Brian Solis
Shel Israel (born 1944) is an author and U.S. technology advisor for startups on strategic communications issues. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area 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) and is author of Twitterville: How Business Can Thrive in the New Global Neighborhoods (Portfolio, 2009). He is formerly the host of Global Neighbourhoods with Shel Israel, an online video blog series produced by FastCompany.tv, covering enterprise and trends in social media. He has been a freelance contributor to Dow Jones, BusinessWeek, Forbes, and Business Insider.
Shel describes himself as:
“I have been involved with communications as a writer and consultant for more than 30 years. My focus is on social media’s impact to business and culture. I have been a keynote speaker more than 100 times in about a dozen companies.
My love has always been early-phase companies. I have consulted more than 100 tech startups. Some have produced extremely successful and enduring technologies.
I am unstoppably curious.”
This video was originally published on Beet.TV
Added: 10/2/08
