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May 18, 2017May 18, 2017

MillennialBirthdayBox

Turns out people do not give actual gifts on birthdays. Did you know that?!!
The most you can expect from a friend in the is day and age is “HBD” on a Facebook Wall. YEP! Your entire 5 year friendship comes down to 3 letters! That was THREE letters! Oh my how life has changed.
Which is great! At least they hit the #2 button on the key pad to send that coveted HDB your way. Be grateful. I once lived for the HDB! I used to look forward to replying to each and every message!
Not so much anymore.

I wanted a different digital gift. I wanted a gift that kept giving.

Typically I only want two things in life; more domains and technical engineering talent. Yep thats pretty much it. If a full stack engineer decides to launch a bot, or build an robust CRM, VR app, machine learning product or platform for by birthday, I would swoon! They would have my heart, friendship, UNDYING LOVE, and fandom forever! Like FRFR.
But until that day arrives… I created a different kind of digital gift everyone can give!

I recently commented on Twitter stating my birthday was coming up!

A friend comment, “OH, SO NO AMAZON LINK”
AND WHAT HAPPENED NEXT WAS A GLIMSE IN TO THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET..

I cannot believe I am going to say this, as a proud Amazon Prime STAND, it hurts my heart to say …..
#AMAZONPRIME doesn’t sell what I want! YIKES! I hope no one data mining that.. I don’t want to be on record saying Amazon can’t solve all of my life long issues.

I wanted the gift WITH A DIGITAL FOOTPRINT … I created The Millennial Birthday BOX

The Guide to the Millennial Birthday BOX:
IT IS MOBILE FIRST, DM LIT, SOCIAL MEDIA APPROVED, BIRTHDAY BOX!

4-Step DM Development

(Take screen shots of the following and send them in a DM)… For anyone 55+ that is Direct Message

1. SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL to let me know you care

2. Follow me on IG so I know its real

3. Like my page on Facebook so we can take it to the next level

4. Follow me on Twitter so you stand out

To my surprise I had a lot of wholes in the branding funnel. Everyone huddled in their silo. Many followers on IG lived and died by IG and did not sub on YT. Many FB did not even have an IG account, I quickly forced (encouraged) them to sign up! They happily engaged in order to send my birthday gift!

It was a joy to see the cross pollination! I truly feel like they cared about my needs and wishes for my birthday!

The take a way
1. Give your friends what THEY WANT FOR THEIR BIRTHDAY. NOT WHAT YOU WANT;)
Many , I say most people never get their friends what they want. They tend to say “I want to do xyz for

your

birthday” which is an odd statement. Just get your friend what they want for their birthday. We will get you what you want for your birthday so don’t worry you will get your lunch or dinner or HBD 😉
2. This is my digital birthday gift wish!
If you feel the need to send a facebook wall post, follow step 1- 4 and send screen shots instead
If you feel the need to text? Text the screen shots!
If you feel the need to call, call and talk about your screen shots

My Millennial Birthday BOX

Give a gift WITH A DIGITAL FOOTPRINT!

Thank you for following and subscribing. You will learn data science, technology, best code camps to attend, how to launch your startup, startup culture what tech companies to work for, what tech parties are #LITAF! Come with me on my startup journey! All the energy and inspiration you can handle! Yes, Its fun, it is a lifestyle! LET’S GO! #ThatTechGirl, Liberty Madison, Technology for Millennials. Head Data Science #TrapGod at #dataAF

March 12, 2017March 12, 2017

What I learned about women and public speaking

I attended a private lunch in Silicon Valley, celebrating powerful women in Silicon Valley. I gave an impromptu Ted Talk about how I leveraged technology to change my life for ever.

I introduced a room full of powerful women to #ThatChallengeGirl, changing your life one challenge at a time. I walked them through how I launched challenges to lose wight, become a vegan body build, do stand up comedy, being cast in my first hollywood sci fi film, became a bee keeper to over 100,000 bees, became a country western line dancing teacher, produced a documentary, and how I became a trap god! Yes I produced a trap song about data science, got a meeting with a real record label, shot a 40 person music video, and launching a full out campaign to encourage data science. All leveraging technology and social media

My favorite part of the talk was “How many women in here listen to Trap Music” “How many listen to Future”

70% of the hands flew up!!!

After my talk women lined up to speak with me.
I was waiting to answer questions about weight loss and my year of challenges but that never happened. Ok I happened but not to the degree I was hoping.

80% of the ladies who lined up to speak with me after my talk simply said ….”How did you do that, that speech was amazing. I want to do that”

I was taken back.
I was actually SPEECHLESS

Ok side note, between you and I .. I honestly truly thought people were aiming for poor speeches. I mean clearly they have seen them done in a different way but yet in still they were doing it another way. I’m sure they have enjoyed talks and have been inspired by talks…..but yet they are developing a different product. A dull, trite, not so bad, less inspiring boring lecture. At that point I assume it is their preferred choice.

Keep in mind these ladies are not who I am referring to when I say dull talks. I am referring to every boring conventional talk. I guess I just want to much out of life. I love the excitement, the story telling, the powerful energy, the move to me to take action excitement: I want it all!

Ok now I’m back

70% of the attendees who lined up to speak with me had one thing in common, they all wanted to know if they could do what I did,I said absolutely!!

To my surprise …
They were referring to speaking!

I was floored. I literally said “What”!!!

Surprisingly enough I was Speechless!

Two Harvard doctors standing in front of me asking for my help. ASking me to help them deliver their message. I was flattered as well as confused. But I had just witnessed NASA, board members, founders, brilliant women hide in a corner to avoid telling the room what they are passionate about and what they are excited about…..so I could buy it…

A peek into our conversation:

Her: I want to do what you did

Me: Well you just talk

Her: Do you think it is something anyone can learn?

Me: Absolutely!

Her: The way you command the room, everyone was silent. How do you know when to talk, when to walk, when to turn, the things you did with your voice, the posture, the energy? I want to do that EXACTLY that.

Me: WOW! Thank you!!

Her! I want to do exactly what you did. Can you help me?

Me:
I have spent thousands of hours and thousands of dollars on public speaking classes, acting school, and charm school. I LOVE public speaking. It never crossed my mind that I could apply it to professionals in the workspace and beyond. I never really considered creating frameworks and strategies on public speaking.

It is just something I absolutely love, I love speaking in public, so I invest in it. Time, energy, because I want to present myself well.

It is work.
Here is an example.
When a conference hires a public speaker at 50k per talk, they are not paying for the 1 hour he is on stage…..they are paying for every hour it took to get him there.
He puts in the work.

Her: I never thought of it like that.
Me: I honestly did not come here to launch a public speaking workshop, or sell you a course. I came to talk about my passion and motivate others to live their passion.

But one comment stopped me in my tracks…
Her: If you see a need, and the market is here, and we will help you do this, why say no to a new revenue stream that allows you to do what you love. You will be helping so many women, so many entrepreneurs.

Me: silent
(As soon as I heard I could help entrepreneurs I was in!)

I must say I never thought of hosting a public speaking lab/workshop. But this is brilliant. Thank you for the idea!

Her: You would be helping empower so many women!

These comments from accomplished ladies that really spoke volumes.

1. How do you do that?
2. I do not want to go to Toastmaster, or improve class, or do stand up comedy, I just want to do what you did.
3. How do you know when to move?
4. How can I learn to do what you just did
5. I felt so comfortable during your talk
6. How did you do your voice that way?
7. Can you help me?

Ok so how did this experience impact me?

I understand my first thought was …NO I am not doing this I came here to share my passion for content, social media, fitness, and data science.

The common theme from each executive was:
I do not want to go to improve class, I am not interested in being a professional actor.
I don’t want to do a stand up comedy show, I am interested in being a professional comedian.
I don’t want to go to Toastmaster, I don’t like the style of speech.

If you don’t like Toastmaster, improve, or stand up you are stuck giving bad speeches… What can I do, I just want to do what you did! You were amazing!

After speaking with most of the ladies I learned on thing, they did not only seek speech techniques, they needed permission to speak.
They already had the knowledge and accomplishments. They were brilliant!! Had I been another person I might have been intimidated by all of the beauty and success in the room.
I continued to gather data and this is what I learned.

They need confidence, empowerment, and permission. Once they have that we can channel that into public speaking techniques.
I realized EVERY woman needs this!

I left the group with two major keys that transformed my speaking and creativity.

I live by two mottos, I left this with them…

If it is not entertaining, no one cares
If it is not fun, why are you doing it?

I am considering launching a public speaking workshop for female founders.

Later, I ran the concept by an engineer at salesforce and other senior engineer today and they loved it!

March 7, 2017March 7, 2017

1ST EVER CISCO Social Media Influencer to Take over Cisco Corporate Social!

New face of @Ciscoo Social anyone?
#ThatTechGirl named 1ST EVER CISCO Social Media Influencer to take over Cisco Corporate Social!

For the first time in history a non Cisco employee partners with the legacy brand to drive engagement via social! #ThatTechGirl Takes over #CISCO social!

I caught up with Liberty Madison in San Francisco California as she was leaving an invite only event, 5th Annual Extraordinary Womens Lunch hosted by Anjou Ahlborn Kay, I asked for a few moments of her time to discuss her latest announcement on Instagram @LIbertyMadison

“I’m thrilled to be the 1st ever non #cisco employee to over their social. They have worked with influencers in the past but this is a very unique opportunity. I am the first ever social media influencer to take over their social. They have millions of fans and loyal followers and I am looking forward to meeting them. This is Huge! To me, this says the brand is moving in the right direction by connecting with millennials and entrepreneurs” says Liberty Madison #ThatTechGirl.

So what is the goal? Why work with CISCO?

“My goal is to show millennials that Cisco is an innovative tech company working on interesting and innovative products in the tech space. I am excited to show how they support women in tech. I want women of all backgrounds to know Cisco is a great company to work for as well as an ideal strategic partner for their startup. I am excited to be a part of this team!”

Liberty goes on to say “Connecting with millennials via social and mobile is key, it is where we spend most of our time. Seeing Cisco leverage that with someone that people know and trust is exciting!”

Watch Liberty on @Cisco Instagram March 8th for International Women’s Day! She gives you a personal behind the scenes look as well as exclusive interviews at Cisco Women’s Day of Impact Event for International Women’s Day at Cisco Headquarters in San Jose, CA

Are you excited about this opportunity?

“As a tech founder I’m thrilled to see Cisco take a startup approach and leverage digital to talk directly with audiences. As a content creator this is EPIC!”

“I am excited to share the really cool things Cisco is doing for #Millennials. It’s soooo dope! It’s pretty Lit at Cisco!”

I will be following this partnership. I am thrilled to see they are working with Liberty, she is so exciting, fun, and high energy! She is entertaining and to watch! She is extremely passionate about tech and it shows!

Be sure to follow Liberty on IG and Twitter

#ThatTechGirl is #LibertyMadison
#Oprah of #Silicon Valley
#Technology for Millennials

Interview by Ashley Lighton, a #ThatTechGirl Contributor

March 7, 2017March 7, 2017

5th Annual Anjou’s Extraordinary Ladies Luncheon

Anjou Ahlborn Kay, principal at FusionStorm, held The 5th Annual Extraordinary Ladies Luncheon in San Francisco at LUMNIA on March 5, 2017. The invite only lunch brings together Powerful Women of Silicon Valley.
Anjou is also founder of Hack Cancer as well as Mr|Ms. Silicon Valley.
When she is not hosting one of her many events that brings the people of Silicon Valley together Mrs.Kay serves as the North American Ambassador for WED (Women’s Entrepreneurship Day) at the United Nations. She sits on the Women’s Board for SFMOMA and LLS (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society) Nominations Board. She also owns Bamboo Asia Restaurant, a unique concept experience where Japanese, Vietnamese, and Indian cuisine meet near Market Street.

Let’s get into it shall we!

It was my first time attending this event and it was such a dynamic experience! I was inspired by a room full of successful women who did not start the conversation with “What Do You Do”!
Oh wow! I am grateful for that one!

I seriously loathe that question. It’s not because I don’t “do” anything, like most people in Silicon Valley we all do a lot, it is because it is uncreative and lacks true interest in the other party. I advise people to NEVER ever start any conversation with “What Do You Do” phrase.

Ok let’s get back to the good stuff!

Anjou kicked off her event with a ice breaker that sparked conversation, chatter, and excitement!
She held up a name tag and pen and yelled “Ladies write your name and one thing you are passionate about or something you are just excited about right now, It does not have to be work related, it can be anything”.

OH and the fun began!!

I met a woman who was excited about puppies, I myself was excited about Instagram, so we begin exchanging instagram accounts about puppies! I later found out she manages startup founders wealth of tens of tens of millions of dollars in private funds! Yes she does wealth management but she also loves puppies. I say this is proof you can have it all, if you ask me!

This ice breaker was Gold! I learned so much about each and every attendee!

We then went on to claim our seats at a beautifully decorated table. We enjoyed a buffet style indian meal as every woman addressed the room regarding her current excitement.

The indian food was amazing!! Vegetarian/vegan gold!!

So who was in the room?

The room was filled with senior engineers, executives, Google, NASA, founders, wealth managers, artist, and developers. One theme rang true throughout this entire lunch. Everyone spoke about there excitement for love, fitness, following their passion and building a well rounded balanced life! I LOVED it!!
Why did I love it? Well I am typically sitting through boring conversation. You know the “This is what I do, this is how important I am, look at me because I am so dope I bet you can’t handle my life” meeting. This is the total opposite. I see why Anjou is so beloved by her friends. Her friends reflect her on so many levels. Each and every woman attended with one goal in mind, to meet friends and truly connect. It was not “job title meets job title” it was simply human meets human.

My style!

Well then it was my turn to take the floor and something came over me… I went full on Ted Talk!

I started by saying” I could talk to you about original digital content, but I’m not. I could talk to you about my passion for millennial entrepreneurs but I won’t. I could even talk about how I help brands leverage social media to expand and explode their brand
but I would rather talk to you about how I took a year off to change my life by leveraging technology!

I introduced the room to #ThatChallenge Girl.

I wanted to connect with my new friends on a level we are all passionate about: Accomplishing goals, gaining confidence, achieving new levels of fitness, and mastering self awareness. I just celebrated my one year anniversary of #ThatChallenge girl, on March 1 and I am excited, so I had to share it!!

My first TedTalk!

Anjou is an dynamic woman who brought an amazing group of women together to discuss their goals, passions, and how we can work together to support each other…

My Instagram recap of the 5th Annual Anjou’s Extraordinary Ladies Luncheon:
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Excited I had the chance to speak in front of over 50 power women in business and technology and share my journey of @ThatChallengeGirl , self awareness, growth, and finding love❤
Living your passion, purpose, and being in position is POWER.
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I spoke on 7 of my challenges I accomplished! Then focused on #DataScience and #DataMining
ONLY LIBERTY gives a data analytics talk mixed with Trap music
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February 14, 2017February 15, 2017

Ultimate Guide to #TheDigitalDate! Valentine’s Day Edition

FREE Ultimate Guide to #Valentine’s #TheDigitalDate

#Technology to keep the ❤ alive!

Valentine’s Day: Guide to #TheDigitalDate!
By #ThatTechGirl
@LibertyMadison

Many turn to Technology to keep love and crushes alive!

Whether you use technology to stalk your crush on Instagram or find your long lost high school boyfriend on facebook. Technology is the best way to bring young love together if you cannot physically be in the same space!

#ThatTechGirl, Liberty Madison, known as the Oprah of Silicon Valley, developed The Ultimate
Guide to #TheDigitalDate.

Introducing the Digital Date!

You: WTF is a digital date?
Me: Keep Reading
You: Hurry up
Me: Ok calm down, here you go!

But why a Digital Date?
A digital date keeps your budding romance in bloom! No seriously it gives you the opportunity to fall in love with your operating system, you literally begin to develop feelings or someone you cannot physically see or touch.

It also saves time, money, energy, frustration, and It keeps your IG crushes happy!! It is a time to be creative, romantic, spontaneous, strategic, and say things you have never said before!
All for the FREE.99!

Warning: Be sure your digital date actually knows they are your digital date because there is a digital footprint. I would hate to see you post your Valentine’s date picture and then her husband comments and then geo tracks you,shows up, and now you are on World Star. Not ideal.
Ugh don’t you just hate it when that happens.
So let’s get into it shall we!

A digital date is a digital footprint of your courtship. An all day text, photo, phone call, social media highlight of your budding love!

7 Steps to #TheDigitalDate

Guide to #TheDIGITALDate

1. Text – Send a minimum of 5 Text! Be sure they are kind, flirty, and positive text. Space them 2 hours apart. Be sure to include heart and smiley face emojis
(Do not text: Hi, Hey, WYD, How is your day, What’s up, Hello Under ANY circumstances….EVER)

2. Facebook – Post photos of your date! Post pictures of you and your love on facebook. Add the photo to his or her Facebook Wall and TAG her/him in the post! The Tag is very important. The tag ensures EVERYone can see the post! If that aint a declaration of love…idk what is!

3. Selfie exchange – Take flirty (non nude) photos and exchange pictures throughout the day. Space the photos 3 hours apart. Photos can include your whereabouts. Think cup of coffee and a cute note, gym picture and a cute note, holding a creative sign that says “This sign does not miss you, but I DO”

4. Live! – Get personal! Use a live service such as Google Hangout or FaceTime.
Best to save the Live for the after 8pm- and go for it!

5. Instagram- Take a screenshot of the FaceTime and then POST it on IG AND TAG! Yes I said TAG

6. Send a spotify playlist – Create a custom spotify list. And send it to them via text. Yep go straight mixtape junior high! Don’t have one? Follow my Spotify playlist they are #dopeaf @libertymadison on Spotify

7. THE HOLY GRAIL – THE PHONE CALL – The Highlight! Set aside 1 hour to actually talk on the phone. Space this between 9p-11p
Say things from the heart.
Be honest and transparent!

About me: Hi there! I launched Ultimate Guide to The Digital Date: Valentine’s Edition on Valentine’s Day 2016.
My Digital Date for 2017 is a close long time friend. He is based in Los Angeles while I am based in Silicon Valley. We have busy lives and so we rely on technology to keep us connected.
The Digital Date is the ideal solution!

February 10, 2016February 10, 2016

Super Bowl: A must read if you are from TEXAS or like the COWBOYS

A must read if you are a Texan or like the Dallas Cowboys

At a private SuperBowl NFL Runway show overlooking the bay on Pier 27 in San Francisco

Me: (Walks up to a group of 4 very large men talking)
Me: (Taps Michael Irvin on elbow)
Me: (Gains his attention)
Me: (To the group ) Excuse me gentlemen

Me: Hi, I’m Liberty. Liberty Madison. I am a Texan. It is a honor to have you here at Super Bowl Silicon Valley. I remember. I remember everything you did for Dallas. And on behalf of the City of Dallas, I would like to thank you for our SuperBowls and for all of your hard work. Thank you.

Him: (shocked face)

Me: Might I trouble you for a photo.

Him: You are gorgeous. And intelligent. I’d love to get a picture with you. Let’s actually get my agent to take it.
(He motions for me to follow him and leads me over to his table area with his agent and friends)

Him: (to agent) This is Liberty Madison
Take some photos of us together. (Photos taken)

Him: (to me) Do you like those did you get what you need?

Me: No, they are blurry

Him: Don’t worry we will take it until we get it right.

Me: Let’s get a selfie for the gram while your agent gets it together. ………

https://www.facebook.com/libertymadison/posts/10150740672404999

Tweets by libertymadison

December 22, 2015December 29, 2015

Liberty on TWiT.tv Millennial Edition with Leo Laporte! Episode #LoveThySelfie 541

#ThatTechGirl : A co-host on the first ever This Week in Tech: Millennial Edition!
In case you missed it!
I made my TWIT.TV debut!
I had the honor and privilege to talk tech with the original The Tech Guy, Leo Laporte!
Sitting along side Silicon Valleys finest, Alex Wilhelm of Tech Crunch and Lauren Hockenson from Nextweb. We talked professional drone selfies, hashtags, 50 cent (fiddy cent as Leo likes to call him), self driving cars, brogrammers with hoover boards, and some good ole patent infringement. Seriously, we need to decide once and for all who actually owns a circle?!

Alex Wilhelm, Lauren Hockenson, and I made up the First ever This Week in Tech: Millennial Edition!
And yes I live Tweeted, Snapped, and Selfied my way through a live TV and podcast broadcast. What can I say, it’s in my blood. Correction it IS my blood!

In the event you have been living in a hyper loop tube and never heard of the show, This Week in Tech is the most popular show on TWIT and recent named top twenty of tech podcast! That is a huge accomplishment! I am thrilled and honored that Leo Laporte personally offered me a seat at the Millennial Table!

Watch the “Great Hashtag Debate of 2015”

It turned into a heated GOP vs Dem debate. I am pro HASHTAG!
If you have your own hashtag I want to know about it! TWEET ME your hashtag ? Tweet me your hashtag!

ALSO BE SURE TO WATCH some behind the scenes footage of how I was almost trapped in Petaluma due to my Silicon Valleyness aka my bright idea to drive my electric car in the rain while low on battery power!! It is a nail biter!
WATCH HERE

The #LoveThySelfie Millennial episode of TWIT can be found here.
WATCH HERE!
LISTEN HERE!
Short on time? Watch a clip!
WATCH THE GREAT HASHTAG DEBATE

Book Liberty Madison #ThatTechGirl to speak at your next event, conference, Tv show, or school.

Dubbed “Oprah of Silicon Valley” by Tim Draper, she speaks on and engages millennials in tech, entrepreneurship, startups and innovation. She is a MOTIVATIONAL TECH SPEAKER who focus on the importance of learning hard technical skills to change the world! She believes coding and technology in general can change your life and change your destiny!

BIG THANK YOU TO THE TWIT COMMUNITY!!!

Ladies of Millennial week!

December 16, 2015December 16, 2015

#ThatTechGirl meets The TECH Guy – Leo LaPorte

#LibertyMadison drops by ThisWeekInTech and chats #Tech for #Millennials with The Tech Guy, Leo LaPorte.

#ThatTechGirl, and The Tech Guy chatted the future of technology and millennials at a live taping of This Week in Tech. The TWIT episode 540 featured Tech Tv Host Tom Merritt, scientist and researcher Dr. Kiki Sanford, Good Morning America Host Becky Worley

Tune into TWIT TV to catch me talking tech with the The TECH Guy, Leo Laporte!

#ThatTechGirl is LibertyMadison
The Oprah of Silicon Valley says, Tim Draper
#StartupLife for the #Millennial

Have an idea for a startup or app? Tweet me @libertymadison
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December 10, 2015December 10, 2015

Stopped by STARTUPHOUSE OAKLAND

I decided to head over to StartupHouseOAKLAND for some motivation, co working, and lunch! I loved that I ran into one of my favorite startups, @GETAROUND, a Silicon Valley based peer to peer car sharing startup.
You can apply to live at StartupHouse OAKLAND if you are working on an innovate product, or here for a code camp, or creating a positive movement. It is a place for innovators!
It is a great way to meet and connect with creative entrepreneurs!

Have you heard of StartupHouseOakland? You actually live with other innovators and attend really cool labs!
It is a pre accelerator for innovators in OAKLAND!
Learn more and APPLY

Are a millennial in tech?
Do you have an idea for a startup?
LET’S STAY CONNECTED
@LibertyMadison is #ThatTechGirl
Oprah of Silicon Valley says Tim Draper

December 8, 2015

A #LibertyLesson – Moving Forward

A #LibertyLesson on #MotivationMonday about #movingforward. When one door closes another door opens. It doesn’t matter if you closed the door or if you opened it. It’s called Life. The very nature of life is to move forward, grow, expand, populate,and explore. Moving forward offers just that.
You do not have the option to grow old, you only have the option to grow wise. Do not move forward for the sake of movement but move forward for the sake of growth. Change for the sake of change falls flat,but change for the chance at life is transcendent.
A new year, a new focus, a new you.
Every moment you are a new you,you are moving forward with or without you,so catch up and get in the game!!
#ThatTechGirl is #LibertyMadison The #Oprah of #SiliconValley
#StartupLife for the #Millennial