Washington, DC | New Orleans, LA
Also known as: jillfoster
Speechwriter. Speaker coach. videoblogger. Joy advocate. And... cited by ForbesWomen as one of 30 women entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter, Jill Foster's work has been in conversation in The Washington Post, Huffington Post, Guardian UK, Washingtonian Magazine, and a range of media outlets. As principal of her business Live Your Talk, she teaches creatives, community builders, and entrepreneurs to be distinct communicators online through social media and offline through public speech. Jill has a particular expertise with women in leadership and technology communities and works in the Washington, DC area. A social tech enthusiast, she co-founded DC Media Makers, a peer learning community that teaches digital technology. She is the founding editor of the blog community Women Grow Business - a top ranked blog on social media and marketing. In 2009, Jill won the Apps for Democracy Social Citizen Award for a co-produced project on how technology could help Washington, DC neighborhoods. And during the 2008 presidential election, she fulfilled a lifelong dream by serving as a "Big Tent" credentialed blogger for the Democratic National Convention.
