Speakers

DISCOVER YOUR TECHNOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY 

When you discover a new tech tool, do you sign right up? sit back and wait? Shake your head?

More than 130,000 new apps hit mobile platforms every month, and thousands of new startups target us with ads... all promising to be the best tech you've ever used. And the subconscious way you approach new tech can greatly impact the way you can leverage today's biggest advancements.

Join Beth Z, Your Nerdy Best Friend, to discover your Technology Psychology. You'll take a self-assessment to find out your Technology Psychology Persona to help you understand the benefits and limitations of your approach to new technology. You'll also see the new tech world from other perspectives so you can understand why it's so tough to get everyone on the same digital page when it comes to tech solutions.

POWERED PRODUCTIVITY: SUPER TECH TOOLS TO GET STUFF DONE

Exasperated by email? Peeved about passwords? Tired of tedious tasks? You're not alone.

Join Your Nerdy Best Friend, aka Author Beth Ziesenis, for a research-based look at common productivity problems, followed by the technology to solve them.

Discover how to use free and bargain technology tools you never knew existed to work more efficiently with your teams, get organized and finally get stuff done.

TACKLE YOUR TECHNOLOGY TO-DO LIST (IN 10 MINUTES OR LESS!) 

This is a bad day with technology:

• You can’t find the file you need.
• You delete a file you need.
• You can’t open a file you need.
• You forget the password to get to a file you need.
• The file you need is on a website that won’t load.

This is a good day with technology:

• Your Nerdy Best Friend teaches you ten-minute fixes for these issues and more!

Author Beth Z is a technology therapist with solutions to some of life’s most frustrating tech problems. This program highlights the top technological frustrations you share with other [industry] professionals and offers quick fixes that take 10 minutes or less to end your tech headaches and let you move on with your life.

HOW TO BE VISIBLE IN A VIRTUAL WORLD 

Even before the pandemic started a worldwide work-from-home revolution, professionals were struggling to make connections. You're not alone in your virtual world. There are millions of people around the globe who also have to find ways to make connections when they don't see each other every day.

Join Beth Z, Your Nerdy Best Friend, for an hour of tips on how to be more human with technology.

TECH TOOLS FOR SERIOUS SELF CARE

In the insanity of today’s world, you're busier than ever with deals, kids, health checks, high stress and exhaustion. Even though you're being pulled in every direction by everyone and everything, if you don't take time to keep your head on straight, you won't be able to be the leader you are.

Join Your Nerdy Best Friend, author/speaker Beth Z, for a nerd's take on self-care. Using today's technology, you can integrate tools and apps into your routine that will help you get more work done in less time. You'll discover resources to help you overcome the crippling effects of stress and overwork. And best of all, Beth Z's tools are free or darn cheap. This is the can't-miss program that will help you stay sane through the crises we’re all facing.

SIX SUPER SIMPLE STEPS FOR ONLINE SECURITY 

Passwords, phishing, privacy? Pfttt! You're not alone if you would rather tallythe numbers in the phone book than deal with your password problems. Butyou can't be a professional without taking responsibility for your personalonline security -- for the protection of yourself and your company.

Online security issues -- and solutions -- don't have to be boring, scary or ignored. Author Beth Z, aka Your Nerdy Best Friend, will have you laughing and learning with the real facts about the threats you face using the technology at your fingertips. And, more importantly, you'll leave with practical tips and tools for breathing easier.

LIGHTS, SMARTPHONE, ACTION!

A Hands-On Video Workshop.

Since Steven Spielberg isn't going to intern at your company, YOU need to figure out how to make videos for social media, marketing and communications.

This hands-on workshop teaches you a dozen of easy, budget-friendly tech tools to make professional-level videos on the cheap and on the fly.

THERE'S ALWAYS ZOOM FOR IMPROVEMENT 

Elevate Your Online Presence with Super Secret Zoom Features and Other FreeVideoconference Tricks

You've been to 46 thousand video conferences this decade, and you (and your colleagues) are bored as heck with the Brady Bunch layouts and the shared slide squares.

Beth Z will share secret Zoom tips that will transform your online meetings to a new level. We'll go hands-on with hidden features that improve your look, engagement, presentations and more.

ALL ABOUT AI

HELP YOUR ATTENDEES UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF AI WITH BETH Z'S NEW PROGRAMS

Looking to wow your audience with the hottest and most timely topic in tech today?

Look no further than Speaker Beth Z, the foremost expert on AI tools like ChatGPT and Jasper.

Beth Z has developed brand-new keynotes, webinars and workshops to take your audience on an exciting journey through the cutting-edge world of AI and help them harness the latest trends and insights to stay ahead of the curve.

With AI technology transforming the way we live and work, there's never been a better time to book Beth Z and ensure your audience is up-to-date and fully equipped to take advantage of these powerful tools.

ALL ABOUT CHATGPT

Even though it feels like everybody is talking about ChatGPT and other AI tools, many of your attendees don't understand what it is and what it can do for them.

This session is the perfect intro to this technology. With an overview of the history along with up-to-the-second updates of the latest developments, this program will give your attendees the knowledge they need to make the best use of the tools for themselves.

In late 2022, a plain little website shared a free “Research Preview” of ChatGPT, and the world as we know it changed forever.

ChatGPT can write whole essays from a simple text prompt, formulate 100 social media post ideas from a single sentence, create computer code with just a description and compose poetry and songs in any artist's style in milliseconds.

It'll create a summary from a long legal document, recommend resources for research and, by the time you sign up for this session, maybe even make your bed and bring you coffee.

Join Your Nerdy Best Friend for an overview of everything you need to know about ChatGPT and its AI cousins but were afraid to ask. This session answers the questions...

• Where did ChatGPT technology come from? How does it work?
• What can it do?
• How can it help you do your job better? Who does it hurt?
• And, most importantly... How far can it go?

THE FUTURE IS NOW: AUGMENTED REALITY FOR MEETING PLANNERS

Attendees want more immersive experiences at meetings. Innovative event professionals need help wading through technology options. In this hands-on session, Your Nerdy Best Friend, Beth Z, shows event professionals how to ride the AR wave to excite attendees and sponsors

Beth is Your Nerdy Best Friend!

I saw Beth speak at an ASAE event years ago and knew we needed to bring her to Iowa to share her great ideas and information. Since then I have had Beth present at several live events and she has also done some amazing webinars.

Beth is constantly researching new tech tools and apps to improve your productivity, and security, as well as amazing promotional/marketing tools. Each presentation she does is customized to the group with great ideas she discovered as recently as yesterday. Beth shares not only all these apps and tools but how to use them, as well as the pros and cons of each. Her webinars are interactive and innovative.

For someone who is researching the latest and greatest, she makes sure it is integral to her presentations. She is one of the most engaging speakers I have seen, who absolutely connects with her audience - be it live or virtual.

Darcy Burnett
Senior Education Coordinator at Iowa Bankers