Society for New Communications Research Announces 2010 Fellows
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Society for New Communications Research Announces 2010 Fellows
San Jose, Calif. – February 3, 2010 – The Society for New Communications Research, a global, nonprofit research and education foundation and think tank focused on the latest developments in media and communications, today announced its 2010 Fellows. These new Fellows join the Society’s existing group of Founding Fellows and Senior Fellows who are business leaders, scholars, professional communicators, members of the media, futurists and technologists from around the globe. The SNCR Fellows collaborate on research initiatives, educational offerings, and the establishment of standards and best practices focused on the advanced study of emerging trends and developments in media and communications, and their effect on business, professional communications, media, culture and society.
The 2010 SNCR Fellows include: Chris Boudreaux, creator of SocialMediaGovernance.com; Douglas Haslam, supervisor, Voce Communications; John Havens, senior vice president, social media, Porter Novelli; Chuck Hemann, manager of research and online reputation management, Dix & Eaton; Kami Huyse and Beth Kanter of Zoetica; Francesca Karpel, senior manager of internal communications, NetApp; Crystal Kigoni, director, Voices of Africa for Sustainable Development; Dr. Yuping Liu-Thompkins, associate professor of marketing and E. V. Williams Faculty Fellow, Old Dominion University; Kate McCallum, founder, c3: Center for Conscious Creativity; Jacob Morgan, principal, Chess Media Group; Michael Netzley, assistant professor, Singapore Management University; Michelle Venorsky, APR, management supervisor, Marcus Thomas LLC; Revi Sterling, Faculty Director, ICTD Graduate Studies, ATLAS Institute, University of Colorado at Boulder.
In addition, the Society named five new Senior Fellows: Peter Auditore, head of SAP’s Business Influencer Group; Jamie Beckett, managing editor of News@Cisco, New Media Group, Cisco; Barb Chamberlain, director of communications and public affairs, Washington State University Spokane; Michael Kelly, CEO, Techtel Corporation; and Don Stacks, professor, University of Miami.
During 2010, the SNCR Fellows will focus on numerous research and education projects, including exploring the link between social media and innovation, social CRM and social ecommerce, interactive TV (ITV), augmented reality (AR), mobile trends and developments, social data, online video and corporate storytelling, social media in relation to corporate social responsibility, best practices for social media policy development by industry and organizational type, social media governance, and internal uses of social media.
“We are very pleased and honored to welcome our fifth group of Fellows,” said Jen McClure, founder and president, SNCR. “They come from both top universities from around the globe, as well as some of the world’s leading companies, nonprofits, and communications organizations. They bring an incredible depth and breadth of knowledge and experience to our organization. We are looking forward to working with this group of Fellows to continue to produce valuable new research and educational offerings exploring the latest developments in media and communications and their impact on business, media and communications models, culture and society.”
About the Society for New Communications Research
The Society for New Communications Research is a global nonprofit 501(c)(3) research and education foundation and think tank focused on the advanced study of the latest developments in new media and communications. SNCR is dedicated to creating a bridge between the academic and theoretical pursuit of these topics and the pragmatic implementation of new media and communications tools and methodologies. For more information, visit http://sncr.org or call (408) 266-9658.
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