@RyanNewYork
He sits on the Broad of Directors of The Ali Forney Center, where he is the founding producer of their annual Broadway Beauty Pageant fundraiser. He's also on the Board of Directors of The Deconstructive Theatre Project and the Board of Advisers of the startup TV Dinner.
He's also a director/producer, who lives in Brooklyn, NY and created the musical White Noise. Ryan writes about politics for The Huffington Post & The Hill. He has been a guest editor for Queerty and is the host of the podcast Gay History: Uncut.
Here Ryan blogs about politics, film, TV, history, religion, science, books, theater, digital media, LGBT issues, Bushwick & Williamsburg, New York City, and anything else he's interested in at the moment. Oh, and he'll probably talk a lot about himself.
This is a personal blog. Any opinions expressed here and on my Twitter represent my own and not those of my employer or clients.
A short interview with me on the upcoming Inspire! social media conference in Canada.
My final speaking gig as a Blue State Digital employee is tomorrow night on “Why Organization Structure Matters for Online Success.“
Looking forward to keynoting The Resource Alliance’s Fundraising Online conference in May. Free to join online.
Looking forward to speaking on organizational structure and online success at 2013 NTC next weekend.
I was asked to record a short address on digital and marriage equality in Italy for The Associazione Radicale Certi Diritti Conference in Naples in April.
Excited that Italian activist are embracing marriage equality as a goal and expect to see big things in the next few years.
Speaking with Michael Crawford about LGBT organizations and digital media at CampaignTech 2013 in Washington DC.
Speaking at the Inspire! social media event on June 10th in Canada.
Get your tickets early & save money.
AIDS.gov was at Creating Change this year and made this video, featuring me*, about what organizations are doing well over social media. Read their full blog on the conference here.
*My hair looks bad in it.
Really excited to be presenting on The Four 2012 for Blue State Digital with Evan Moody & Richard Socarides at Social Media Week NYC!
RSVP now: http://bit.ly/Wx0tp7
On Wednesday, I was invited to speak about digital engagement at the Continuing Innovation Convening at the Norwood Club in New York City. It was a fantastic group of people and I learned a lot about how arts organizations, like museums, theatre companies and symphonies are innovating in many different ways. Very cool to see that kind of thing actually happening.
These images are from the great ArtsFwd live blog of the entire 3-day Convening. If you’re at an arts organization, you should keep an eye on EmcArts.
Speaking about engagement today at EmcArts Inc.’s Continuing Innovation Convening in New York City. Follow along on the live blog!
Proud of the year we’ve had at Blue State Digital.
My latest post on the Blue State Digital blog on lessons learned from The Four 2012 and the four state marriage equality victories. Click here or the image for all four.
I’m spending my hurricane day putting together a presentation I’m doing on Social Media & Crowdfunding for the 2012 National Arts Marketing Project Conference in Charlotte. Should be a great day, there is still plenty of time to register.
Looking forward to speaking for Blue State Digital at ArtezInterAction in Toronto again this year, on marketing to Millennials.
Details on my keynote below. Still plenty of time to register.
Engaging Digital Natives
Ryan Davis, Executive Director of Social Innovation, Blue State DigitalThis is the first generation of digital natives, who engage with technology in a more natural and instinctive way than any prior generation. How do we connect with the over-connected? Ryan will talk about strategies, tactics, and content that Blue State Digital has learned truly target this new demographic, with client examples from The Born This Way Foundation to The NAACP and cultural movements like #Kony2012 and Occupy Wall Street.
