56 SXSW V2V 2015
Time
Room Name: Workshop
Nick Grant is Chief Rainmaker and co-founder at Killer Info-
graphics, a Seattle-based startup specializing in the design of
infographics, motion graphics, and interactive infographics. Grant
is a California native who moved to Seattle after studying en-
trepreneurship in college. Grant worked in marketing and busi-
ness development roles before setting off on his own to found a
lead-generation venture and cost-per-acquisition site alongside
Amy Balliett in 2009. By 2010, the infographics Balliett had made
to promote their websites had created such a buzz that other
companies were asking Balliett and Grant to design infographics
for them—and that's how Killer Infographics was born.
Bird is an established leadership and organization develop-
ment practitioner. He has years of experience leading teams,
departments, and divisions. He holds an MSc in Organizational
Psychology from the University of London, England, and an MA
in Leadership from Royal Roads University in Victoria, Canada.
He is a member of the Canadian Psychological Society, and the
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. He is a Pre-
mier Partner and approved certifying trainer for the EQ-i and
EQ360 instruments by Multi-Health Systems. He also works with
clients in the Oil and Gas sector, non-profit associations, and in-
vestment management. He was a member of the design team
that received an ICF Prism Award.
Strong has over a decade of experience writing press releases,
social content, grant proposals, teaching curricula, ghost-written
novels and crafting web copy. She began writing Master's theses
while she worked as Assistant Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper
and the Editor-in-Chief of the literary journal. As a Peace Corps
volunteer, Strong worked full-time as an English teacher, teacher
trainer and grant writer, and successfully founded the Morshyns-
ka Lyceum English Center. Prior to joining SGEi, Strong worked
as a professional freelance writer. She has worked on the Public
Relations team for Senator Bennett in DC, as the Social Content
Manager for BlueGlass Interactive, and as a federal appropria-
tions liaison for her university.
Nick Grant
Killer Infographics,
Chief Rainmaker
Drew Bird
Clear Point EQ,
Principal & Lead
Facilitator
Michael
Strong
SGEi,
Vice President of
Marketing
3:15pm
Donatello 3: Mentor Sessions
TUESDAY
