An Iranian native, David Nour arrived in the U.S. with almost no money and no fluency in English, but in the past 25 years has become one of the foremost thought leaders on the quantifiable value of business relationships. He is the author of Relationship Economics, The Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Capital, ConnectAbility, and the Social Networking Technology Best Practices Series.

After over a decade building online communities and developing search engine technology, Giovanni Gallucci is recognized as an award-winning new media producer, an entertaining public speaker, successful buzz marketer, author, technical editor, and social media strategist. Giovanni has provided seo and social media consulting services and training for companies like Microsoft, Exxon, Hilton Hotels, Gateway Computers, and NASCAR, and is on the faculties of AdobeTV and xTrain.com providing training in social media, search marketing and podcasting. Additionally, he has been covered in a variety of media outlets including Business Week, CBS, CNN.com, Fox Business News, The New York Times, and USA Today among others.

Christer Holloman represents a new generation of inspiring business innovators. He is a successful serial entrepreneur and intrapreneur with 15 years of experience; advising, funding, starting, building and selling B2C and B2B companies as well as launching new products and services within existing businesses in both North America and Europe. Christer is the Chairman of First Tuesday, Europe's largest network for high growth technology companies and their investors. He has been identified as one of London's 1,000 Most Influential Individuals and ranked as Top 25 Within New Media by Europe's largest regional newspaper, The Evening Standard.

Michelle Corteggiano and Jodi Mallow Maas inspire industry leaders to embrace and strategically integrate the power of social media to exponentially grow and market their brand. Their guidance on proper digital presence (online branding), engaging your audience, social media best practices and search engine optimization, ensures that their clients capitalize on this new media. The widely sought after "Dynamic Duo" are known for their contagious passion, high energy and "be as you are" philosophy.

Clara is an author, blogger, and entrepreneur who pioneered the use of social networks for business in 2007 with her Faceconnector application, which integrates Facebook and Salesforce CRM. Clara is founder and CEO of Hearsay Labs, a social media marketing and sales software startup based in Silicon Valley. Previously, Clara was Product Line Director of the AppExchange at salesforce.com and worked in corporate strategy at Google.

Cali Lewis is the host and producer of GeekBrief.TV, an online news show about technology and consumer electronics. The show is downloaded millions of times each month by viewers from around the world. Cali makes regular appearances on TV (MSNBC, NBC, ABC, FOX and G4 Canada) to talk about new and exciting gadgets. She knows from experience how to build, grow and maintain a successful online brand.

Erik Qualman is the author of Socialnomics: How social media transforms the way we live and do business. Socialnomics made Amazon's #1 Best Selling List only after three weeks of publication & is consistently in the Top 100 ...

Joseph Jaffe is one of the most sought-after consultants on new marketing change and innovation. Jaffe is the President and Chief Interruptor of Crayon, a new marketing company, where his clients include The Coca-Cola Company, GSD&M and SpiralFrog. Prior to launching Crayon, Joseph ran Jaffe, LLC, where he worked with companies including P&G, The Coca-Cola Company, American Airlines, Dunkin' Brands, TiVo, Motorola and Fox Interactive Media. His latest book, Flip the Funnel, illustrates practical ways to use existing customers to reach out to new prospects. Jaffe demonstrates key ideas with real life examples on how to cut your marketing budgets AND grow sales!!

Daniel Burrus is one of the world's leading technology forecasters and business strategists, and is the author of six books, including the highly acclaimed Technotrends, which has been translated into over a dozen languages.  He is the ...