It's with great excitement that I'm announcing the addition of three new partners to Altimeter Group. Joining me will be Deb Schultz, Ray Wang, and Jeremiah Owyang (read their thoughts) -- three bright minds, true professionals, and most important of all, great people. (Read the press release.) Our Mission - Providing A Strategic Approach to Emerging Technologies Together, we are taking on the mission of helping clients understand and adapt emerging technologies into their strategies in a … [Read more...]
Presentation at SXSW – Future of Social Networks
March 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I'm going to be speaking later today at SXSW and am setting up the backchannels. Embedded below is the Meebo chat room, but you can also track the action via Twitter using the hashtag #sxswfsn (to do this, go to search.twitter.com and search on "#sxswfsn) I'll be posting the slides soon after the presentation. … [Read more...]
Where I’ll be speaking in January & February
January 20, 2009 By 4 Comments
I'm going to be speaking at several events over the next few weeks on a variety of topics that you may find interesting. When appropriate, I post the slides on SlideShare and also link to any relevant videos of the speech. You can also see a complete calendar of events where I'll be speaking. I'm excited to share these ideas and research over the next few weeks and would love to know if you have anything specific that you'd like me to explore in these areas. Hope to catch up with some of you at … [Read more...]
Social Media Marketing Forum keynote slides now available
October 1, 2008 By 12 Comments
This morning I gave the kickoff keynote at the Social Media Marketing Summit, speaking on the subject, "Social Media For Business". The audience was squarely focused on marketing, so I grounded the speech on the need to develop relationships with your audience. All too often, marketing is campaign focused and driven, leaving customers with a dry (sometimes bad) taste in their mouths. Marketing in general, not just social media marketing, needs to be focused on growing a long term … [Read more...]
Video from Sitewire speech now available
September 22, 2008 By Leave a Comment
I just returned from my first speech as an independent thought leader. It was part of the Sitewire Expert Series and took place in Tempe, AZ, which has a burgeoning social and emerging technology scene -- over 200 people attended my speech. In fact, it was a bit of a social media week with concurrent meetings with the Social Media Club of Phoenix. The speech covers some of the ideas in Groundswell, but I've been working on improving the frameworks discussed in the book, some of which (like the … [Read more...]
Meetup/Speech in Tempe, AZ Sept. 17-18th
September 15, 2008 By 1 Comment
I'm going to be in Tempe, Arizona for a speech that's part of Sitewire's Expert Series on Thursday, Sept. 18th. Tickets are still available for that event at http://www.sitewire.net/groundswell/. The evening before, I'm having an informal meetup at the Border Store in Tempe from 5-6pm, at 699 South Mill Avenue, Tempe, AZ. We'll be in the cafe area and there will be a few Groundswell books available for sale. Or pick one up from your local bookstore or Amazon/BN.com and bring it. And if you're … [Read more...]
