About
Short Form Bio
People ask for a bio all the time. I usually craft something out of the pieces I’ve littered all over various social networks. From now on, here’s what you get:
About Chris Brogan
Chris Brogan uses social media and technology to build digital relationships for businesses, organizations, and individuals. He has merged his experience in technology (enterprise IT and wireless telephony) with his passion for social media, such that he’s showing organizations how to use these tools inside the firewall, as well as to build authentic conversations between coworkers, customers, and even competitors.
Chris speaks at several conferences and for private organizations, bridging business-minded people with technology concepts and helping tech-centric types understand the business implications of their efforts. For more on his speaking, check out http://chrisbrogan.com/connect
Chris blogs, writes articles, and makes media of all kinds at [chrisbrogan.com]. Skilled in new media creation (blogging, podcasting, videoblogging) as well as social media community building (through sites like Facebook, Ning, Twitter, and others), his strength is in connecting passionate people together for business, collaboration, and networking.
Brogan is cofounder of the PodCamp unconference series (with Christopher S. Penn), exploring the use of new media community tools to extend relationships and build value. There have been over 40 PodCamps all over the world, including Sweden, South Africa, and Australia.
Chris’s current role is Vice President of Strategy & Technology at CrossTech Media. He specializes in provinding information and services to business customers around their Technology and Social Media needs. His focus is on technologies like virtualization, unified communications, social media strategies, content management, data warehouse technologies, and more. He shows businesses how to reduce operating expenses, improve workflow, simplify operational complexity, and more.
Prior to these roles in the media and events space, Chris had over 16 years of telecommunications experience in wireless and landline technologies, including enterprise software and hardware experience, project management expertise, and applications/solutions engineering experience, as well.
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Speaking
If you’re looking for a speaker, check out his Speaking information page. Chris speaks on topics such as social media in the enterprise, second circle technologies, which Internet technologies businesses should consider adopting, why video online matters to your business, and much more.
What Chris Has Done
If you’re wondering why you’re bothering to read anything Chris writes, here are a few bullet points of things that he’s done in his past that might be relevant:
- Blogged since 1998 (when it was called journaling).
- Recorded several podcasts, and launched a small new media network in 2006.
- Videoblogged in several forms, including Small Boxes and AttentionUPGRADE.
- Built data centers, released software, acquired companies, and all kinds of other fun projects while working for a wireless telecommunications company.
- Launched the PodCamp unconference series with Christopher S. Penn.
- Programmed and hosted the Video on the Net conference in 2007.
- Worked on an Internet video startup with Jeff Pulver in 2007.
- Collaborated on tons of social media and social networks projects over 2007.
Disclosures and Relationships
- I work for CrossTech Media, an events and technology services business.
- I am co-Founder of PodCamp, an unconference series.
- I am on the Advisory board for Utterz
- I am on the Advisory board for The Conversation Group
Any that I forgot?
Why else should you read Chris’s blog? Because he’s a nice guy. No, really. : )
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More Information
Here is an autobiography or sorts.
Brogan lives in Massachusetts with his wife and two children. He travels frequently, speaks at conferences, attends several social media networking events, and is generally a fun guy to be around.
CONTACT Chris Brogan via email at : blog {at} chrisbrogan dot com , or call his cell phone: 978-885-1551
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