🎤 Speaking & Events

Book Helen to Speak: Human-Centered A.I.

Make Your Next Event Unforgettable Engage, Entertain, and Educate on the Imagination Age and its Limitless Possibilities Your Next Speaker Helen Todd is a dynamic speaker who not only engages audiences but inspires them to take action whether it’s to co-create a human-centered future or to confidently use A.I. in a commercially safe way to […]

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Upcoming

2024

🤝 DECEMBER 3 CincyAI Meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host) in partnership with the Adobe-led Content Authenticity Initiative! 🎉 🎟 Sign up now!

🎤 DECEMBER 5 Art Basel's FilmGate Interactive Festival XI, Miami (Live Podcast Recording with King Willonius)

Live Podcast Recording! King Willonius ("BBL Drizzy" Creator) in Conversation with Helen Todd (Creativity Squared Founder)

Join us for a live poolside recording featuring TIME100 AI 2024 honoree Willonius Hatcher (aka King Willonius), award-winning filmmaker, AI storyteller, author, and comedian — and the creator of the viral sensation "BBL Drizzy." Fresh from premiering his musical of the same name at Miami Art Basel's FilmGate Interactive Festival XI, one of the top ten immersive festivals in the world. Willonius will be joined on stage with Helen Todd, founder and host of Creativity Squared, a podcast exploring the intersection of AI and creativity. Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at "BBL Drizzy," a dystopian musical that challenges a world valuing influence over authenticity. You won’t want to miss how GenAI changed the trajectory of Willonius’s career in addition to getting an insider look at his creative process, his thoughts on AI empowering Black creators, and the surprising connection between Burning Man and his AI journey! 

🎟 Snag your ticket now — would love to connect in Miami!

Helen Todd

🎤 DECEMBER 9 Farewell, Information Age — Welcome to the Imagination Age, Cincinnati (Speaker) 🎟 RSVP today! 

🎤 DECEMBER 11-13: Responsible AI Summit, Virtual (Speaker) 🎟 Register today!

🎄 December 25 - January 1 - Christmas Break  🥳

2025

To add:

  • ArtsWave Black & Brown Artist Showcase

🤝 JANUARY 14 CinyAI meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host)
🤝 FEBRUARY 4 CinyAI meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host)  
🎤 FEBRUARY 12 EO Learning Luncheon, Cincinnati (Speaker - Private)
🤝 MARCH 4 CinyAI meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host)
🎤 MARCH 11 (Tentative date) SXSW, Austin (Speaker + Official Mentor)
🤝 APRIL 1 CinyAI meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host)
🤝 MAY 6 CinyAI meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host)
🎤 MAY 16 Power to Pursue, Cincinnati (Speaker) 
🤝 JUNE 17 CinyAI meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host)
🤝 JULY 1 CinyAI meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host)
🎥 JULY 16-18 Data 4 Public Good (D4PG), Minneapolis (Attendee/Interviewing Speakers) 
🤝 AUGUST 5 CinyAI meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host)
🤝 SEPTEMBER 2 CinyAI meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host)
🪑SEPTEMBER 10-11 MidwestCon, Cincinnati (Attendee)
🤝 OCTOBER 7 CinyAI meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host) - 🥳 2 Year Anniversary! 
🪑OCTOBER 14-16 MAICON, Cleveland (Attendee)
🤝 NOVEMBER 4 CinyAI meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host)
🤝 DECEMBER 2 CinyAI meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host)

 🎄 December 25 - January 1 - Christmas Break 🥳

2024

🤝 JAN 9 CincyAI Meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host)
🎤 FEB 2 From Ellevate & IBM: Generative AI Summit Transforming Businesses for the Future

Excited to take the stage at this all-women conference on A.I. at my alma mater Xavier University to talk all things A.I. and the future of online communication with clones. My presentation is titled "How to Leverage A.I. Avatars to Grow Your Brand" and will take place at the Xavier University Center for Innovation.

Helen Todd (Human)

🤝 FEB 6 CincyAI Meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host)
🤝 MARCH 5 CincyAI Meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host) 
🥃 MARCH 5 Makers + Mixers Happy Hour, Cincinnati (Community Partner)

🤠 MARCH 8-15 SXSW, Austin, TX (Official Mentor March 11)

If you missed the episode with Hugh Forrest, SXSW Co-President & Chief Programming Officer, check it out here!

Helen Todd (Human)

😎 APRIL 5-9 Texas Eclipse Festival 

“On April 8, 2024, there will be a total solar eclipse. The festival, taking place April 5-9 at Reveille Ranch in Burnet, TX (outside of Austin), will bring people together from all over the world to celebrate the 4 minutes of totality amidst music, immersive art, tech talks, wellness activations, and so much more.

I can’t wait to be on stage there to talk all things A.I., avatars, and synthetic media alongside so many talented people and artists, including Alex & Allyson Grey, Android Jones, and Chris Dyer.”

Helen Todd (Human)

🤝 APRIL 16 CincyAI Meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host)
🥃 APRIL 16 Maker’s Mark ‘Makers + Mixers,’ Cincinnati (Community Partner)
🪑 APRIL 18 MIT’s Imagination in Action, Boston (Attendee)
🪑 APRIL 26-28 Future Frequences Retreat, Newburgh, NY (Attendee)
🎤 MAY 2 Rotary Club of Cincinnati Corporate Member Roundtable on AI, Cincinnati (Speaker)
🤝 MAY 7 CincyAI Meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host)
🥃 MAY 7 ‘Makers + Mixers’ Happy Hour, Cincinnati (Community Partner)
🤝 JUNE 4 CincyAI Meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host)
🥃 JUNE 4 ‘Makers + Mixers’ Happy Hour, Cincinnati (Community Partner)
🎤 JUNE 5-6 Autonomous Innovation Summit, Virtual (Speaker)

How A.I. and Timeless Stories Connect | 2024 Autonomous Innovation Summit Panel 

The video of the panel “How A.I. and Timeless Stories Connect” from this year’s Autonomous Innovation Summit Panel is up on our YouTube channel. Check out the rich conversation I had with Leopold Ajami (Chief Influence Officer, Public Speaking, and Thought Leadership Coach at Novel Philosophy Academy), Paqui Lizana (Global Head of Technology Strategy at Ikea), Yago de la Sotilla (CEO & Founder of Glassy), and Katie Trauth Taylor (CEO & Cofounder of Narratize).

🎤 JUNE 11-13 Cincy AI Week, Cincinnati (Host Committee + Speaker)
🎤 JUNE 12-17 BOLD UnConference, Austria (Speaker)
🤝 JULY 9 CincyAI Meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host)
🎤JULY 16-18 Black Tech Week, Cincinnati (Speaker)
🎥 JULY 18-19 Data 4 Public Good, Minneapolis (Attendee/Interviewed Speakers)
🎤JULY 26-18 Future Frequencies Salon, Newburg, NY (Speaker) 
🤝 AUGUST 6 CincyAI Meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host)
🎤 SEPTEMBER 4-6 MidwestCon, Cincinnati (Speaker)
🎤 SEPTEMBER 10-12 Marketing AI Conference (MAICON), Cleveland (Speaker)
🤝 SEPTEMBER 17 CincyAI Meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host)
🪑 SEPTEMBER 17-19 Columbus AI Week, Columbus (Attendee)


🤝 OCTOBER 8 CincyAI Meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host) - 🥳 1 Year Anniversary! 
🎤 OCTOBER 10 Columbus AI Meetup hosted by Big Kitty Labs, Columbus (Speaker)
🎤 OCTOBER 11 Kent State University Creative Sectors Lecture + Workshop Series (Speaker)
🎤 OCTOBER 17 Illuminate: Together Digital National Conference (Speaker)
🤝 NOVEMBER 5 CincyAI Meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host)

🪑 NOVEMBER 20 Columbus AI Summit by OhioX, Columbus (Attendee)

2023

🎤 MAY 11 BNI Elevete, NYC (Speaker)
🪑 MAY 18-21 Summit at Sea, Miami (Attendee)

🎤 MAY 24 Dooley Social Studio Show & Tell, Cincinnati (Speaker) 
🖼 JUNE 3 “Yes, But is it Art?” Studio Kroner Gallery Exhibit, Cincinnati (Attendee)
🪑 JUNE 14 Tribeca Film Festival #TribecaX, NYC (Attendee)
🎤 JUNE 20 Apochromatik's Focus Executive Forum, Virtual (Speaker)

🎥 JULY 14-16 & 30 ArtsWave Black and Brown Artist Program 2023 Showcase, Cincinnati (Partner)
🎤 SEPTEMBER 6-10 BOLD UnConference, Austria (Speaker)
🪑 SEPTEMBER 6-10 Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria (Attendee)
🤝 OCTOBER - CincyAI Meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host)
🪑 SEPTEMBER 22 Digital Futures Grand Reopening 2.0 (Attendee)
🎤 OCTOBER 12 Elevate! Together Digital National Conference (Speaker)
🤝 OCTOBER 17 CincyAI Meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host) - Our Inaugural CincyAI Meeting!! 🎉 
🪑 OCTOBER 23-26 StartupCincy Week, Cincinnati (Attendee) 

🍸 OCTOBER 24 AI Avatars & Aperitifs, Cincinnati (Host) Recap Video, Full Video
🤝 NOVEMBER 14 CincyAI Meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host)
🪑DECEMBER 8 Content Authenticity Initiative’s (CAI) Symposium (Attendee)
🤝 DECEMBER 12 CincyAI Meetup, Cincinnati (Co-Host) 

Full List:

  • SXSW (attended 2009-2019; 2023+); spoke 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020*; Advisor 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

  • SXSW V2V 

    • Topics:

      • 2015 - The Best City in the World (Exploring Creativity, Cities, and the Future of Work: How does location relate to our personal and company identities?)

      • 2014 - The Other F Word (Fear)

      • 2013 - Exploring Deep Creativity and Brainstorming

  • Social Media Week New York City

    • Topics:

      • 2018 - Walls to Meaningful Communities

      • 2017 - 3 Ways to Think About Learning in 2017

      • 2016 - From Immersive Video to Animated Selfies, How We Will Express Ourselves in 2016

      • 2015 - Sociality Squared 5th Birthday Celebration & Social Media Week Event

      • 2014 - Exploring Deep Creativity

      • 2013 - Seeing the Whole Picture with Visual Marketing 

      • 2012 - Pining Over Pinterest

      • 2011 - Facebook Must Die! Long Live Facebook!

      • 2010 - Facebook Metrics for Fan Pages and Ads: What they do and don’t tell marketers

  • Brandemonium 

Full Archive:

  • BOLD UnConference 2024 Austria 

  • Cincy AI Week - Opening Remarks / Intro for Pete & Carl’s Session

  • Cincy AI Week - Panel: AI and Workforce Development

  • Rotary Club Cincinnati 2024 Cincinnati IG 

  • Texas Eclipse Festival 2024 Burnet, TX

  • A.I. Avatars & Aperitifs: NYC (2024)

  • IBM & Cincinnati Ellevate Generative AI Summit: Transforming Business for the Future 2024 IG

  • StartupCincy 2024 Cincy IG

  • Elevate Together Digital 2023 National Conference (2023) Cincy

  • BOLD UnConference (2023) Austria - talk? On love…

  • Apochromatik's Focus Executive Forum discussing all things generative A.I. and what it means for business leaders to thrive. (2023) IG post

  • Dooley Social Studios - Embracing the Power of AI to Transform Social Media Marketing (2023) Cincinnati IG post

  • BNI Elevate Summit NYC (2023) IG post

  • Business Elevation Summit Virtual (2021) IG post

  • Dasicon Equality in Progress: Empowering Women (2021) - DASICON 2021 is “Equality in Progress: Empowering Women — Much Discussed, Least Conceptualised” 

  • Future of Brands in Society (2020) IG Live IG post @myuberlife & @wulfuniversity 

  • ACEs conference (2020)

  • Speakeasy Panel (virtual) 2020 - Marketing Reset II: Marketing Pivots During Uncertainty (PW video) IG post
    Speakeasy Panel (virtual) 2020 - Reset

  • Speakeasy Workshop: Your Social Media Blind Spots (Virtual) April 2020

  • Leica Society International IG 101 Part 1 & Part 2 (Virtual) 2020

  • VOICE (NJ) 2019 - Re-Think, Re-Envision, Re-Design IG post

  • Sprout Agency Summit (Chicago) 2018 – Content in a 3 Second World

  • NYU Stern (NYC) 2018 – Data Visualization Made Simple

  • Emerson College Alumni Event NYC - 2018 Communication Panel - Date?

  • Sprout Social Rise & Grind Oct 29, 2019

  • Gotham Media - NYC - 2018 -  "What's Next for Social Media? Advertising, Data and Regulation” panel with David Kirkpatrick

  • Emerson College Alumni Event NYC - 2018 - Communication Panel

  • Women Color Tech (NYC) 2018

  • Moving Forward - NYC

  • Whitsun Dialogues 2017 - Austria - Digitalization, social media, and entrepreneurship/economy

  • Retail Print Music Dealers - 2017, Atlanta - Impact Your Print Music Business with Social Media (Paid)

  • Propelify - NJ - 2017 - Diversity Includes Disability

  • Inc.com Sales Accelerator - 2016 - Maximizing Social Media for Lead Generation and Relationship Building

  • Social Media 101 for Librarians - Virtual 

  • Northside Innovation Event - 2015 - Brooklyn - My Founders Story

  • Mobile Marketing Innovation Day - 2014 - Vienna, Austria - Facebook: Socal, Local, & Mobile

  • MediaBistro - NYC - 2014 Conference - Facebook Metric for Pages and Ads: What they do and don’t tell marketers

  • San Francisco Small Business Conference - 2014 - “6 Business Mistakes to Avoid” (virtual)

  • Austrian Consulate General NYC - 2013 - Sustainability & Society

  • Reboot Conference April 2012 - NYC - Social Web Content: Think Like a Caveman

  • Frontier Small Business - How to Set up a Business Facebook Page (webinar)

  • NYU

    • 2015 - The Most Amazing Social Media Presentation, Ever. 2.0

    • 2014 - The Most Amazing Social Media Presentation, Ever.

    • 2013 - Visual Marketing + Social Media

    • 2012; Topic The importance of visual communication in Social Media

    • Electronic Communities MBA Class, July 2010, July 2011

      • 2011 -  Facebook: The Good. The Bad, and the Ugly

      • 2010 - Social Media Metrics: A Closer Look at Facebook and Leica Camera

    • Social Media Management MBA Class, November 2011

  • Xavier University – Social Media Marketing MBA Class, October 2011 - Facebook: The Good. The Bad, and the Ugly

  • Conde Nast - 2011 -  Facebook: The Good. The Bad, and the Ugly

  • BlogWorld Panel, 2011 - News Feed Optimization Best Practices 

  • MediaBistro - 2011 - Social Media Optimization Conference 

  • Akzo Conference, 2011 - So, You Have a Facebook Page...Now What?

  • ColorVision, 2011 - Social Media & Collision Repair Getting Local

  • Women in AA Conference, 2011

  • WIN Women’s Industry Network 2011 - Facebook Must Die! Long Live Facebook!

  • Fertilome Conference, 2010 - Facebook Opportunities for VPG Dealers (Paid)

  • NYC Masterminds, 2010 - Facebook Insights: Using Facebook fan pages, metrics, & ads to drive traffic

S2xExchange

  • Launched S2xExchange - an S2 Conference in Berlin in 2014

    • My presentation: Exploring Social Media and Mobile

  • Host S2xExchange Panels - NYC

    • Algorithms: How News Finds Us - NYC, 2014

  • Host Private S2xExchange Dinners

    • InspireFest - Dublin 2018

    • SXSW - hosted dinners annually since XYZ

    • NYC - years?

Other Conferences/Festivals I have attended or attend:

  • F8, Facebook’s Developer Conference - 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 (NYC Satellite event), 2018 (No conferences were held in 2009, 2012 or 2013, missed 2019)

  • InspireFest - Dublin, Ireland 2018

  • Bitten - NYC 

  • The Information Summits - NYC and San Francisco (Sponsored some of these too)

  • Sundance - Salt Lake City

  • Tribeca Film Festival - NYC

  • Million Dollar Women’s Summit - 2018

  • Photokina - Cologne, Germany

  • Photo Plus Expo - NYC

  • Burning Man - Black Rock City, Nevada

  • Art Basel - Miami

  • Summit at Sea - 2016

  • Master Your Mission - 2017 - Montana