David Strom -- professional speaker, freelance writer

David Strom: professional speaker

I am an experienced public speaker who is booked for a wide variety of audiences ranging from the local Rotarians with little technology background to groups of CIOs to keynoting conferences of national trade associations.

I am a member of the National Speakers Association. Here is my current speaking schedule and a copy of my one-sheet flyer. Given the pace of change in this industry, I will customize a speech for your particular needs.

You can download a sampling of my presentation materials here. Here is a short video sample of my speaking style, filmed in May 2009 at a speech I gave in St. Louis about how to best use LinkedIn.

Speaking topics. Here are some of the topics that I have been getting booked lately:

Five collaborative communities that build on the Twitter model
Beyond Google Calendar: New ways to schedule meetings using Web services
Perfecting your LinkedIn profile to help your members land their next job
New developments in endpoint security technologies
How to save money and time using the latest collaboration technologies
Giving Thanks to Bill Gates: A look back and forward
How businesses can increase profits using social networks and blogs
Five simple tricks to make your email life more productive and less frustrating
Ten things to protect your PC when you travel
How to support telecommuters to increase employee productivity

Testimonials.

I want to thank you for your great keynote presentation at our conference. We feel fortunate that you were able to be with us and it was a special treat for us at Union College to have you here. Several people indicated that they enjoyed talking with you and were impressed that you made yourself available. – David Cossey, CIO, Union College and conference planner for a keynote that I gave at the Consortium of Liberal Arts College annual IT conference

David truly cares about the speaking engagement and was very easy to work with. He has a great personality as well. He made it great fun working with him. – Donna Liotta, conference planner for a keynote that I gave at the American Hardware Manufacturer's Association

David is one of those annoying people who actually know an awful lot about things of which he writes. He looks deeper at people and technology than most. And it appears he does not actually sleep. – Dan Lynch, venture capitalist

David is as fun in person speaking as he is in his written form. He has enter-trained technical audiences at our conferences several times. David is inspirational! — Bill Alderson, technical trainer

David is a brilliant writer and thinker about technology, media, markets and people. He has been a great source of insight and inspiration since. – Rich Mironov, marketing communications director at several of David's clients

David is one of the smartest, most insightful observers of the tech industry and, owing to his unique mix of experiences, he also has a great understanding of customer needs and challenges. – John Gallant, editor-in-chief, Network World magazine

David is one of the most objective and technically proficient journalists I have met in my career. He also has been correct more times than not in predicting technology trends and can see thru the hype and is well grounded in reality. – Mark Eppley, founder of Laplink.com

Davidπs keen understanding of networking technologies has helped me on numerous occasions, and his sharp wit makes him an absolute pleasure to work with. In my 30+ years in high-tech marketing, Iπve rarely come across a talent like David. – Mike Krieger, frequent speaker for Ziff Davis Enterprise Media

David is one of the original wise men of the web — an original technology blogger who started back in 1995. He has a broad and deep understanding of technology, an immaculate ability to communicate that knowledge in plain language, and a take-no-prisoners attitude. – Bob Matsuoka, CEO of Internet software firm

David caught my ear with his analysis of technologies for managed service providers — and some timely perspective on Microsoft Small Business Server, at a speech he did for the MSP Alliance in September, 2007 – Joe Panettieri, MSPmentor.com