I love speaking and teaching people people about creativity, storytelling, web design, productivity and how to make positive life changes and pursue their dreams.
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If you would like me to speak at your event, contact me to discuss topics, dates, my availability and speaking rates.
Below is a complete list of my upcoming presentations as well as those past.
Upcoming Appearances
- April 2013: “The Importance of Storytelling in Web Design” at WordCamp Miami in Miami, Florida
- April 2013: “Hacking the Creative Brain” (full day workshop) and “Scalable and Modular CSS FTW!” at AngleBrackets Conference in Las Vegas, NV
- May 2013: “Unfolding Your Brain: Catapult Your Creative Productivity” and “The Importance of Storytelling in Web Design” at Adobe Max in Los Angeles, CA
Past Appearances
2013
- March 2013: “Your Brain on Creativity” at South By Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas
- March 2013: “Hacking the Creative Brain” and “Gamify Your Work” at Geek Meet Stockholm in Stockholm, Sweden
- March 2013: “The Art of Disciplined Creativity” and “Gamify Your Work” at Scandinavian Developer’s Conference in Gotëborg, Sweden
- February 2013: “Transmuting Fear” at TEDxRheinMain in Frankfurt, Germany
- February 2013: “Unfold Your Brain: Skyrocket Your Creative Productivity” (full day workshop), “Hacking the Creative Brain”, and “Scalable and Modular CSS FTW!” at FITC Amsterdam in Amsterdam, Netherlands
2012
- November 2012: “Scalable and Modular CSS FTW!”, “The Importance of Storytelling in Web Design”, and “Gamify Your Work” at The Rich Web Experience Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- November 2012: “Scalable and Modular CSS FTW!” at FITC Vancouver in Vancouver, BC
- November 2012: “Scalable and Modular CSS FTW!” and “The Art of Disciplined Creativity” at Oredev Developer Conference in Malmo, Sweden
- October 2012: “Unfold Your Brain” at the Future of Web Design New York
- October 2012: “Web Design’s Lego: visual grammar and lexicon of the web” at Paris-Web in Paris, France
- September 2012: “The Journey of the Creative Brain” at From the Front Conference in Bologna, Italy
- May 2012: Moderator – “Selling Online” panel at Womens Success Summit in Miami, FL
- April 2012: “Advanced CSS Troubleshooting” and “On-Demand Inspiration” at FITC: Future. Innovation. Technology. Creativity. Conference in Toronto, Canada
- February 2012: “Let’s Rawk the Web!” at Young Women’s Leadership Symposium – South Florida in Coconut Creek Park (Broward County), FL
- February 2012: “The Art of Disciplined Creativity” at WordCamp Miami in Miami, FL
- February 2012: “Authentic Body Transformation” at HeartCamp in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- January 2012: “The Art of Disciplined Creativity” at Smashing Magazine Meet-up in Basel, Switzerland
- January 2012: Social time! at Multipack Leamington: Special Event in Leamington Spa, UK
- January 2012: “Let’s Rawk the Web!” at Birmingham Girl Geeks launch event in Birmingham, UK
- January 2012: “Your Brain on Creativity” at New Adventures in Web Design 2012 in Nottingham, UK
2011
- December 2011: Advanced CSS Troubleshooting & Efficiency, or How to be a CSS Detective in 4 Easy Steps at The Rich Web Experience Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- October 2011: “The Art of Disciplined Creativity” at Web Afternoon in Atlanta, GA
- October 2011: “Immediate Inspiration” and “Simply Responsive CSS3″ at ParisWeb in Paris, France
- October 2011: “CSS3: Ripe and Ready to Respond” at Web 2.0 Expo in New York, NY
- July 2011: “Rawk The Web – A Manifesto” at Girl Geek Dinners Miami in Miami, FL
- June 2011: “CSS3: Ripe and Ready to Respond” at Converge SE Conference in Columbia, SC
- June 2011: “On-Demand Inspiration” at Interlink Conference in Vancouver, BC, Canada
- May 2011: “Introduction to CSS3″ and “Advanced CSS Troubleshooting (or, How to be a Super CSS Detective)” at Code Boost Virtual Tech Summit
- May 2011: “The Art of Disciplined Creativity” at RefreshBoston, Boston, MA
- May 2011: Panelist: “Elevate Your Online Presence” at Empowered Woman Success Summit, Miami, FL
- April 2011: “Do What You Love (or your work life will suck)” at Get Back to WorkShop, Miami, FL
- April 2011: Moderator: “Linked In: Oh, What’s the Use?” at Social Media Club South Florida, Miramar, FL
- March 2011: Organizer: CSS/CSS3 Meetup at South by Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas
- March 2011: Panelist: “Top WordPress Plugins” at WordCamp Miami in Miami, FL
2010
- December 2010: “Welcome to the Age of Emotional and Experience Design” Refresh Ft. Lauderdale in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- December 2010: Various CSS3 presentations and workshops at The Rich Web Experience Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- November 2010: Interview: UnMatched Style.com podcast – Episode 54
- November 2010: “It’s Business Time: Gettin’ Down with the Graceful Degradation of CSS3” at The BBC London UK
- November 2010: “The Sankofa of CSS3: Moving Forward While Looking Back” at The Future of Web Design in New York, NY
- November 2010: “Unleash An Avalanche of Productivity” at The Empowered Woman Success Summit & Expo in Miami, FL
- November 2010: “The Sankofa of CSS3: Moving Forward While Looking Back” at edUI Conference in Charlottesville, VA
- October 2010: “Infinite Reasons Why It Can and Will” at The Women’s Empowerment Business Luncheon in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- October 2010: “Pimp Your Blog: Easy HTML and CSS for Bloggers” at The Blogalicious Weekend in Miami, FL
- September 2010: “Welcome to the Age of Emotional and Experience Design” at The AIGA Memphis in Memphis, TN
- July 2010: “Advanced CSS Troubleshooting, or How to be a CSS Detective in 4 Easy Steps” at CSS Summit (online) with Environments for Humans
- July 2010: “Towards An Agile Design Process” at Tampa Bay Ignite part of the FrontEnd Design Conference
- June 2010: Interview: “Denise Jacobs Discusses CSS ” at The Voices That Matter Web Design Conference in San Francisco, CA
- June 2010: “It’s Business Time: Givin’ CSS3 User Experience Love” at The Voices That Matter Web Design Conference in San Francisco, CA
- June 2010: “How I Got My Publishing Deal, or Beautiful Serendipity” at The Empowered Woman Business Summit in Miami, FL
- June 2010: “Learning Effectively with the Web: Preventing Information Overload” at InterAct Book Summit (online) with Environments for Humans
- May 2010: “It’s Business Time: Gettin’ Down with the Graceful Degradation of CSS3” at The Future of Web Design in London, UK
- March 2010: “How to Rawk SXSW” at South by Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas (panelist)
2009
- June 2009: “Engaging Creative Communities and Creative Community Engagement” with Social Media Club South Florida (moderator)
- June 2009: “Do What You Love (or your work life will suck)” at LaidOffCamp Miami
- March 2009: “Will the Afrosphere Survive the Age of Obama?” at South by Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas (moderator)
- March 2009: Interview: Studio SXSW: Afrosphere Panel by Liz Burr
- January 2009: “Hands-on Microformats” at RefreshMiami
- January 2009: “How to Get Your Website into the 21st Century” for a local Miami Rotary club
2008
- June 2008: “Planning for Accessibility” and “Web 2.0 for Foundations, Higher Education and Non-profits” at TODCon in Orlando, Florida
- May 2008: “Open Your Mind to Accessibility” at RefreshMiami
- February 2008: “Planning for Accessibility” at dotCMS Open Minds Conference
Denise R. Jacobs is a Speaker + Author + Creativity Evangelist who evangelizes techniques to make the creative process more fluid, methods for making work environments more conducive to creative productivity, and practices for sparking innovation.