About JD Lasica
Social media strategist, technologist, writer
J.D. Lasica is a strategist, entrepreneur, public speaker, author and thought leader who is considered one of the world’s leading experts in social media.
• He is founder and principal of Socialmedia.biz, a social media agency that works with businesses and top brands to deliver value and drive new business. See our Services page.
• He is founder of Socialbrite.org, a social media consultancy for nonprofits and a learning hub that brings together top experts in social causes to share insights about the tools and best practices that advance the social good.
• His book Darknet (John Wiley & Sons, 2005) explored the emerging media landscape, and he wrote three downloadable books for the Aspen Institute.
• He co-founded Ourmedia.org, the first free video hosting and sharing site, in March 2005, a month before YouTube was born, and remains an open media evangelist.
Business
- business use of social media
- social marketing
- online campaigns
- executive workshops
- SEO, SEM & more.
Social networks
Twitter: @jdlasica
Facebook: jdlasica
LinkedIn: jdlasica
Pinterest: jdlasica
Google Plus: JD Lasica
Flickr: jdlasica
Vimeo: jdlasica
Delicious: jdlasica
Diigo: jdlasica
Speaking
- United Nations
- Cannes Film Festival
- Harvard’s Berkman Center
- Stanford University
- MIT
- Institute for the Future
- Participatory Academy, Sweden
- International Citizen Reporters’ Forum, Seoul
- SXSW Interactive
- Digital Hollywood
- see full list of appearances
Affiliations
- Intel Advisers
- Presenter, CharityHowTo
- Macworld Faculty alumnus
- Instructor, Poynter Institute’s News University
- Instructor, Knight Digital Media Center
- Contributor, Huffington Post
- Aspen Institute (3 roundtables)
- Senior fellow, SNCR.org
- Fellow, Center for Social Media
- Alumnus, Squaw Valley Community of Writers
- Advisor, Center for Citizen Media
- Advisor, NetTuesday
- Co-founder, Social Media Breakfast – East Bay
- see full list of affiliations
Accolades
- Named one of Top 40 Silicon Valley influencers
- Named one of Top 100 Influencers in Social Media (#38)
- Named one of CNET Top 100 Media Bloggers
- Creative Commons Commoner of Month
- Open Media 100 (AlwaysOn)
- Winner, Knight News Challenge
Quoted in news media
- New York Times
- NPR: All Things Considered, Talk of the Nation & On the Media (twice)
- MSNBC (on-air appearance)
- PBS.org/Newshour
- Washington Post
- Business Week
- Associated Press
- Le Monde
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- LA Times
- Christian Science Monitor
- Bloomberg Radio
- countless blogs & podcasts
Traveling Geeks
- Chief organizer, Traveling Geeks London & Cambridge (July 2009)
- Participant, Innovation Israel trip (April 2008)
In a previous life
- An editor at the Sacramento Bee
- Columnist, Online Journalism Review
- Columnist, American Journalism Review magazine
- Editorial manager of 3 Silicon Valley startups