Speaker : Neville Hobson

Speaker: Neville Hobson

Communicator, blogger, podcaster
Blog: NevOn

Neville Hobson, ABC, is an accredited communication practitioner with 25 years hands-on and leadership experience in public and media relations, marketing communication, employee, compensation and benefits communication as well as investor and financial relations. He helps companies use effective communication to achieve their business goals.

Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, since 1999, Neville is one of the leading European early adopters and influencers in new-media communication for business. He blogs daily at NevOn (www.nevon.net) with commentary and opinion on business communication and technology; and co-presents "For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report" (www.forimmediaterelease.biz), a twice-weekly business podcast at the intersection of online communication, business and technology.

He is a passionate advocate for new and emerging technology tools and channels and how they can be deployed as highly-effective agents of change in better aligning organizational needs with the marketplace and the needs of employees, customers and other stakeholders.

Neville is an active and committed member of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), serving the association and the communication profession in a range of leadership roles since 1989, most recently (2002-2004) as Regional Director in Europe and member of the Executive Board and Executive Committee.