About
About the Event
Conceived in the winter of 2009, Internet Is People (IIP) is a panel series that focuses on the people who have found personal and professional success by using the Internet to bring their product, service or cause to the masses.
Inspired by Inside The Actors’ Studio, the series will focus on the stories of these people, their life and professional experience, and the moments when they determined that the Internet was an avenue for them to make their dreams into reality.
About the Founders
Matthew Knell, Founder
Matthew Knell is a web technologist and marketer with a long history designing, developing, and marketing a wide array of successful products and brands including About.com, JetBlue Airways, MTV Networks and CafeMom. An active member of the New York Technology scene, he was the lead organizer of SocialChangeCamp NYC 2009, an unconference focused on the sharing of knowledge at the intersection of Non-Profits and Technology. A graduate of Pace University’s Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems, Currently, he is the Social Media Director at AOL, teaches Social Media and Web 2.0 Marketing at NYU’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies and serves as Co-Founder of Social Media for Social Change, a marketing organization focused on helping non-profits navigate social channels.
He blogs about life and the Internet at tagsmith.org, tweets at @matthewknell.
Kate Miltner, Co-Founder and Panel Moderator
Kate graduated from Columbia University in 2003 with a degree in English and penchant for in-depth conversation and collegiate a cappella. Since then, she’s become a blogger, a digital strategist for Fortune 500 brands, a SXSW panel organizer and moderator, and a karaoke nut (although not necessarily in that order). Kate is currently enrolled in the MSc Media and Communications program at the London School of Economics and Political Science, from which she will graduate in 2011.
You can find out more about kate at katemiltner.com.
