Shel Israel (born 1944) is an author and U.S. technology advisor for startups on strategic communications issues. He lives in Silicon Valley, California and frequently speaks on social media related topics. He co-authored with Robert Scoble the book Naked Conversations, How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers (John Wiley & Son 2006). He is currently the host of Global Neighbourhoods with Shel Israel, an online video blog series produced by FastCompany.tv, covering enterprise and trends in social media.
Shel describes himself as:
“I have been involved with communications as a writer, consultant and video blogger for more than 30 years. My focus is on social media’s impact on business and culture. I co-authored Naked Conversations, the best selling business blogging book with Robert Scoble and I have spoken on social media in North America and Europe.
I have consulted more than 100 tech startups. Some of them like SoundBlaster, Sun Micro and Napster did pretty well, at least for a time.
I read more biography and history books than business and tech. I love to garden and see mygrandchildren.
I am unstoppably curious.”
