Bobbie Carlton
Visibility = Opportunity
Getting more visible drives business and career success
Bobbie Carlton, founder of Carlton PR & Marketing, Innovation Nights and Innovation Women, has been called Boston’s Innovation Den Mother and the Startup Fairy Godmother. She’s an award-winning marketing, PR and social media professional with a soft spot for the underserved and underrepresented. She speaks regularly on PR, social media, community building, product launches, public speaking and women’s issues. Her humorous approach and fiery “let’s make something happen” brand is supported by the real world results she helps drive: more than 1200 new products launched, $3B in funding, and more than 1000 women speaking at conferences and events.
Signature talks:
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No Excuses: Getting More Women Onstage at Conferences and Events
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Building Innovation Communities
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Crowdpromoting – how to build and leverage your community
Preferred audience:
Bobbie’s message of practical empowerment resonates with audiences of all shapes and sizes but high growth, high tech and innovative companies are often the best fits. Talk to her especially about your women’s groups.
Speaker superpower:
Bobbie’s superpower is balancing fun and humor with down-home practical advice. Her open, attainable and accessible style makes her an audience favorite but it’s her passion for supporting the underdog that gets event managers asking her back again and again.
Contact info:
bobbie@carltonprmarketing.com
781-718-7619
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbiecarlton/
Speaking sample:
Innovation Women | Bobbie Carlton | TEDxSuffolkUniversity
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In 2008, the startup Bobbie Carlton was working with ran out of money. Left without a job, she had to find a new job and pursue her interest in startups. It started with one tweet: “I will launch your product for you, for free” and she called it crowdpromoting. It brought people, startups, and a museum together. Her talk explains how new startups can launch their product the same way. Bobbie Carlton, founder of Carlton PR & Marketing, Innovation Nights and Innovation Women, is an award-winning marketing, PR and social media professional. In 2008, she started her own company…the first one, Carlton PR & Marketing. Company #2 is Mass Innovation Nights (MIN), a social media powered new product showcase that has launched more than 1000 new products which have received a combined $2.1+ billion in funding. Company #3 is Innovation Women, an online “visibility bureau” for entrepreneurial, technical and innovative women. She is a Mass High Tech All-star and a Boston Business Journal Woman to Watch. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedxNonprofits & Activism
TEDxTalks, English, Business, Innovation, Start-up, Women in business