On June 30, 2010, Mashable launched Social Media Day as a way to recognize and celebrate social media’s impact on global communication. Today, social media is the heart of global communication; and since its inception, Mashable’s been using social media to connect between cultures, movements and super-fandom.
While every day is essentially Social Media Day, June 30th, 2017 marks the eighth-annual official global celebration and the first official Social Media Day event in Jacksonville, Florida, a full-day conference where industry thought leaders will gather and share insights.
Amy is a video marketing authority coach, public speaker and host of Savvy Sexy Social, a video series for people who want to create an amazing brand platform through video and social media. She is an internationally-acclaimed public speaker, voted #1 Best Speaker at Social Media Day San Diego in 2015.
Chad leads social media efforts for Hertz, Dollar and Thrifty car rental brands.Previously, Chad led social strategy for Microsoft, Zojirushi, Morinaga, Zone Perfect, Chick-fil-A, Airborne, Rodney Strong, WaveJet, EASports. Contest promotion, gamification campaigns, managing and building editorial content, building relationships with partners and vendors, is his specialty. https://twitter.com/chadisrael?lang=en
Casie Shimansky is an award-winning social media specialist, taking home the 2016 Ragan and PR Daily’s ACE Awards for Social Media as well as being named a 2017 Rising Star for the Social Shake-Up! She has been with Cisco's Talent Brand team since 2015, and in that time has organically grown the @WeAreCisco Instagram account from 0 to 18,000+ using EGC (Employee Generated Content) and a human approach in communicating with their followers.
Kenny is the Co-Founder of Rock My Image, a Digital Marketing Agency that empowers business owners & entrepreneurs to get Rocking Results online by Leveraging the web. He is also the Current President for Jacksonville American Marketing Association and
VP of Public Relations for Toastmasters International.
Curtis Midkiff is the Sr. Advisor on the Social Business team at Southwest Airlines, the country’s largest domestic airline and the most successful low-fare, high frequency carrier. The Social Business team at Southwest is responsible for setting the strategic vision for social across the enterprise, and Curtis has the primary responsibility of building on the current social business roadmap with a focus on long-term planning for the future. Prior to joining Southwest Airlines, Curtis served as Director of Social Engagement for the American Red Cross and Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM). Curtis is a recognized thought leader on social media strategy for brands and has been featured in a range of media outlets including MSNBC.com, Bloomberg, Forbes.com, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post.
With experience in print, television and online media, Anna Gonzalez has a solid understanding of new media’s role in journalism. She brings a terrific mix of social media expertise and editorial strategy along with a real passion for innovative storytelling to her new role as Head of Social Media for Nasdaq. In this position, she oversees social video production, editorial voice and social marketing campaigns.
Before joining Nasdaq, she was the Head of Social Media for CNBC and was responsible for leading the Social Marketing and Social News Teams. This included running paid and organic social campaigns to drive tune-in, social referrals to CNBC.com and grow brand awareness. She helped the organization generate creative social content that engaged the network's growing multi-platform audience.
