helen baxter

Director Helen Baxter gave a talk at Spark! 09 International Festival of Media, Arts and Design about 'How to  Be a New Media Mogul.' 

Follow Spark09! live tweets at twitter.com/WintecSpark

Director Helen Baxter joined Oliver Driver on the Sunrise breakfast show for TV3 commenting on the new proposals for revisions to New Zealand Copyright law. Mohawk Media supports the main amendments to S92A but as artists and rightsholders we still believe that internet termination is a step too far, and undermines the basic human right to freedom of speech. Watch the video clip of Helen Baxter from Mohawk Media, New Zealand.

What do YOU think? Join the Copyright Forum at the Big Idea to discuss this important issue. For more visit the Creative Freedom Foundation.

Local brains have been buzzing this weekend as the X|Media|Lab moved their festival of ideas to Auckland. Seventeen international mentors, keynote speakers, plus seventeen projects teams met at the Viaduct Harbour to share their knowledge, experiences and pathways to success. 

This is my third X|Media|Lab to date, though the record holder is Dale Herigstad with six under his belt. I had an inspiring time listening to the diverse keynote speakers from across the globe, and learning about the innovative digital media projects chosen for the Lab workshops. My brain had a full blown information hangover by the end of the weekend, but it was well worth it.

Read Helen Baxter's roundup of the X|Media|Lab, Auckland in full at the Big Idea and follow live tweets from the keynote conference day @thebigideanz.

Helen Baxter is Managing Directrix of Mohawk Media, and has been as been writing, lecturing and giving keynote speeches on digital technologies since the mid 1990s. She speaks with passion on the benefits to business & society from online media, and the New Zealand Listener wrote that “she is among the prophets of our digital future.” 

2010 Speaking Dates

EDTalks, Te Papa, Wellington, March 2010

2009 Speaking Dates

Spark! 09, Wintec, Hamilton, 6th August.

Mobile Media Production, Unitec, Screen Arts, September 

Titirangi Writers Festival, Auckland, 13th September.    

The Arts Conference, Rotorua, 12th & 13th October 

EDTalks, Wellington, 18th November

Helen has been a regular in the ‘Virtual World’ technology slot on Radio New Zealand, National for four years, and has a weekly slot on Kiwi FM. Shge has also appeared on the BBC, SKY TV UK/NZ, TVNZ News, and TV3's Campbell LIve and Sunrise in New Zealand.

 Watch Helen Baxter on Sunrise, TV3 talking about New Zealand Copyright.

Watch a clip of Helen Baxter talking about her digital media career, and 'the g33k show' at the 'DIY TV' XMediaLab, Melbourne in 2008.

Contact Mohawk Media to book Helen Baxter to speak.              

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"Engaging, well presented, interesting”

“Fabulous, really exciting”

“Could have listened all afternoon”

“High degree of understanding in social media”

CONFERENZ / Brightstar Delegates

"Helen is extremely knowledgeable on her subject matter delivering it with passion and authority, while engaging her audience with examples that make her presentations come to life"

Brent Kendrick
General Manager
Personal Systems Group
Hewlett-Packard New Zealand

“If you’re looking for a geek girl who can talk the talk AND engage an audience (techy or otherwise) you’d be hard pressed to go passed Helen. She can talk, she can debate, she can argue about any subject (so far) at any time with a great sense of humour that’s great fun to watch. Easy to work with, bags of fun, Helen adds personality plus to any speaking engagement.” 

Paul Brislen
External Communications Manager
Vodafone, New Zealand

 “The first time I heard Helen talk she had a fantasticenergy, and took me off my note-taking, and straight into what she was saying about mind-mapping and exploring ideas. Her demo was well paced and impressive.  I still remember the tool and her performance vividly, 2 years later.”

Martin Langhoff
Catalyst .Net .NZ 
NZ KM Society

Previous Speeches

• The Great Geek Off, Orcon Blend, Auckland, Thursday 11th June.
• ‘Online Video Trends’ - 2nd Digital Media Summit, Conferenz, Auckland. (March 2009)
• ‘DIY TV’ - XMedia Lab, Melbourne, Australia, (August 2008)
• ‘MC’ - Tech Angels Hui, Wellington (May 2008)
• ‘Commercialising Ideas’ – XMedia Lab, Wellington (May 2008)
• ‘The Future is Bright’, Guest of Honour, Prize Giving – St Margaret’s Girls
• School, Wellington (December 2007)
• ‘Renaissance 2.0: Educating the New Leonardos’ - ULEARN, Core Education
• Conference, Auckland (October 2007)
• ‘Web 2.0 Speaking Series’ – including Department of Labour, Ministry of Education Ministry of
• Research Science & Technology, Wellington (May – September 2007)