Director Helen Baxter gave a talk at Spark! 09 International Festival of Media, Arts and Design about 'How to  Be a New Media Mogul.' 

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Helen Baxter is Managing Directrix of Mohawk Media, and has been as been writing, lecturing and giving keynote speeches on digital technologies since the mid 1990s. She speaks with passion on the benefits to business & society from online media, and the New Zealand Listener wrote that “she is among the prophets of our digital future.” 

2010 Speaking Dates

EDTalks, Te Papa, Wellington, March 2010

2009 Speaking Dates

Spark! 09, Wintec, Hamilton, 6th August.

Mobile Media Production, Unitec, Screen Arts, September 

Titirangi Writers Festival, Auckland, 13th September.    

The Arts Conference, Rotorua, 12th & 13th October 

EDTalks, Wellington, 18th November

Helen has been a regular in the ‘Virtual World’ technology slot on Radio New Zealand, National for four years, and has a weekly slot on Kiwi FM. Shge has also appeared on the BBC, SKY TV UK/NZ, TVNZ News, and TV3's Campbell LIve and Sunrise in New Zealand.

 Watch Helen Baxter on Sunrise, TV3 talking about New Zealand Copyright.

Watch a clip of Helen Baxter talking about her digital media career, and 'the g33k show' at the 'DIY TV' XMediaLab, Melbourne in 2008.

Contact Mohawk Media to book Helen Baxter to speak.              

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"Engaging, well presented, interesting”

“Fabulous, really exciting”

“Could have listened all afternoon”

“High degree of understanding in social media”

CONFERENZ / Brightstar Delegates

"Helen is extremely knowledgeable on her subject matter delivering it with passion and authority, while engaging her audience with examples that make her presentations come to life"

Brent Kendrick
General Manager
Personal Systems Group
Hewlett-Packard New Zealand

“If you’re looking for a geek girl who can talk the talk AND engage an audience (techy or otherwise) you’d be hard pressed to go passed Helen. She can talk, she can debate, she can argue about any subject (so far) at any time with a great sense of humour that’s great fun to watch. Easy to work with, bags of fun, Helen adds personality plus to any speaking engagement.” 

Paul Brislen
External Communications Manager
Vodafone, New Zealand

 “The first time I heard Helen talk she had a fantasticenergy, and took me off my note-taking, and straight into what she was saying about mind-mapping and exploring ideas. Her demo was well paced and impressive.  I still remember the tool and her performance vividly, 2 years later.”

Martin Langhoff
Catalyst .Net .NZ 
NZ KM Society

Previous Speeches

• The Great Geek Off, Orcon Blend, Auckland, Thursday 11th June.
• ‘Online Video Trends’ - 2nd Digital Media Summit, Conferenz, Auckland. (March 2009)
• ‘DIY TV’ - XMedia Lab, Melbourne, Australia, (August 2008)
• ‘MC’ - Tech Angels Hui, Wellington (May 2008)
• ‘Commercialising Ideas’ – XMedia Lab, Wellington (May 2008)
• ‘The Future is Bright’, Guest of Honour, Prize Giving – St Margaret’s Girls
• School, Wellington (December 2007)
• ‘Renaissance 2.0: Educating the New Leonardos’ - ULEARN, Core Education
• Conference, Auckland (October 2007)
• ‘Web 2.0 Speaking Series’ – including Department of Labour, Ministry of Education Ministry of
• Research Science & Technology, Wellington (May – September 2007)

We are a design and online consultancy. Our clients include TVNZ, TV3, Radio New Zealand, Kiwi FM, The Big Idea Trust, X|Media|Lab, The British Council.

STRATEGY & KEYNOTES

Mohawk Media has provided consultancy to governments, corporates, SMEs and NPOs worldwide over the past ten years. XMediaLab is an internationally acclaimed digital media think-tank with events held in Australia, China, Hollywood, India, Korea, Europe, the Middle East, New Zealand, and Singapore. Director Helen Baxter was a keynote speaker and mentor at Commercialising Ideas (Wellington),  DIY TV (Melbourne) in 2008, and Commercialising Ideas 2009, (Auckland). Watch highlights from the keynotes at XMediaLab.TV

WRITING, RADIO & TV 

The MsBehaviour Files

Helen Baxter has written over fifty columns on digital tools and new online markets for indie artists in the MsBehaviour Files for the Big Idea, the home of New Zealand's Creative Community.

the g33k show on Kiwi FM

Chelfyn & MsBehaviour produce a science & technology show weekly after the 9 am news on Wednesdays, on the Radio Wammo breakfast show on Kiwi FM. Listen/watch podcasts here and at wammo.co.nz

the g33k show on Alt TV (2008)

Mohawk Media produced an eight week animated series of the g33k show on Alt TV and podcast at You Tube in 2008, which you can theg33kshow.com/tv

Virtual World, Radio New Zealand (National)

Directors Helen & Chelfyn Baxter have covered science and emerging technology stories on Virtual World, Afternoons with Jim Mora since 2006. Podcasts and show notes can be found at the Radio New Zealand website.

Generations Y and Z face a myriad of future career possibilities, in an age of desktop fabrication, robots, and nano-technology. In a fast changing digital age, how do we prepare them for jobs that haven't been invented yet? How do we support our future Designers, Knowledge Traders, Power Searchers and Webtop workers? How do we support their individual learning styles, nurture creativity and facilitate innovators?  How do we create effective knowledge flows across generations, countries and cultures?

'Renaissance 2.0' is a keynote speech given by Helen Baxter at Ulearn 2007 in Auckland, New Zealand. Click and drag to read the mindmap or view online at Mindmeister: