Christopher Barger

Christopher Barger is Senior Vice President of Global Programs at Voce Connect, helping clients around the world develop and execute social media strategies.

Christopher arrived at Voce in April 2011 after nearly seven years of leading social media programs at Fortune 50 companies, and nearly a decade and a half of building corporate communications strategies.

Previously, Christopher was director of global social media at General Motors from 2007-2011, leading a wide variety of initiatives ranging from content development and community management for the Fast Lane blog and other GM properties, to internal online training, governance and crisis communications to offline advocacy efforts.
His work to repair GM’s reputation in the social web earned him PR News’ “Social Media Leader of the Year” award in 2010. Christopher also previously managed social media initiatives and corporate communications for IBM.

Christopher is the author of the business best-seller"The Social Media Strategist" (McGraw Hill), and is a contributor to Forbes’ CMO Network through his blog, "The Social Media Report." He and his family are proud to call the Detroit area home. Catch him on Twitter @cbarger.

Link to Forbes blog: http://blogs.forbes.com/christopherbarger/

Link to Voce Communications: http://vocecommunications.com/