Speaking
Karen Greenwood Henke is a nationally-recognized professional speaker on education technology. Her topics include emerging technologies, future trends in education technology, grant search and success strategies, and data-driven decision making. She has provided keynote presentations to CTO clinics and leadership conferences. If your group needs a dynamic speaker with lots of great anecdotes to get them thinking, contact henke@nimble-press.com for more information.
Previous Engagements
Teachers as Long Tail Learners, California Educational Technology Professionals Association (CETPA), November 18, 2009
Great Schools by Design, American Architectural Foundation, October 7-9, 2009
A look at the Horizon Report: 2009 K-12 Edition, Chester County Intermediate Unit Webcast, October 6, 2009
Disruptive Technologies and Secure Networks: Welcome to the Jungle, CoSN/CETPA California CTO Clinic, Sacramento, California, July 23, 2009
Horizon K-12 Report, Regional Educational Media Center Association of Michigan Webcast, June 16, 2009
Horizon K-12 Report, CoSN Webcast, April 15, 2009 Download free for CoSN members.
Student (and Teacher) Authentic Contributions — The Long Tail in Education, Future of Education Forum, April 9, 2009 Listen
State Policies and the Future of Online Learning, CoSN Conference 2009, Austin, TX, March 12, 2009 (moderator)
Educational Broadband Policy, CoSN Conference 2009, Austin, TX, March 11, 2009 (moderator)
Horizon K-12 Report, CoSN Conference 2009, Austin, TX, March 11, 2009
Long Tail Learners: How Technology Transforms Learning, CoSN Webcast, January 21, 2009 Download free for CoSN members.
WOW2 Show #102 with Karen Henke – The Grant Wrangler (Women of the Web 2.0), December 16, 2008 Listen to the show!
Making Heads or Tails of Data-Driven Decision Making, Meeting the Needs of Long Tail Learners with Technology, edIT: Education IT Strategies, Hosted by Intel, Las Vegas NV, November 14, 2008 Keynote
Long Tail Learners: How Tech Transforms Learning, CETPA, Sacramento CA, November 19, 2008
CoSN CTO Forum: Leveraging Banned Technologies, NSBA Technology + Learning, Seattle WA, October 28, 2008 Panel
20 Tech Things to Watch from “20 to Watch” Winners, NSBA Technology + Learning, Seattle WA, October 28, 2008
Disrupting Class Education Publishing Industry Response, AAP, Washington DC, September 25, 2008 Panel Moderator
Meeting the Needs of Long Tail Learners with Technology, CTO Clinic produced by CoSN and the Georgia K-12 CTO Council, Atlanta GA, September 23, 2008 Keynote
Karen Greenwood Henke speaks about Long Tail Learners on School Tube.
Education Beyond the Bandwidth Barrier Advanced: Broadband Learning Environment Using Internet2, CTO Clinic produced by CoSN and the Georgia K-12 CTO Council, Atlanta GA, September 23, 2008 Panel
Blog Your Business to Another Level: Building Business through a Dynamic, Interactive Web Presence, Women in Consulting, Mountrain View CA, August 19, 2008 Panel
Exploring the Potential of Web 2.0, NECC, San Antonio, TX, July 2008 Panel
Meeting the Needs of Long Tail Learners with Technology, CTO Clinic produced by CoSN and the Texas K-12 CTO Council, Katy TX, June 17, 2008 Keynote
Web 2.0: Outside the Box Thinking for Inside School Networks, CTO Clinic produced by CoSN and the Texas K-12 CTO Council, Katy TX, June 17, 2008 Panel
Meeting the Needs of Long Tail Learners with Technology, CTO Clinic produced by CoSN and the CETPA/3C Council, San Diego CA, May 29, 2008 Keynote
Web 2.0: Outside the Box Thinking for Inside School Networks, CTO Clinic produced by CoSN and the CETPA/3C Council, San Diego CA, May 29, 2008 Panel
strong>Developing a Website that Shows your Company in the Right Light, SIIA Ed Tech Industry Summit, May 18, 2008 Workshop
The Fallacy of Finite Funding: Where to Look for Internal and External Funding Sources, EdNET Virtual Roundtable sponsored by The Heller Reports, April 18, 2008 Panel
How Technology Helps Address the Long Tail Problem in Education, CoSN K12 School Networking Conference, Washington DC, March 11, 2008 Panel
Think Before You Ban: How Classrooms Become Communities with Web 2.0 Technology, CoSN Webcast, January 16, 2008 Panel
Using Data Effectively in Decision Making, TICAL, Santa Cruz CA, October 5, 2007 Workshop
Find Funding: Grant Strategies, EDU Partner Sales Summit 08, Microsoft, Phoenix AZ, October 11, 2007
Classroom 2.0 Panel, Office 2.0 Conference, San Francisco, CA, September 6, 2007 Panel
Using Data for Targeted Interventions, CTO Clinic produced by CoSN and the CETPA/3C Council, Santa Clara CA, July 17, 2007
Think Before You Ban: The Educational Technology Balancing Act, CTO Clinic produced by CoSN and the Texas K-12 CTO Council, Plano TX, June 19, 2007
Web 2.0, CTO Clinic produced by CoSN and the Texas K-12 CTO Council, Plano TX, June 19, 2007
Turning Data into Knowledge, CoSN Conference, April 2007
eSchool News Interview on Turning Data into Knowledge.
Secret Lives of Grant Writers, CUE, Palm Springs, March 2007
Collaboration in K12 Schools: Anywhere, Anytime, Any Way, CoSN Webcast Series, October 18, 2006 Panel
Digital Learning Spaces 2010, CoSN Webcast Series, October 5, 2005 Panel
How Districts Use Data to Improve Performance, CoSN Webcast Series, June 1, 2005 Panel
Hot Technology Trends, K-12 School Networking Conference by CoSN, March 2005 Panel
Hot Technologies Transforming Schools Today, CoSN Webcast Series, November 3, 2004 Panel
Top 5 Emerging Technologies: Preparing Today for the Future, NECC, New Orleans LA, June 2004.
Looking Outside for Insight: Benchmarking in Data-Driven Decision Making, CoSN Conference, Washington DC, February 2004.
Expand Access without Breaking the Budget: Thin Client Computing, NECC, Chicago IL, June 2002.
The Skinny on Thin Client Computing, SchoolTech Expo, New York, NY, May 2002
Save Time and Money: Thin Client Strategies for Technology Managers, NSBA Technology + Learning, Denver CO, October 2001.
Smart Valley: An Entrepreneur’s Model for Community Action, Presentation to the Secretary of State, Minister of Education, and Minister of Industry of Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland, January 1999.