Past Event! Note: this event has already taken place.
When: | Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021 |
Time: | 12:00 pm — 1:00 pm |
Location: | Online via Zoom |
Audience: | Current Students |
Contact: | FacultyofEngineeringandDesign@carleton.ca |
Now more than ever learning how to build authentic online relationships is the key to professional growth. But where do you start? LinkedIn is a powerful tool that can help you land your first role, level up in your organization, grow sales for your business, and more. As part of the Office of the Dean’s Student Appreciation Days for the winter term, join the Faculty of Engineering and Design on March 23 from 12:00-1:00pm to hear from fractional CMO and marketing advisor Erin Blaskie. Erin will walk you through how to develop your personal online brand, cultivate relationships and nurture your network on an ongoing basis.
Who is this event for? Only for current undergraduate or graduate students in the Faculty of Engineering and Design.
Speaker Bio
Erin Blaskie is a fractional CMO and marketing advisor to startups and scaleups.
In 2004, she founded one of the first virtual assistance businesses in Canada. Her very first client was a startup in Silicon Valley that she worked with until they were acquired by Ancestry.com for $100M.
In 2008, Erin pivoted the company to a marketing agency and provided services to many of the world’s leading brands, including Disney, Microsoft, Post, Ford, and Alliance Films.
As social media rose in popularity, she worked with Hollywood actors, best-selling authors, and professional speakers to craft their personal brands and build communities of raving fans.
In 2017, Erin joined L-SPARK, a B2B SaaS accelerator, where she led their marketing and community-building efforts while also advising and mentoring the startups in the program. In 2020, Erin then joined Fellow, a B2B SaaS platform for meeting productivity and team management, as their first head of marketing hire.
In the media, Erin’s work has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, TechCrunch, The Wall Street Journal, The Globe & Mail, and more.
Erin is also the Chair of the Entrepreneurship Program Advisory Committee at Algonquin College, the Ottawa Chapter Co-Lead for the Slack Platform Community, and a digital marketing instructor at the Telfer School of Business.
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