Nice - Great to hear all of this. You might want to check out the account of @stephenkendal, he does a lot of marketing of steem, and would know when and where the conferences are at.
@pennsif is also coordinating a steem ambassador program. there have been a few applications ( including myself for ireland) and it's worth keeping an eye on.
I'm also on the case online, I have started to set up a new website, for the sole purpose of attracting new bloggers to steem. It still needs a lot of work but I will get there.