The Complete Tweet: Social Media for Human Resources Executives”
January 20, 2010 CafeNet Professional Association for Executives, Irvine, CA, “Strategies for Using LinkedIn as Part of Your Job Search”
January 7, 2010 Harbor City & Harbor Gateway Chamber of Commerce, Torrance, CA “Developing Business in the Social Web”
December 16, 2010 Netshare “Experts Connection” Webinar, “Social Media for Small Business and Solo Entrepreneurs: How to Level the Playing Field”
December 11-12, 2009 Social Media & Twitter Workshops in Tokyo, Japan
December 10, 2009 Australia & New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan in coordination with Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan, Tokyo, Japan “Social Media Marketing: The Challenges & The Potential”
December 3, 2009, Irvine Job Club, Irvine, CA, “Utilizing Twitter for Your Job Search”
December 2, 2009 Executive Career Services, Los Angeles, CA, “LinkedIn 101/Twitter 101/Developing Business in the Social Web” Workshop
November 30, 2009 Executive Career Services, Irvine, CA, “LinkedIn 101/Twitter 101/Developing Business in the Social Web” Workshop
November 19, 2009 McDermott & Bull Executive Seminar, Irvine, CA, “10 LinkedIn & Twitter Strategies for Your Job Search”
November 5, 2009 Cool Twitter Conference, Irvine, CA, “15 Mistakes Professionals and Businesses Make on Twitter”
November 3, 2009 Experience Unlimited, California EDD, Irvine, CA “Utilizing LinkedIn & Twitter for Your Job Search”
October 28, 2009 Executive Career Services, Irvine, CA, “LinkedIn 101/Twitter 101/Developing Business in the Social Web” Workshop
October 26, 2009, Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), Orange, CA, “Social Media and Public Relations” Guest Panelist
October 22, 2009, City Economic Development Council, Gardena, CA, “Developing Business in the Social Web”
September 30, 2009, Social Media Altitude Webinar, “LinkedIn for Young Entrepreneurs”
September 24, 2009, Cool Twitter Conference, San Francisco, CA, “Twitter and Personal Branding”
September 18, 2009, Orange County Transportation Authority Government 2.0 Workshop, Orange, CA, “LinkedIn Workshop for Beginners”
July 31, 2009, Cool Twitter Conference, Hollywood, CA, “Twitter and Personal Branding”
July 29, 2009, Digital Hollywood Media Summit Reception, Los Angeles, CA “Social Networking as a Business Strategy” Guest Panelist
Upcoming Events
Career BridgeBuilders Speaker Series
August 24, 2010 | Career BridgeBuilders Speaker Series, Manhattan Beach, CA – The subject of my speech, geared towards both businesses and professionals, will be “Drive New Business and Jumpstart Your Career with Social Media.” Career BridgeBuilders will be hosting its next Speaker Series on Tuesday August, 24, in O’Donnell Hall at 7:00pm- 9:00pm: -Neal Schaffer, [...]
C-Suite Trust Guest Panelist
August 25, 2010 | C-Suite Trust Guest Panelist, New York City, NY – C-Suite Trust is a non-profit organization where C-Suite executives come together to help each other in ways only they can, with camaraderie, counsel and referrals. What makes it a special organization for c-suite executives is the careful selection of its members based on their values [...]
#ConnectOC Tweetup
September 9, 2010 | #ConnectOC Tweetup, Costa Mesa, CA – I am proud to be the co-organizer of our 2nd free networking event for Orange County, California! CONNECTOC – Bringing OC’s Professionals, Companies, Government Agencies, Networking Groups and Non-Profits together…one event at a time! ===== SAVE THE DATE!!! ===== Our free and second networking event [...]
Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association Keynote Speaker
September 23, 2010 | Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association Keynote Speaker, Orange County, CA – I look forward to speaking to the Southern California Chapter of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA) on the topic of how every professional and business can and should be leveraging the potential of social media. The HBA Southern California Chapter is dedicated [...]
LavaCon 2.0: The Conference on Digital Media and Content Strategies Keynote Speaker
September 30, 2010 | LavaCon 2.0: The Conference on Digital Media and Content Strategies Keynote Speaker, San Diego, CA – I am excited to be speaking at the LavaCon 2.0 Conference as the lunch keynote on the topic of “The State of Social Media in 2010: Why Every Business Needs a Social Media Strategy…NOW!” Use the [...]
Young President’s Organization (YPO) of Southern California
October 7, 2010 | Young President’s Organization of Southern California, Orange County, CA – Details coming soon!
FREE Small Business Webinar: Bootstrap Your Infrastructure through Redefining Your Business Process Management & Utilizing Social Media
September 10, 2010 | Join me for the first free “Windmill Networking Thought Leader Mashup Webinar.” The idea behind the webinar is simple: Bring together a thought leader and collaborate to create unique and compelling content of value to you, content that could only come from a combination of two different people with varied experiences. [...]
Past Events
Windmill Networking in Toronto #VXToronto Tweetup
July 22, 2010 | Windmill Networking in Toronto #VXToronto Tweetup | Toronto – I’m hoping we can connect “in person” during my *third visit to Toronto. My first two visits were fairly quick—in the early ‘90s for an AL playoff game between Toronto and Boston, then about 10 years later visiting my Japanese sister-in-law, who was [...]
Cross Media TO
July 21, 2010 | Cross Media TO | Toronto – I will be attending this event which will be Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 – 6:00pm – 9:30pm at the MaRS Discovery District. The goal of Cross Media TO is to bridge the gap between the different media sectors in order share information and find new opportunities. We want the [...]
#JobChat on Twitter
July 19, 2010 | #JobChat on Twitter | @BeTheButterfly and I welcome to you to our bi-weekly Twitter chat on how professionals can better utilize social media and professional networking for business, career management, personal branding, and job searching. #JobChat will begin at 5 P.M. PST. Please join us! And if you are unsure how to [...]
Neal Schaffer is recognized as a leader in helping businesses and professionals embrace and strategically leverage the potential of social media. An award-winning published author, frequent speaker at social media events, and an avid blogger, Neal is President of 
