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Notes from Business of Software Conference 2017

Posted on September 18, 2017September 18, 2017 in conferences, On Tourby Scott Berkun

I speak tomorrow at the Business of Software conference. Here are my notes from the sessions so far. 1. Jason…

Notes from Mind The Product 2017

Posted on September 8, 2017September 8, 2017 in design, On Tourby Scott Berkun

I speak later today at Mind The Product, an event about product management and design, in London. Here are my…

Notes from Digital PM Summit 2016

Posted on October 13, 2016March 2, 2021 in livenotes, On Tour, Project Managementby Scott Berkun

I’m the I was the closing speaker today yesterday at Digital PM Summit in San Antonio, TX, and I’ll be taking…

5 Things I Learned From My Amtrak Writer’s Residency

Posted on November 24, 2015December 23, 2020 in On Tour, Travel, Writing Wellby Scott Berkun

Last month I took a long train ride from Atlanta to Seattle over six days for my Amtrak Writer’s…

Help me plan my Amtrak Writers Residency

Posted on October 13, 2015October 21, 2015 in On Tour, Travel, Writing Wellby Scott Berkun

I’m honored to be one of the winners of the Amtrak Writer’s Residency. All 24 winners were announced last…

The doors of Paris: a photo essay

Posted on June 24, 2014June 24, 2014 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

I spent a few days in Paris last week (to speak at USI 14). For fun I took photos…

Why I Loved Webstock & What Organizers Can Learn

Posted on February 21, 2014June 9, 2015 in On Tour, Public Speakingby Scott Berkun

Last week I had the pleasure of speaking for a second time at Webstock in Wellington, New Zealand. Natasha…

Lecture Wed 1/22: Free Speech and Social Media (Seattle)

Posted on January 14, 2014January 14, 2014 in On Tour, Seattleby Scott Berkun

The Seattle Social Media Club is hosting me to speak next week about Free Speech and Social Media. They…

Meeting the Street Poet of NYC

Posted on November 6, 2013March 11, 2021 in On Tour, Writing Wellby Scott Berkun

Selling books is hard. It’s a surprise for most writers, even experienced ones, how much harder finding people interested…

Video: The Year Without Pants lecture (@Google NYC)

Posted on October 31, 2013October 31, 2013 in On Tour, Year Without Pantsby Scott Berkun

From this month’s book tour, the good folks at Google posted the video from my talk. Q&A begins at…

SF/Bay Area Book Tour, 2013

Posted on October 29, 2013December 2, 2013 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

The third leg of The Year Without Pants book tour will be in the San Francisco bay area the…

Stories from Book Tour Day 1 (w/photos)

Posted on October 16, 2013October 16, 2013 in On Tour, Year Without Pantsby Scott Berkun

I’m here in NYC all week on book tour for The Year Without Pants (full schedule here). There is nothing fancy…

My Return to WordPress.com

Posted on September 30, 2013September 29, 2013 in On Tour, Year Without Pantsby Scott Berkun

It’s rare that companies have books written about them. Most aren’t interested and those that are must find a…

NYC/Boston: Book tour venues wanted

Posted on July 10, 2013July 20, 2013 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

To promote my upcoming book The Year Without Pants I’ll be touring the NYC/Boston area 10/15 thru 10/28. Just…

Notes from TedxDePaul 2013

Posted on April 6, 2013April 8, 2013 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

I’ll be updating this post with notes from each speaker – Rules: I will revise and update all day long,…

Upcoming speaking engagements near you (Bellevue, Chicago, Minneapolis, San Diego)

Posted on March 12, 2013March 28, 2013 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

Here are a few speaking engagements over the next few weeks: April 1st, Bellevue, 6:30pm, Microsoft Retail Store (details)…

Meet me in Dublin next week

Posted on February 11, 2013February 10, 2013 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

I’ll be in Ireland next week, giving the Keynote at the Technology at Work conference organized by Invest NI.…

Calling London: Anyone want me to speak?

Posted on December 4, 2012December 4, 2012 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

I’ll be in London for a few days in February 2013 with some time. Anyone interested in having me…

My slides from Failcon 2012

Posted on October 22, 2012February 27, 2020 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

I presented at Failcon 2012 on The history of failing to learn from failure. You can grab the slides…

Lessons from blogging every day

Posted on August 21, 2012 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

I gave the keynote at WordCamp 2012 Seattle. They’ve posted the keynote talk and you can watch it online…

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