• end-to-end cus­tomer rela­tion­ships from con­cep­tion to exe­cu­tion
• social media brand cam­paigns
• set­ting up blogs, wid­gets, wikis, col­lab­o­ra­tive tools
• effec­tive use of video in the enter­prise
• cap­ture and archiv­ing of live events
• brand­ing, cam­paigns and dig­i­tal rep­u­ta­tion man­age­ment
• train­ing and boot­camps in social media tools
• web­site and blog net­work development

JD is chief exec­u­tive of Socialmedia.biz, a firm offer­ing social media solu­tions to busi­nesses and orga­ni­za­tions that want to use social media and social net­works to build deep cus­tomer rela­tion­ships, pro­mote brands and deliver value.

He also has con­tributed to the com­mu­nity as co-founder of Ourmedia.org and now as founder of Socialbrite.org, a social enter­prise that will offer a learn­ing cen­ter and strate­gic solu­tions to non­prof­its and social causes.

His 2005 book “Dark­net” (Wiley & Sons), which coined the term “per­sonal media rev­o­lu­tion,” explores the emerg­ing media landscape.

His blog Socialmedia.biz was named the No. 1 social media site in a list of the Top 100 social media web­sites. JD is a fre­quent speaker and pan­elist at tech­nol­ogy and new media conferences.

“Instead of one big-shot con­trol­ling all the media, now there’s a thou­sand freaks Xerox­ing their worth­less opin­ions.”
— Homer Simp­son on bloggers

“Authen­tic­ity. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.”
— George Burns

• Dis­count for New­Comm Forum attendees
• Chat­ting with Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales about community
• Eth­i­cal guide­lines for talk­ing with your customers
• Pho­tos from Mac­world Expo 2010
• A gath­er­ing of big brains in Marin County
• 2010 con­fer­ences: Social media, tech, marketing
• At CES: Pri­vacy, open­ness & broadband’s future
• Videoblog­ging as ‘a life-altering experience’
• Tran­si­tion­ing to a dig­i­tal news world
• Social Media Week expands to six cities
• 7 tips to increase your online media literacy
• Cisco: ‘Why vlog­ging is bet­ter than blogging’
• Radian6 and the Yel­low Brick Road for brands
• The New Jour­nal­ist in the Age of Social Media
• YouTube’s role in cit­i­zen journalism
• How Ford does social media
• 5 ways to improve your pre­sen­ta­tion skills
• Take­aways from Blog­world Expo
• BlogHer, the FTC, ethics and con­flicts of interest
• High­lights from ONA 2009
• News­pa­per social media poli­cies: Out of touch
• Social jour­nal­ism: Using social net­works to build community
• AP News Reg­istry aims at most fla­grant infringers
• Pho­tos from TechCrunch 50
• 5 ques­tions for the author of ‘Trust Agents’
• Pho­tos from Seiz­ing the Moment
• 5 ques­tions for the author of ‘Twitterville’
• 6 experts on cor­po­rate blog­ging best practices
• Social media, brands and the way forward
• Coolest power tools of some top geeks
• Marc Andresseen on 17 lay­ers of management
• Skim­links: Make money from your blog
• The hottest game startup in Europe
• Seed­camp win­ners meet the Geeks
• BT’s CEO greets the Trav­el­ing Geeks
• Pre­dic­tion: Local TV news­peo­ple will com­pete with their for­mer stations
• The future of tele­vi­sion: Social TV
• World Tech­nol­ogy Sum­mit & Awards
• Meghan Asha on high­lights of Trav­el­ing Geeks UK
• Will NBC, grass­roots media clash at Lon­don Olympics?
• Time for inno­v­a­tive news models
• Social media ‘lit­er­acy gap’ growing
• Socialbrite: Social tools for social change
• Intel Insid­ers pro­gram marks one year
• NBC News’ Ann Curry on Twitter
• Michael Phelps, Olympians galore at swim meet
• PNN: A blog plat­form for women
• How an LA Weekly jour­nal­ist uses social media
• Social Media Hour: From health care to Hollywood
• Social media think tank