Shel Israel (born August 1944) is a writer and speaker on social media issues.
In 2009 he completed a book called ''Twitterville'' on business uses for Twitter, published in September 2009. He has contributed editorially to BusinessWeek, Dow Jones Co, and FastCompany.TV.
He co-authored with
Robert Scoble
Robert Scoble (born January 18, 1965) is an American blogger, technical evangelist, and author. Scoble is best known for his blog, ''Scobleizer'', which came to prominence during his tenure as a technology evangelist at Microsoft. He later worked ...
the book ''
Naked Conversations, How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers'' (John Wiley & Son, 2006); in 2014 he released another book with Scoble, titled ''Age of Context: Mobile, Sensors, Data and the Future of Privacy''. In September 2015 he self-published ''Lethal Generosity: Contextual Technology and the Competitive Edge'' discussing why technology and social changes are causing companies to lose control of their brands as their customers gain it. The three books are a trilogy that reveal the amazing changes technology has imposed on work and life over a ten-year-period. He has co-authored (with
Robert Scoble
Robert Scoble (born January 18, 1965) is an American blogger, technical evangelist, and author. Scoble is best known for his blog, ''Scobleizer'', which came to prominence during his tenure as a technology evangelist at Microsoft. He later worked ...
) the book ''The Fourth Transformation: How Augmented Reality & Artificial Intelligence Will Change Everything'' (Patrick Brewster Press, Dec 7, 2016).
He publishes commentary on his own blog. Between books and speaking engagements he has contributed editorially to Forbes, FastCompany, BusinessWeek, and Business Insider. He was the host of ''Global Neighbourhoods with Shel Israel,'' an online video blog series, which was produced by FastCompany.TV, covering enterprise and trends in social media.
In March 2017, he founded Transformation Group, LLC, a company "dedicated to helping big brands develop and implement Mixed Reality (MR) strategies".
He lives in
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a region in Northern California that serves as a global center for high technology and innovation. Located in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, it corresponds roughly to the geographical areas San Mateo County ...
, California and frequently speaks on social media related topics.
References
Global Neighbourhoods at FastCompany.tv
External links
Shel Israel- current Personal Website efunct?br>
Neighbourhoods - previous Personal Website*https://medium.com/@shelisrael
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1944 births
Living people
People from New Bedford, Massachusetts