2007: Keynote - Helen Baxter

Helen Baxter, keynote speaker for Thursday, is the Managing Directrix of Radio/NetTV production house Mohawk Media, and co-founder of digital label TMet Recordings. A Strategist for Creative Kiwi Community The Big Idea, she also shares a fortnightly ‘Virtual World’ slot with Chelfyn and Jim Mora for National Radio, New Zealand.

Kiwi born and British bred, Helen is also a Mentor on the ART Venture Programme. She writes a fortnightly column ‘The MsBehaviour Files’ for the Big Idea, with a slot on Kiwi FM and Creative Bizi NZ blog. Helen is a regular speaker with a focus on Collaboration, Education and Knowledge Management.

Helen has been involved in e-learning and Knowledge Management for over ten years. She was founding Editor of Knowledgeboard.com, a global community for Knowledge & Innovation, developed under the European Commission’s IST Programme. Voted ‘Best of the Web’ by the Harvard Business School in 2002, the KnowledgeBoard community went on to win ‘Best User Experience’ from the International Information Industry Awards in 2003.

To see some of Helen’s recent work, there are podcasts and mindmaps from recent keynotes at mohawk media, including the recent conference for media studies teachers.