About
Aloha! I am Roxanne Darling, your trusted and proven leader at Socialize Your Event. As an experienced public speaker and trainer, I am great at taking complex topics and making them understandable. I’ve worked successfully with all kinds of people and my love these days is sharing practical knowledge for using the internet. I have over 20 years of experience, across North America, Europe, and Asia delivering hundreds of sessions, including keynotes, to audiences of over 1500 people.
On this site, I am interested in showing you how to dramatically increase the reach and effectiveness of your events by using social media. People naturally love to share. How does your event tap into that before, during, and after?
It doesn’t matter how much or how little you or your attendees know about social networking. We can show you how to have a more engaging and enriching experience at your event.
A little about me, Roxanne Darling:
- I was voted #24 of the 50 Most Powerful & Influential Women in Social Media
- I am the host of Beach Walks with Rox internet tv show
- I am the founder of Podcamp + Wordcamp Hawaii
- I am the founder of the Hawaii chapter of Social Media Club
- Shane and I are founding members of the Social Media Club parent organization.
- Here’s my profile on LinkedIn
- Follow me on Twitter
- Connect with me on Facebook
Please visit the Bare Feet Studios to learn more; that’s my web consulting company with my partner Shane Robinson.
Speaking Topics
- Non-Techie Guide to the Social Web
- How Social Media is Impacting Traditional Marketing
- Online Video Show and Tell
- Video Podcast 101
- How to Produce a Daily Internet TV Show
- The Five Most Important Business Tools of the Social Web
- What is Twitter and Why it Matters
- Blogging for Marketers
A Sample of Recent Speaking Gigs:
- Building Your Personal Brand Equity at The Wahine Forum, sponsored by Hawaii Business Magazine and the Junior League of Hawaii
- OMG My Mother’s on Facebook: Promise and Pitfalls of Online Social Networking
- eCommerce A to Z – How Social Media is Changing Internet Marketing
- Podcamp + Wordcamp Hawaii – Video Podcast 101, How to Create a Blog, What is Twitter & Why It Matters (I was the founder & producer of this event as well.)
- Overview of the Social Web – PRSA Hawaii 2008
- Blog World Expo 2008 – Finding Your New Media Voice
- Ad:Tech San Francisco – I was on a panel and spoke about video podcasting and the ability to target very niche and loyal audiences. Here are quotes from BizBash, ElyMedia, and The Tendo Blog
- Hawaii Advertising Federation University 2008 – Advertising isn’t dead but…
- MegaComm 2007: Hawaii 5.0 – “Using New Media to Promote Your Business”
- Portable New Media Conference, September 2007 – “Video Podcasting for Business: Six Steps to Creating Your Branded IPTV Show”
- BlogHer Business 2007 – “Should You Blog? Setting objectives & corporate strategy”
- International Association of Business Communicators 2005 and 2007
- New Mexico Association of Women in Communications
- Apple Store San Francisco – Meet the Videobloggers, organized by Ryanne Hodson
- University of Hawai’i New Media Center – How and Why to Podcast for Your Business
Here are some testimonials:
Thanks for the seminar yesterday!!!! it really got me motivated on branding myself and my business using twitter!
Kat, @HawaiianHale on Twitter
Enlightening! I’ve been socially (web) networking for years but didn’t realize what it could do for me professionally. Thank You!
Nikita Batic, after the first of 6 sessions on Getting Started with the Social Web
You are certainly a leader in the world of podcasting and your live podcast and presentation on the various social media sites on the Web fascinated the audience. Social networking is of great interest, and, as we mentioned at the luncheon, we have never had such a big response to one of our professional development lunches. Thank you for making the event the huge success that it was.
Janet Crawford, President, PRSA Hawaii Chapter
@RoxanneDarling is giving us TONS of info about video and video blogging online. She’s a true expert and embodies the #Aloha spirit.
Dave Taylor
It was a pleasure meeting you and attending your session at podcamp. Can honestly say that you were the most positive speaker we had over the weekend, and I really enjoyed learning from you.
Julie Rorrer, Co-owner of Smashing Darling
Roxanne knows her stuff. She speaks with authority and looks for ways to engage the audience with her presentations. Her focus is on helping people create better media. After hearing one of Roxanne’s talks you feel relaxed and pumped up all at the same time. In one word … inspiring.
Joel Mark Witt, MarylandZoo.tv
I was highly impressed with your presentation and felt that it not only had value for my business, but also for my mind, body and soul. It’s become a new favorite.
Justin Kaiser, Justin Kaiser & Associates
Your presentation on Wednesday at the IABC Luncheon was great. I learned about and absorbed meaningful information that I can use now. That is the way presentations should impact an audience and your speech did just that. Thank you.
Anthony Marlin, Hawaii Pacific University
I wanted to personally thank you for delivering a very informative session on blogging and podcasting. Your views on whether or not companies should set-up their own blogs and how blogs can boost the bottom line were spot-on regarding the audience’s needs. I’m looking forward to listening to the session on your blog sites.
Lance Tanaka, Tesoro Hawaii Corporation
First to let you now that you were a HUGE hit at the Board of Directors meeting! Folks loved your presentation [on adding a text and video blog to their web presence], loved your energy… I suspect simply fell in love with you. You must be getting used to this reaction. It was wonderful to see you bring the room to life.
Cate Baril, Coffee Kids Web Marketing Team
Roxanne has the ability to see what is missing and communicate that in a way that empowers the individual. This is both rare and effective. In today’s parlance, she has both a high Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and high Emotional Quotient (EQ).
Richard Whiteley, author, “Customer-Centered Growth”
Roxanne has proven to be an intelligent, caring and capable consultant who delivers on her projects with highly rated evaluations. Individual participants may range from Vietnamese immigrants who assemble computers to Fortune 500 company executives. She has shown a great skill in working with a diverse group of people. She was not only an excellent counselor, but a visionary as well.
Pat Rhoten, Senior Acct Manager, Johnson & Johnson
This workshop was excellent. Roxanne knows how to relate to all types of people and teaches us how to do the same. She is super effective as an instructor and I definitely recommend this program to others.
Julie Moo-Thurman, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Roxanne is a dynamic, powerful, loving, energetic, humorous and effective presenter. She walks her talk and it shows in her personal vibrancy, her depth of knowledge, and her engaging style. She creates an atmosphere in which people feel safe to participate and motivated to apply in their own lives what they have learned.
Jack Canfield, co-author, Chicken Soup for the Soul
Thank you for the successful training course you conducted. This community wellness program reflects a spirit of improvement through using values of the Diné. My best wishes for your continued work with communities and the wellness programs.
Peterson Zah, President, The Navajo Nation, Window Rock, AZ
As the lead off speaker for our national conference, you set the perfect tone of positive professionalism and relaxed camaraderie. Your ideas created an integrated approach that was both practical and inspiring.
Scott Flora, First Affirmative Financial Network, Colorado Springs, CO
