Karen Callahan frequently gives presentations to small business groups. She has presented to international groups like Career Directors International, national groups like the National Association of Black Accountants, and local groups like the Women’s Bar Association in Worcester, MA, the Massachusetts Manufactured Housing Association, Marlborough Regional Chamber of Commerce, and the Marlborough Chapter of Rotary International.
Karen welcomes speaking engagements; in person and online, solo presentations and collaborative workshops, webinars and expert panels. The format is not as important as the opportunity to share what she has learned during her 21 years of working on the Internet.
Karen started her business when the Internet was in its infancy. She named her company “Adventures Online” as a result of working on the Internet in those early days. Every time she went to do something, the process had changed; forms had been replaced with emails, info was no longer located where it had been the day before. The Internet was growing, and everyday became an “Adventure on line”. She took poetic license and squished “on line” together, and chose Adventures Online for her company name. Now, armed with 21 years of Internet experience, she practices her gift of teaching by presenting to small business groups, near and far. Karen has prepared popular topics, and, upon request, is happy to present a customized topic to your organization.
Public Webinar Series Started in March 2018
Most recently, Karen has been collaborating with Maura Webster, Founder and CEO of LillaBlu Strategies in Marlborough, MA. Karen and Maura have developed a series of webinars to help busy entrepreneurs cut through the muck, get clear, get focused, and move forward with confidence using their social media accounts and websites to advance their businesses and attract their target audience to them. 
The Harnessing Online Overwhelm (HOO) series is for those busy entrepreneurs who have fallen behind, stopped altogether, or haven’t even started with their website and social media profiles and engagement because they feel the “overwhelm” of it all.
The first series of four webinars completed in mid-June. Maura and Karen are putting the final touches on their two-day intensive coming in September. Registration for the webinar sessions and the two-day intensive is open to the public. Although helpful, registrants need not have attended previous webinars or presentations.
Popular speaking topics are:
Prepping for Your Website Project: The Top 10 Questions you need to answer before hiring designers/developers
This 1.5 presentation is for non-techs who will participate in a website project within the year. Attendees will learn the top ten questions they should answer before interviewing website design and development firms. Knowing the answers enables non-techs to effectively interview prospective developers and to provide them with details that can result in receiving more accurate proposals.
Getting to Blog Worthy
“I want to blog. I know I need to blog, but, I don’t know what to blog about“.
This 1.5 hour workshop guides bloggers to discover what they need to be blogging about. The topics are not the same for all bloggers, but, the process for discovering what to blog is quite similar. Karen introduces several blogging strategies that keep the writing juices flowing, topics fresh, and provide variety to bloggers as well as their target audience,
The Value of a Website in a Social Media World
“I’m updating everything and engaging on social media. Why do I still need a website?”
This 1-hour presentation helps attendees understand the interplay of social media with their website and the importance of maintaining a website while connecting with prospects via social media.
SEO for WordPress Bloggers
After attending this 2.5 hour workshop, attendees will understand how to use their WordPress blog to advance their positions in the search engine results pages. Attendees learn how to help the search engines, and especially Google, understand who they are and what they do. Instructions on what to add to their WordPress website and where to add it via the WordPress Dashboard screens is included. Preferred space is a room with WiFi so that attendees can have their laptops with them and take action as we go. (Laptops not required.)
Ten True Things about Social Media and Getting Found
Business people are in a frenzy trying to participate on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Google+, Pinterest, Instagram, and all the rest. This is a one-hour presentation that helps busy professionals understand the common outcome so that they can re-prioritize their time and refocus on their target audience.