Chris Lehmann

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Title: What School Leaders Need to Know About Digital Technologies and Social Media

ISBN: 9781118022245

Topic/Genre: Technology/Education

Publication Date: October 5, 2011

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Chris Lehmann is the founding principal of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This groundbreaking school, which integrates technology throughout classrooms and administration, has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School and was named one of the “Ten Most Amazing Schools” in Ladies Home Journal. Lehmann was named one of the “30 Most Influential People in EdTech” by Tech & Learning magazine in June 2010 and has received several other distinctions and awards throughout his career. He is a regular speaker and the author of the Practical Theory blog. In October 2011, Lehmann was named as a Champion of Change by the White House.

Author Website:

www.praticaltheory.org 

Joshua Waldman

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Title: Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies

ISBN: 9780470930724

 
 

Topic/Genre: Career Development/Social Media

 

Publication Date: September 6, 2011

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Joshua Waldman (Portland, OR) is an MBA consultant and entrepreneur who teaches technology and marketing skills that help job seekers get noticed. He has been using social media to enhance his career and the careers of others since 2006, and has worked with unemployment office staff, MBA career center staff, and countless unemployed and frustrated job seekers. In 2009 Waldman founded the web site Career Enlightenment with the mission of helping job seekers to break away from outdated and ineffective job search strategies, and his site content has been featured on top career sites such as Careerealism.com, Brazen Careerist, and Media Bistro.

Author Website:

http://careerenlightenment.com/

Mari Smith

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Title: The New Relationship Marketing: How to Build a Large, Loyal, Profitable Network Using the Social Web

ISBN: 9781118063064

 
 

Topic/Genre: Tech/ Internet Business

Publication Date: October 2011

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Mari Smith is a passionate social media leader, specializing in relationship marketing and Facebook mastery. She is coauthor of Facebook Marketing: An Hour A Day and author of The New Relationship Marketing. She travels the United States and internationally to deliver keynotes and lead social media training events. Fast Company describes Mari as “a veritable engine of personal branding, a relationship marketing whiz and the Pied Piper of the Online World.” Dun & Bradstreet Credibility named Mari one of the Top Ten Most Influential Small Business People on Twitter.  With her popular blog at MariSmith.com, and her large, loyal following on both Facebook and Twitter, Mari is considered one of the top resources and thought leaders in the world of marketing. She regularly appears in media locally and nationally in publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Inc., and Success Magazine.

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http://www.marismith.com/speaker/

Andy Smith

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Title: The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways To Use Social Media to Drive Social Change

ISBN: 9780470614150

 
 

Topic/Genre: Business

Publication Date: September 9, 2010

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Andy Smith is a principal of Vonavona Ventures, where he advises companies on marketing, customer strategy, and operations. Over the past 20 years, he has served as a high tech executive, leading teams at Dolby Labs, BIGWORDS, LiquidWit, Intel, Analysis Group, Polaroid, Integral Inc., and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Author Website: 

http://vonavona.com

Leslie Poston

Twitter For Dummies

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Title: Twitter For Dummies® 2nd Edition

ISBN: 9780470768792

 
 

Topic/Genre:  Internet/Twitter/Social Media

Publication Date: July 16, 2010

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Leslie Poston, co-author of Twitter for Dummies, is a speaker and leading authority in social networking, new media, brand and business development with a concentration in food, wine, spirits, off-beat brands, music and film. She is the Founder and CEO of Uptown Uncorked social media and business development consultancy and the Founder of Social Mic. She is also the Co-Founder of Film Pop!, a digital and new media services development agency for independent film. A firm believer in translating online relationships and successes into the offline world, she has also founded Social Media Breakfast New Hampshire, PodCamp NH and the nationwide Strong Women in Tech initiative.

Author Website: 

http://www.leslieposton.com

Lisa Sabin-Wilson

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Title: WordPress For Dummies® 4th Edition

ISBN: 9781118073421

Topic/Genre: WordPress/Internet

Publication Date: September 9, 2011

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Lisa Sabin-Wilson launched her own WordPress design & development company in 2003 where she lead a team of creative design professionals and technical development experts in helping business owners, large and small, create and launch their presence on the web using the WordPress platform.  Lisa has designed and/or developed over 1,000 WordPress powered web sites since 2003, and continues to feed her passion and obsession with the WordPress platform on a daily basis through ongoing development and working  with clients and users, worldwide, to bring awareness and education on its prowess as a full featured content management system that can accomplish anything!

Lisa is a very active member in the WordPress community contributing to the education of users, both new and advanced, about the platform through her travels and appearances at various WordCamps around the country.  Lisa is also sought after as a regular public speaker at national events on topics such as:  WordPress, Development, Design, CSS and Social Media.

Lisa is a subject matter authority on WordPress and is the For Dummies brand franchise author on all things WordPress due to her  extensive experience and knowledge on the platform and shares it as the author of several WordPress-related books, including:

  • WordPress For Dummies (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Editions)
  • BuddyPress For Dummies
  • WordPress All In One For Dummies
  • WordPress Web Design For Dummies

Author Websites:

http://lisasabin-wilson.com 

http://ewebscapes.com http://allurethemes.com

http://linkedin.com/in/lisasabinwilson

Charlene Li

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Title: Open Leadership:  How Social Technology Can Transform the Way You Lead

ISBN: 9780470597262

 
 

Topic/Genre: Management/Leadership

 

Publication Date: May 5, 2010

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Charlene Li is one of the foremost experts on social media and technologies and a consultant on leadership, strategy, social technologies, interactive media, and marketing.  She founded the Altimeter Group in 2008 after the publication of her critically acclaimed and bestselling book (co-authored with Josh Bernoff) Groundswell.  Before Altimeter, she was VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research and a consultant with Monitor Group.  She has appeared on 60 Minutes, The McNeil NewsHour, ABC News, CNN, and CNBC.  She is frequently quoted in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, Reuters, and the Associated Press.  She has been named one of the 12 most creative minds of 2008 by Fast Company, and one of the most influential women in technology in 2009.  In the last 12 months, she spoke to 200+ groups ranging in size from 50 to 5,000 and has a popular blog, over 10,000 fans on Facebook, and over 16,000 followers on Twitter.  She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Author Website:

http://www.charleneli.com