Speaking

Author, speaker, trainer, Emma Westby (née Hogbin), has been delivering public presentations and workshops for over 20 years. She loves to teach and inspire others and is best known for her presentations technical presentations on the content management system Drupal and non-technical presentations on retaining women in IT and small business in the global economy. As of the spring of 2011, Emma can also speak with in-depth experience on enhancing a political campaign with social media tools. Her fun approach to very technical topics never fails to engage even the greatest of technophobes. If you're interested in having Emma speak at your event, or you are interested in hosting a workshop, please get in touch.

My books on Drupal are available on Amazon (Front End Drupal, Drupal User's Guide and Drupal's Building Blocks).

Upcoming Engagements

CMS Expo - morning keynote / kickoff session
CMS Expo - Work Flow for Solo Developers and Small Teams - SAVE by using the discount code CMSX62157
php|tek - Beyond the Bike Shed (session); Git Makes Me Angry Inside (intro workshop to version control)
DrupalCon Portland - Was It Something I Said? The Art of Giving (and getting) Actionable Critiques (pre-selected as a featured presentation)

Past Technical Presentations

Below is a selection of past conference presentations and workshops.

2012

DrupalCon Denver - speaker training
DrupalCon Denver - From PSD to Drupal Theme
CMSExpo - Drupal Flyover and Responsive Themes For Drupal.
TwinCities DrupalCamp - Keynote presentation, Intro to Drupal for Non-Coders, Intro to Responsive Web Design for Drupal
DrupalCon Munich - speaker training
DrupalCon Munich - Evaluating Base Themes
PHP for Developers - online workshop
DIG London - Work Flow for Solo Developers and Small Teams
DrupalCamp Toronto - Evaluating Base Themes
DrupalCamp Toronto - Work Flow for Solo Developers and Small Teams [video]
Site Building Fundamentals - online workshop
Work Flow for Solo Developers and Small Teams - online workshop

2011

Free Software and Open Source Symposium - Five Secrets to Building Faster Themes and Site Building Extravaganza
DrupalCamp Toronto - Selling Hopes and Dreams [video] [slides]
DIG London (Ontario) - Five Profitable Tips to Building Better Web Sites and Responsive Web Design: Retrofitting your site
Waterloo Region Drupal User Group - Selling Hopes and Dreams
From PSD to Drupal Theme. Acquia webinar.
DrupalCon London. Session on Forensic Theming.
Getting Connected: Taking your business online, Walkerton and Sauble Beach.
DrupalCon Chicago. Pre-conference training (Theming for Non-Themers) and conference presentation (Forensic Theming).

2010

Intro to Web Design, Owen Sound, October 3
Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association Summit, September 28
Web Writing Workshop, Owen Sound, September 10
SEO Workshop, Owen Sound, August 8 [online mini-workshop]
Open Source technology summer camp, Ottawa, Ontario, August 14 [slides]
DrupalCon, PHP for Drupal Designers and Presenting You! (speaker training), SanFrancisco, April 16-21
CMS Expo, Intro to Drupal Theme Design, Advanced Drupal Theme Design, Chicago, May 3-5
Southern California Linux Expo, Beautiful in Print [slides], Lessons from Life Coaching [slides, video (I'm a few speakers in)], February 20, Los Angeles
Women in Open Source, Writing Effective Self-Help Guides for World Domination [slides], How to Give a Lightning Talk (aka Presenting You!) [slides], February 19, Los Angeles
Technical Communicators Association of New Zealand, February 15, Wellington, New Zealand
Kiwi Foo Camp, invited participant, February 12-14, Mahurangi College, Warkworth, New Zealand
DrupalSouth, PHP for Designers (Front End Drupal) [slides], The "We" Economy [slides], January 24-25, Wellington, New Zealand
Linux Conf Australia (in NZ), Writing Effective Self-Help Guides for World Domination [slides], January 18-23
Business Mini-Conf, The 100 Mile Client Roster [slides], January 18, Wellington, New Zealand
Haecksen Mini-Conf, Version Control for Mere Mortals [slides], January 18, Wellington, New Zealand
Front End Drupal Intensive, January 11, Vancouver, Canada

2009

Drupal Front End Tips and Tricks (aka PHP for Designers), Drupal Camp Chicago [slides]
Drupal Front End - PHP for Designers, Do It With Drupal, New Orleans [slides]
Writing Effective Self-Help Guides for World Domination, Ontario Linux Fest [slides] [video]
PHP for Designers, DrupalCon Paris, France [slides] [video]
Bazaar for Mere Mortals, OSCON, San Jose, CA [slides]
bzr vs git smackdown. Open Source Bridge Portland, OR
Conference chair. Writing Open Source, Owen Sound, Canada
Presenting You! presentation and workshop, DrupalCon Washington DC
The Themer's Toolkit, DrupalCon Washington DC
Version control for mere (and freelance) mortals, SCaLE 7x, Los Angeles, USA [slides]
Drupal multi-site for fun and profit, FOSDEM, Brussels, Belgium [slides] [video]