Creating Meaningful Connections in a Tech-Driven World

Global Tech MC and Moderator Margaux Miller brings her energy and passion to the Startup Competition Finals at South Summit Madrid 2025. Watch the opening as she sets the stage, introduces the judges, and gets the audience engaged and ready for the competitors coming to the stage!

International tech and innovation host, Margaux Miller moderates this fireside chat with OpenAI Ambassador, Abran Maldonado - at the 2025 Innovation Week (Tyden Inovaci) in Prague, Czechia.

They discuss how AI agents and automation transform the way we work, and the shift from task-based labor to purpose-driven creativity.

This talk explored how we can embrace these tools to reclaim our time, rethink human contribution, and rewire education and industry for a more meaningful, AI-augmented future.

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Abran Maldonado is one of the original prompts engineers and an Official Ambassador of OpenAI, the Co-Founder of Create Labs, and creator of Claira, the first GPT-powered digital woman of color.

Networking expert Margaux Miller offers a fresh playbook for making meaningful connections online, presenting six tips for building online relationships that emphasize quality over quantity and the importance of genuine, personalized interactions. Learn how to be more thoughtful in your approach to making new connections with practical suggestions that can fuel both personal and professional growth. (Recorded at TEDxWinnipeg on June 6, 2024)

Who is Margaux Miller?

Connection and networking expert Margaux Miller is dedicated to fostering meaningful human connections in a tech-driven world. She specializes in helping groups build authentic relationships, both online and offline while creating opportunities for deeper engagement and collaboration. Her work empowers teams and communities to embrace connection as a cornerstone of professional and personal success, leveraging digital tools and strategies to foster collaboration and growth in any environment. Whether hosting events, delivering workshops, or speaking to global audiences, she creates experiences that leave a lasting impact and champions the power of connection to transform relationships, teams and communities.

Panel Title: “Scaling Without Snapping: How to Grow Engineering Teams Without Breaking Culture”

Abstract: Scaling an engineering team isn’t just about adding headcount - it’s about preserving creativity, culture, and quality while growing fast. In this insightful session, moderator Margaux Miller interviews engineering leaders from Rent the Runway and The New York Times as they share real-world strategies for scaling teams sustainably, managing tech debt, and leading through hypergrowth without chaos.

Featuring:
— Becky Case, SVP of Engineering, Rent the Runway
— Brian Hamman, SVP of Product Engineering, The New York Times
— Moderator: Margaux Miller, Global Tech MC, Moderator, & Connection Expert

Panel at Dublin Tech Summit 2025.

Themes: Future of Work, Human + Machine Collaboration, Startup Growth & Scaling, Digital Transformation

Arena Stage MC for South Summit Brazil 2025 | This stage had over 2,000 seats and welcomed fantastic speakers from all over the world.

This video gives you a quick glimpse of the 'side stage' where Margaux spent 3 days full of energy and excitement - introducing speakers, handling transitions, and moderating fireside chats.

This video shows an excerpt from Margaux Miller’s keynote at Uniting the Prairies (UP 2024) in Saskatoon Canada titled: Redefining Remote Engagement: Debunking Myths and Embracing Community".

Whether engaging an online community of users or members, or managing a remote team, debunk myths and learn how to embrace the principles of community building for success.

Margaux has been invited back after the inaugural year to host the main stage in London 2025!

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Elevating Connections in London at the Community-led World Summit 2025 - 2 days Summit

Building on the success of our first Summit in 2024, we are delighted to announce the Community-led World Summit 2025—an in-person event dedicated to the artisans of B2B community experiences. The experience will be available online as well.

Event: https://communityled.world/

ElevateIP’s Intellectual Property Summit 2024 and 2025 with Host Margaux Miller - dedicated to empowering startups with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate the complex world of intellectual property.

Event hosted by Elevate IP and North Forge.

Mastering the art of networking is crucial to unlocking career opportunities and advancing professionally. In this session, Margaux Miller, TEDx speaker on the art of online connection, will share actionable tips and strategies on how to effectively network online, to position yourself for the role you want.

Drawing from her experience engaging remote communities and managing globally distributed teams, Margaux will discuss how to leverage platforms like LinkedIn to build meaningful connections, the importance of attending and engaging in networking events, and how to strategically grow your network to land your next job.

Whether you're a networking novice or looking to refine your skills, this session will equip you with the tools to turn online connections into career opportunities.

Takeaways:

• Practical Networking Strategies: Step-by-step guidance on how to network effectively at events and on platforms like LinkedIn.

• Building and Maintaining Connections: Tips on how to establish, grow, and nurture professional relationships that can lead to job opportunities.

• Leveraging Personal Branding: How to use networking to enhance your personal brand and stand out in the tech industry.

• Real-Life Success Stories: Examples of how networking has led to tangible career opportunities and how attendees can replicate these successes.

Learn how to create a community that not only supports but accelerates your company's growth through dynamic engagement, fast-paced testing, and rich feedback.

This panel will dive into the practical steps of forming and maintaining a powerful community backbone for your business, driving success on a global scale.

🟩 Liina Laas // Head of Expansion CEE at Deel

Liina is responsible for Deel's expansion in the CEE region. Helping companies hire anyone anywhere, compliantly.

🟩 Margaux Miller // Global Director of Community at Toptal

As Toptal’s Global Director of Community, Margaux focuses on connecting a fully remote network of top talent around the world through programming, events, pro bono work and more. Her background is in the technology industry, and she’s an advocate for diversity in tech, digital literacy and accessibility, and both personal and corporate social responsibility. Margaux is an advisory board member of WomenTech Network, 2023 WomenTech Leader of the Year award recipient, and the founder of Start Canada Podcast and the Manitoba Women in Tech group.

🟩 Seun Owolabi // Co-Founder at Propel

Seun is the co-founder and Head of Strategy and Innovation at Propel.

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This stage session was a part of TechChill 2024

TechChill is the leading Baltic tech and startup event, held in April 17-19, 2024. The event brought together aspiring startups, international investors, innovative corporations, tech enthusiasts, and inspirational minds from around the world to share their stories and insights.

https://www.techchill.co/

Representing Toptal, Margaux shares insights on “Project Based Work in a Human-Centered World” on a panel at South Summit, Madrid 2023.

Source: https://youtu.be/PUH3IIntyS0?si=HvIWxd_oFIA1WOUx

South Summit Brazil 2024 - Margaux Miller Interviews Loggi CEO, Thibaud Lecuyer, on Arena Stage on “Navigating Tomorrow: The Future of Logistics with Technology”.

Find their fireside chat staring at 1:08:00.

Margaux Miller acts as the Look Live Host of MHI’s supply chain and material handling major annual events: Modex in Atlanta & ProMat in Chicago.

This clip features excerpts from “The Raymond Corporation - From the Show Floor MODEX 2024”.

Watch the full interview here: https://videos.mhi.org/the-raymond-corporation-from-the-show-floor-modex-2024/

Want to become a top 3% freelancer? Or are you a company looking to work with the top freelancers? This video is for you!

In this episode of Talk Tech with Tiff, I had the pleasure of speaking with Margaux, Toptal's Global Director of Community. Margaux gave me an inside look at what it takes to become one of the top 3% of freelancers who work on Toptal's exclusive platform. Toptal is the world's largest fully-remote workforce.

Toptal connects the world's leading companies with an elite network of top freelance software developers, designers, finance experts, product managers, and project managers. Only the very best are accepted into Toptal's network of expert freelancers who take on important projects for top companies around the globe.

Margaux shared great insights on how freelancers can reach the high bar needed to join Toptal's exclusive community and also what Toptal’s clients can expect from their freelancers.