Stowe Boyd, In One Paragraph

by Brian Solis
I am known internationally as an authority on social tools and their impact on media, business, and society. I work as an analyst, advisor, futurist, and researcher, and I am principally known these days for my writing at /Message, this blog. I’ve spoken widely on the social revolution on the Web at venues such as Web 2.0. Enterprise 2.0, Next, mesh, Reboot, 140 Characters, Lift, Les Blogs, Shift, Futuresonic, Defrag, Supernova, and many others. My work falls into several domains, all of which are mutually reinforcing:

• I advise companies that are involved in the development of social tools, primarily startups but occasionally a larger, more well-established firm. This generally takes place over several quarters, or longer, and involves an ongoing strategic involvement in product direction. (See Advice.)


• Occasionally I work with firms on a more tactical consulting basis, like a short-term product assessment, or a workshop on social architecture (see Consulting).


• Speaking, at conferences and corporate meetings, is becoming a larger fraction of my work (see Speaking).


• I am launching a series of webinars, starting in January 2010 (see Talkshow).


• I am president of the Microsyntax.org non-profit, and director of the related 301Works.org initiative of the Internet Archive.


• I am developing a conference with Jeff Pulver called Social Business Epicenter, planned for April 2010 in NYC.

A more detailed bio can be found here.