Speaker : Shel Israel

Co-Author, Naked Conversations & Editor-in-Chief, Conferenza
Blog: It Seems To Me

Shel Israel writes and speaks about blogging, communications and innovation. He also consults with startups as a senior strategy and communications advisor. He is co-author of Naked Conversations, How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers, with Microsoft’s Robert Scoble. He is working on a second book and serves as editor-in-chief of Conferenza Premium Reports, the leading newsletter covering technology industry executive conferences.

A self-proclaimed recovering publicist, Israel spent more than 20 years as a PR executive specializing in technology startups. Among more than 100 companies, he’s worked with Sun Microsystems, SoundBlaster, PowerPoint, Filemaker, MapInfo, Virtual Vineyards and very briefly, Napster. Visit his web site at http://www.itseemstome.net.