Social Media Club Speaker Database

Caroline Jones is a founding board member of Social Media Club Des Moines, currently serving as Executive Director of Social Media Club, Inc. Caroline also provides social media consulting services across a broad range of sectors.

Caroline has always been fascinated with media, technology and society trends. Since joining Social Media Club in 2008, she remains passionate about sharing the many education and networking opportunities that SMC has to offer!

Paul holds the titles of Trial Attorney, Online Marking Director and Shareholder with the Law Firm of Simmons and Fletcher, P.C. in Houston, Texas. In addition to practicing personal injury trial law, he engages clients and prospective clients through social media interaction, writing and publishing articles and blogging.

Paul’s writings have been published online on numerous legal, social and informational websites. In addition to legal topics, Paul has been published on topics covering emerging issues such as vehicle automation, the ethics of online legal advertising, the use of skype in court procedures and using Google street view to prove a premise liability case.

Paul received his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin in 1992. He graduated from South Texas College of Law and passed the Texas Bar in 1995. His career with Simmons and Fletcher, P.C. began as a law clerk in 1994 when he responded to a blind ad for a law clerk and was informed that it would be a temporary job with no long-term growth opportunity. In 1996 he was hired on as a full time litigation attorney. Since that time, he has earned numerous recognitions and awards as a trial lawyer including becoming Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Personal Injury Trial Law in 2005 at the age of 34, recognition by H Texas Magazine as a Top Lawyer in 2013 and 2017, and recognition as a Texas Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly Magazine’s Texas Super Lawyer Magazine in 2017.

Paul spends his weekends as a parent coach for both his son’s and his daughter’s select soccer teams.

Katelyn Soults is Chief Creative Officer of Illuminated, a Des Moines-based digital agency that helps organizations build better experiences digitally through content marketing, website design and development, and software development. From managing internal marketing efforts for the agency to leading marketing and website projects, Katelyn enjoy the variety that each day of agency life brings.

Katelyn has a passion for building community locally between young professionals and women business owners. She co-founded Waukee Young Professionals in 2018, serving as co-chair and now communications chair. She is a member of NAWBO Iowa, a previous board member of FemCity Des Moines, and a graduate of the Waukee Leadership Institute.

Katelyn graduated from Drake University with a Bachelor of Arts in magazine journalism, where she also studied marketing and psychology.

Digital Marketing and Social Media Expert, Digital Marketing Planner, Strategist, Content Developer, Marketing Consultant, Creative Designer, General Web Development , Youtube Digital Copyright and Audience Growth Expert, and Has many Certificates from Facebook, Google, YouTube, and more..

BIOGRAPHY:
Highly accomplished, award-winning Marketing & Social Media Strategist with a broad history of developing and implementing comprehensive traditional and digital marketing plans and branding strategies with a specialization in higher education. Expert at identifying strategic opportunities by gathering and analyzing targeted customer and marketplace activities. Recognized for encouraging marketing teams to take ownership of marketing plans to ensure fulfillment of goals and objectives. Proven ability to leverage existing industry contacts and establish relationships with key professionals to contribute to the company’s bottom line. Talented at applying emerging trends to introduce innovative solutions for brand positioning and promotions. Recognized for developing promotional content, events, and marketing strategies that result in business growth. Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite & HTML/XHTML.

Do you remember the time where your Facebook feed was full of brands’ quizzes?
Sorry about that.
Indeed, right after being graduated from both a master’s in engineering and a master’s in international business, I co-founded my first company. PlayApp was one of the first social media agencies in France and in Europe. We ran those quizzes but we were most excited about helping brands connecting to their communities in a new, authentic and innovative way.
After 8 years of growth, PlayApp merged with Insign in 2017 to create one of the first business hacking agencies. Our brand new approach led us from an agency model to a dedicated-client-platform model gathering the right experts to create the most efficient team for each project.
Today I want to help our clients expand and accelerate in the US. We target LA as a meeting point of culture, technology, and innovative spirit. We’ll be glad to help you build your new project thanks to our community-driven and business hacking approach.
Come visit us in our Culver City Office!
And for something less formal, we may very likely meet at one of LA great music venues.

Specialties: Social Media, Digital Strategy, Performance Marketing, Online communities and tribes

Duaa Alajmi, with a 15 years’ experience in the workforce as an HR & Communications Manager; worked her way up with hard work and dedication and was able to secure the name she has built for herself.

Having worked mostly in the area of HR & Communications she’s specialized in Corporate Communications Strategies and PR, brand building and Culture Development. Apart from her full time job, she always had an interest in the apparel industry, so she opened her own and managed the whole process individually. She has also helped support small businesses and nonprofit organizations, as her experience and knowledge in the business field is dense and of value.
Apart from being a full time Manager as a career of preference, she is a wife, she is also a mother to 2 children, a daughter, a sister to 11 siblings and an aunt to 27 grandchildren. Having a large support system and people from all ages looking up to her was constant reminder to always keep moving forward, no matter the obstacles.

Being the youngest among her siblings, she strives from a young age to set an example for the people around her by juggling her life roles and maintaining each to the best of her abilities. Although the hardships along the way were sometimes a setback for progress, having the will to continue creates pathways you never imagined were possible and that was exactly what she did.

“Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.” –Niccolo Machiavelli.

You can reach her at duaa.alajmi@hotmail.com

Cooking Coach Adam Wisnewski: With 40 years experience cooking and teaching others to enjoy their kitchen adventures, Adam offers affordable customized cooking lessons in your own home. Whether it’s starting with basic skills and building confidence in the kitchen, or taking your talented kids to new levels. He also speaks on topics like “Avoiding food waste” and “Baking Bread: Building Confidence in the Kitchen”.

Hi
My Name is Moh AlHomsi AlSafadi and am a B2B Digital Marketing Specialist, with close to 10 years client experience in web marketing project management and corporate training.
i created, developed and managed web marketing projects for hundreds of organizations including: Bakheet Company for Machinery Ltd, Lucky Tours, hotelspromo.com, hotels, stillbooking.com, to name a few. Prior to that i worked in the Internet Marketing industry, Mr Moh held the position of Cost Engineering for HUTA Marine Works Ltd for a period of 7 years.

am also the founder and CEO of Bravo Byte, a Digital Marketing agency based in Sousse , with a professional team and core disciplines in Search Engine Optimization, Social Media Marketing and Digital Planning.

i holds MBA in Marketing from Geneva Business School. and am available to provide corporate and private training on a range of web marketing topics, as a presenter to large audiences and as a Digital Marketing consultant for project work.

Ellis Mbeh is a social media marketing professional with demonstrated success developing and executing strategies that stimulate awareness, engagement, and conversion on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Snapchat. Ellis leads Pivotal New Media with a degree in marketing, experience utilizing social insight analysis and interpretation to develop content and social campaigns strategies, and hands-on experience performing market research to discover and build influencer networks. Ellis has developed a strong ability to identify social media return on investment and key performance indicators that align with overall organizational objectives, and an extensive portfolio supporting Fortune 500 clients and small businesses at the start-up level.

Armed with degrees in business and legal studies, Dr. Lee Davenport is a business coach, thought leader, author and international speaker (as well as a former RE/MAX managing broker) recognized by Inman News and numerous real estate organizations as one of the top 25 coaches. Additionally, Dr. Lee has article features in trade and consumer reads like REALTOR Magazine. Remarkably, she also had her doctoral research published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Real Estate Education and Practice. She is affectionately known for helping audiences maximize their innate God-given strengths while applying today’s most user-friendly technology to everyday business tasks.

Young Professional in the Social media field

Freelance copywriter who tends to do a lot with social media, anywhere from building a page or account to ads and posts.

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International Motivational Speaker and Best-Selling Author Jason Harrell has excelled in various careers. He began as a Sports Anchor working at CNN, NBC, and RTE. After making a transition from the East Coast to Los Angeles he began work as an actor, magician and professional poker player. He then moved on as an entrepreneur publishing his first book “The Bartending Therapist” which hit #1 on Amazon and led to many successful business ventures. He uses these experiences to captivate audiences and motivate them in a variety of areas. Jason’s speaking career has spanned over a decade. Currently his social media platform and motivational content reaches over 20 million a week. His motivational content includes lessons of overcoming adversity, where he touches on the experiences of surviving Hurricane Katrina, depression and recovery. He also has experience speaking at corporate events as well as to groups of young entrepreneurs on topics such as business development, goal setting and strategies for a successful mindset.
Jason hopes that through his shared experiences he can prove anything is possible.

“Online marketing and PR expert, Barbara Rozgonyi, is a wealth of information, brilliant ideas, and resources for small and large companies alike.” Inc.com

Barbara Rozgonyi leads CoryWest Media, a strategic marketing consultancy that attracts attention, builds brands, and connects communities in three dimensions: digitally, directly and dynamically via the WIRED PR works system.

As a pioneering digital marketing communications advisor, Barbara’s worked with a wide range of companies, including Fortune 500 enterprises, government agencies, small businesses, entrepreneurs, startups, associations and educational institutions from elementary schools to colleges and universities. CoryWest Media’s services include digital marketing, social media and panoramic PR consulting, strategy, management and execution.

A top sales performance coach who left the corporate world to become an entrepreneurial consultant, Barbara’s client portfolio includes projects for Fortune 500 companies, associations, startups, events, government agencies, nonprofits and small businesses.

A digital marketing pioneer, Barbara launched her first site in 1996, produced Chicago’s first sold out writing for the web conference in 2002, began blogging in 2006 at http://wiredPRworks.com, co-founded Social Media Club’s Chicago chapter in 2008 where she produced over 60 events, and was selected by Nokia as one of two social media experts to represent the U.S. at Social Media Week Berlin.

An author, Barbara contributed the LinkedIn chapter to “Success Secrets of the Social Media Marketing Superstars,” and the PR chapter to “Success Secrets of the Online Marketing Superstars.” Named one of the top 50 content marketing influencers on Twitter, Barbara’s digital brand is @wiredPRworks.

A Meeting Professionals International [MPI] Chicago “Tomorrow’s Leader Award” nominee and a most engaged member of the month, Barbara developed the strategic marketing and PR plans for Industry Xchange Chicago, an event presented by 12 of the Midwest’s leading hospitality organizations and participated as 2016 panelist.

Her work is cited in several books including “Mom Blogging for Dummies” by Wendy Piersall; “Sticks and Stones: How Digital Business Reputations Are Created Over Time” by Larry Weber; “The Zen of Social Media Marketing” by Shama Hyder; and “The New Rules of Marketing & PR” by David Meerman Scott. A former national sales trainer whose customizes programs increased sales by as much as 400%, Barbara loves connecting her audiences with future success RN [right now]. Ready? Let’s go!!!

Ethar

B-to-B marketing communications is what I’m all about. Early in my career I was a writer/producer in several (6+) ad agencies concentrated on clients in manufacturing, agriculture, construction tools / machinery and heavy equipment. Spent a few years on the client side in a large investment financial firm. Today I’m the marketing manager for Borgen Systems, a small manufacturer of grocery merchandise display cases.
Originally from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, I now reside in Des Moines. I’ve lived in a few cities in Southeast Wisconsin as well. I’m a graduate of Marquette University and a high school football official in my spare time.

Kent Nelson has a diverse background in aquatics. Growing up in a family owned and operated aquatic facility, Kent learned from a young age the ins and outs of daily operations, programming, and the business of aquatics. A USA Swimming head coach for 20 years, Kent was an NCAA Division III swimmer and diver. After college Kent returned to the family business to help grow, the first privately owned, Aquatic Therapy group in the country. Kent also serves on many national organization boards, including the National Drowning Prevention Alliance (NDPA), as a member of the advisory council.

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Highly accomplished, award-winning Marketing & Social Media Strategist with a broad history of developing and implementing comprehensive traditional and digital marketing plans and branding strategies with a specialization in higher education. Expert at identifying strategic opportunities by gathering and analyzing targeted customer and marketplace activities. Recognized for encouraging marketing teams to take ownership of marketing plans to ensure fulfillment of goals and objectives. Proven ability to leverage existing industry contacts and establish relationships with key professionals to contribute to the company’s bottom line. Talented at applying emerging trends to introduce innovative solutions for brand positioning and promotions. Recognized for developing promotional content, events, and marketing strategies that result in business growth. Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite & HTML/XHTML.

Certified Digital Marketing #DM3 Certified Social Media & CIPD PR Expert & Columnist.
Social Media Project Manager, Social Media Club Bahrain

Marketing Communication Professional specialized in Strategy, Visual, Digital and Social Media.

Key Experience:
• Visual Design
• Data Visualization
• Corporate Communications
• Digital Marketing
• Social Media
• Strategic Planning
• Content Management
• Marketing Management
• Media Management
• Brand/ Project Profile Management
• Architect/ Engineering/ Energy/ Industrial
• International Corporations
• MiddleEast

Ehdaa Almusawi is a Director in Social Media Club Bahrain, Digital Community Manager for MENA Social Media Masters Forum, Digital Design and Social Media Advisor for The International Ancient History Encyclopedia. And as she strongly believes in CSR she volunteers to supports Special Olympics Bahrain as Communication Director since 2014.

Almusawi holds AA Visual Communication from Virginia Commonwealth University. BA Graphic Design from University College of Bahrain. AST Strategic Planning from National Institute for Social Media. And Professional Diploma in Digital Marketing.

Almusawi’s work experience highlights within International corporates, She has worked as Marketing and Communications with W.S Atkins Engineering Overseas, and as Digital Communications With IBM and CISCO partners. Presently, Almusawi offers Digital Communications consultation services for strategic projects managed by Government and private sector, focused on innovative technologies.

Almusawi’s key experience abstracts in branding and corporate communication through the Middle Eastern region. Public consultation and marketing presentation of leading projects in the Middle Eastern region towards international awards and recognition on the following Sectors: Finance & Investment, Education, Urban Development & Infrastructure, Defense, Security, IT, Environment, Hospitality, Aviation, Energy, Industrial, Government, Healthcare, Communications, Nuclear, Marine, Rail, and Transport.

Almusawi’s participation in international conferences outlines in GITEX Technology Week, Middle East MEP Awards, ICE Brunel International, International Leadership Conference, Cityscape Global, Cisco Global Partner Summit, IBM Business Connect, Citrix MEA, QITCOM Conference and Exhibition, Mashable International Social Media Day, and Arab Media Forum.

Dr. AL-Hamami is a PhD holder in Computer Science and Information Technology. He is a Specialist in Social Media and Information Systems Security. He is Assistant Professor in Management Information Systems Department, Also he is the Director of Community Engagement Office, Applied Science University, Kingdom of Bahrain. He has around Fourteen years’ experience in Teaching and conducting research in his specialty. Dr. AL-Hamami has occupied the following positions: Board Leaders Member of Social Media Club (SMC) Bahrain Chapter, Member of the Bahrain Internet Society (BIS), Member of IEEE, and Supervisor of many Undergraduate Final Projects and Graduate students (MSc Thesis). He is also participating in many Conferences and Seminars in the field of Information Security, Social Media, E-Government and Information Technology. Dr. AL-Hamami has published around thirty three scientific researches and papers in many International and National Journals and several articles in Scientific Magazines. He is very active in publishing; during this short time of his activity he has published eight books.

certified Digital Marketer (DM3)

Certified Digital Marketer Head of Digital Media at Bahrain International Circuit Media Club, winner of Zain Dreams 2008 with project eNewspaper Specialist in Motorsport and the first eNewspaper in Bahrain, Editor in Chief of BahrainMotors.net, Media Coordinator of Ice Racing Team, Board Member of Social Media Club Bahrain. Managing Director of www.basketball-bh.com. Founder of www.thehooperz.com

I am an award-winning social media marketing strategist with several years of B2B, B2C, agency and in-house experience in various industries, including finance, retail, education, commercial real estate, telecommunications, manufacturing and nonprofit.

Ali SABKAR is the Founder & President of Social Media Club Bahrain who was the first to lead the social media activities & events in Bahrain. He is the Founder of the largest virtual Marketing Network for individuals & organizations involved in Marketing in Bahrain & GCC with a community of over 4,000 members.

SABKAR has over 15 years of experience in Marketing, Media, PR , Branding & Production as he started his marketing agency in 90s. He founded eCommerce Projects Company leading the development of more than 300 corporate websites in Bahrain, Kuwait & KSA.

Sabkar established the Social Media Blog www.eHulool.com; leading +60 International & Regional Social Media Experts publishing digital media latest trends, news & articles.

He was appointed as the eMarketing Project Manager of Zain Bahrain in 2007 to lead the e-initiatives and to establish the eMarketing functions that now is managing the number one telecom Facebook page in Bahrain.

Ali SABKAR is an eMarketing Expert & Speaker of Making The Most Out of eMarketing for Organizations. He spoken at many conferences in the Middle East and more than 10,000s participants attended his training workshops in Bahrain & KSA.

Sabkar won Bahrain Youth eMarketing Award in 2010 & Best Use of Social Media Award – Middle East Internet Awards in 2011. Recently he was selected as Youth of the Month June 2012 by leading youth eNewspaper YSBNews.com.

Ali SABKAR has great experience in NGOs. He is a co-founder of Bahrain Society for Giftedness & Creativity (BSGC), a Board Director for 3 years at Bahrain Internet Society (BIS) and a member of Bahrain Society for Strategic Planning (BSSP) and recently he is appointed to lead the Social Media Club Middle East Chapter.

Sabkar is a co-author of a published book “ WHY MARKETING Middle East” with 2 well known international internet marketing experts; it is The Revolutionary Strategy to Attract Ideal Customers.
Sabkar was appointed as Board of Director at Social Media Club USA in the capacity of Global New Chapter Management Director as first non USA citizen at the Global Board.
Sabkar was chosen as the Unisco Social Media Chair Lecturer at Imam University in KSA in 2014.
Ali Sabkar was appointed by DM3 Institute UAE & DMi Group Ireland to be the first certified Bahraini instructor at the Professional Diploma in Digital Marketing.
Ali Sabkar leaded the 2nd Bahrain Social Media Awards as the Chairman of the Jury Panel in Dec. 2013. He launched the Best MENA Social Media Trainers Award in 2015 and chaired the award committee.
Ali Sabkar is been ranked among Top100Arabs.com as per Klout.com social media measurement.
Ali Sabkar won outstanding two awards in 2015, locally been awarded as the 2015 Best Social Media Professional by Alkhaldiya Youth Society in Bahrain & internationally awarded as Best 50 Asia most influential digital media professional at the mobile & digital marketing summit in India.

Brandi Boatner is the Digital Experience Manager for IBM’s Global Technology Services in New York City. Her responsibilities include developing and driving digital communications that supports the way IBM engages with enterprise IT professionals in the digital world (including Websites, blogs, social media sites and mobile devices) globally. Prior to this role, Brandi was a member of IBM’s Global Business services working as an external relations professional where she was responsible for leading social and digital media strategies promoting IBM’s Institute for Business Value industry thought leadership and IBM’s C-Suite studies as well as leading multiple social activation initiatives for Global Services subject matter experts.

Boatner is also the former national president of PRSSA from 2008-2009 while attending graduate school at Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu, Hawaii. She holds several leadership positions within in PRSA on both the local and national level serving as a member of the Board of Directors for the PRSA Foundation and serving as the co-chair of Social Media Committee for PRSA’s Technology Section. Outside of PRSA, Boatner is an advisory council member for the LAGRANT Foundation, an organization that supports minority students in marketing, advertising and public relations.

Brandi is a true advocate for diversity and the next generation of leaders in the public relations professionals, speaking around the US to various colleges & universities about the future of the industry. In her spare time, she enjoys swimming, shoe shopping, traveling the world, dancing, reading, hanging out with her friends in New York and spending time with her loving family.

Tina Mahina is an accomplished photographer, world traveler and social media practitioner. Her photography has appeared in international, national, and local magazines, most recently on the cover of Alaska Airlines inflight magazine. Raised in Hawaii, her geologist background combined with her wanderlust has led her around the globe to more than 150 cities throughout over 20 countries. Tina combines social media and photography into a lifestyle effortlessly. She enjoys providing small businesses with social media photography support, from assisting them with their photography needs to teaching how to capture successful images to support marketing and branding efforts. Tina Mahina’s clients are often small businesses in Hawaii lacking an online presence, and she trains them to create their own authentic voice via social media. From her artistic talents and people skills as a destination vacation family and couples photographer to her technical background as a geologist, she loves sharing her island home with the world. Tina Mahina spreads aloha with every shutter click.

Joey Little serves as Director of Digital and Social Engagement for AutoAlert. An expert in customer experience management, he educates automotive professionals at speaking engagements across the country. With results-driven advice and proven industry knowledge, he assists dealerships in reaching their audiences and increasing business via their social platforms.

As a leader in the digital, social and mobile landscape, Elly Deutch has provided her expertise to a diverse array of companies and brands – both large and small – on how to effectively create and execute fully integrated digital marketing strategies to help grow your business. Over the last seven years in the digital space, Elly has created, executed, and managed social media communities for over 350 companies, athletes and brands. In her current role at McDonald’s, Elly creates and oversees all social media campaign, engagement and advocacy efforts for the brand worldwide.

I am a purveyor of software for human resources, recruiting & staffing businesses to help “go paperless” by automating workflow, shorten time to fill jobs and lower hiring costs. Our software integrates with social media for promoting job opportunities, driving referrals, and candidate engagement. I’m on a mission to help my clients level social media in the world of work.