BlogPaws 2010 West Speakers

Preliminary List of Main Conference Speakers (check the Vet Track list, too)

Friday Morning Opening Keynote:
    Mike Arms, President of the Helen Woodward Animal Center,
        "the man who has saved more animals than any other person,
        living or dead, in animal welfare history"

Mike Arms' amazing story
Connect with Mike on Twitter
HWAC blog
HWAC Facebook page

Saturday Morning Keynote:
    Patricia Callahan, Director of Dev. & Mktg.
    for Canine Companions for Independence,
        that trains assistance dogs for people with disabilities.

Canine Companions for Independence

Speakers & Panelists:

Sana Ahmed,
Social media enthusiast, audio blogger and Wordpress Wizard
Listen to Sana's audio blogs" program
Meet Sana

Mary E. Archer,
SEO Consultant by day — pet blogger by night
SEO Business Blog
Richmond Dog Blog
RichmondPetLovers.com

Andrew Barrett,
Director of Marketing for Found Animals
Meet Found Animals on Twitter
Found Animals' ModPawd podcasts
FoundAnimals.org site

David Binkowski,
EVP of Digital Marketing at Lippe Taylor
Meet David on Twitter
David's Facebook page

Vicki Boatright, Artist,
Custom pet portraits, murals, & other artwork
Meet Vicki on Twitter
Vicki's ... er, Brewskie Butt's blog
BZTAT Studios blogsite

Grace Boyle,
Publisher Services Manager at Lijit
The 2nd Click: Lijit's blog
Grace's Small Hands, Big Ideas blog

Carol Bryant - FIDO Friendly Magazine
Editorial & Social Media/PR Director,
Blogger, Writer
Meet the Pack at FIDO Friendly
Carol's FIDO Friendly blog posts

Jessica Bush,
a/k/a DOGingham, pet photographer
Jessica's DOGingham blog
Meet Jessica on Twitter

Megan Casey,
Editor in Chief of Squidoo.com and Luna's Mom
Megan's unconventional bio (free ebook)
A bit about her dog (and using Squidoo)

Tom Collins,
BlogPaws Co-founder & Blogger since 2003
Meet Tom
Books, Blogs & Beyond blog

Richard Cusson,
Owner of The Dog Training Club
The Dog Training Club site

Donna DeClemente,
Blogger & Social Media Marketing Consultant
Meet Donna
Donna's Promo Talk blog
The Lip-sticking blog

Yvonne DiVita,
BlogPaws Co-founder & pet blogger since 2006
Scratchings & Sniffings blog
Yvonne's Lip-Sticking blog

Kyla Duffy, Founder,
Happy Tails Books and Up For Pups
Kyla's Up For Pups blogsite
Mill Dog Manifesto eBook (free)
Happy Tails Books site

Mary K. Engle,
Assoc. Dir. for Advertising Practices, FTC
Mary's videos about the FTC Guides
Text of the FTC's Endorsements & Testimonials Guides (downloadable PDF)

Caroline Golon,
BlogPaws Co-founder & Staff at Romeo the Cat
Romeo the Cat blog
Meet Romeo, Pugsley, and Staff

Lynn Haigh,
Creator of the Twitter #PawPawty
PawPawty blog
PawPawty site

Jane Harrell,
Online Marketing, Petfinder.com
Petfinder blog
Petfinder FurKeeps campaign

Tracie Hotchner
Cat & Dog author, speaker, blogger
Meet Tracie
Tracie Hotchner Blog

Nikki Jeske, Designer, Illustrator,
Co-Founder of I Love Rescue Animals
I Love Rescue Animals
Meet Nikki (DesignCoyote) on Twitter
Nikki's Snailbird blogsite

Janine Kahn
Dogster's Editorial & Content Manager
Janine on Twitter
Dogster.com

Daniel Lemin,
Principal of Social Studio
Meet Daniel on Twitter
Social Studio blogsite
Daniel on Facebook

Michele Miller,
Author, pioneering blogger, pet parent
Meet Michele
WonderBranding blog

Karen Nichols,
The Cat's Meow Blogger on Catster
Meet Karen, Freda, and Skeezix
The Cat's Meow blog

Sharon Peters
Pet Talk writer for USA Today
Sharon's Pet Talk posts
About the Paw Print Post

Charlotte Reed,
Pet Care and Lifestyle Expert
Meet Charlotte on Twitter
Charlotte's blog
Charlotte's website

Penny Sansevieri,
Author Marketing Expert
Meet Penny's AME Team & Mascots
Penny's AME Marketing blog

Eric Shannon,
Co-Founder, Oh My Dog Supplies
Meet Eric
Oh My Dog Supplies website

Lisa Spector, Co-creator,
Through a Dog's Ear soothing music for dogs
Meet Lisa on Twitter
Lisa's Through a Dog's Ear blog
Through a Dog's Ear Music Samples

Chloe Spencer,
Teen Web-preneur
Chloe's WebProNews interview
Chloe's Neopets site

Stephan Spencer,
VP of SEO Strategies at Covario
Stephan Spencer's Scatterings blog
The Art of SEO book (co-author)

Simon Tonner,
VP Marketing at Dogtime Media
Meet Dogtime on Twitter
Dogtime on Facebook
Dogtime Media website

Wendy Toth,
Associate Editor/ Producer at Petside.com
Meet on Facebook
Petside.com website

Jessica Vogelsang, DVM (a/k/a "Dr. V")
Veterinarian & Blogger at Pawcurious
Meet Dr. V, Brody, Apollo, & more
Dr. V's Pawcurious blog

Dorian Wagner,
Blogger at Your Daily Cute
Dorian's Your Daily Cute blog

Lena West
Social media strategist and blogger
Lena's "Real Women do Social Media" program
Lena's posts on the Lip-Sticking blog