I've worked in marketing and communications for over a decade, with experience in the charity sector, STM publishing, and agency-side for a variety of clients. In that time I've done everything from brand development to media relations. But my real passion is for all things digital, particularly content marketing and social media. Love: strategy, plain English, tea. Hate: corporate jargon.
Hi, I’m Laura, Head of Enterprise Customers at Zapnito. I help our customers to power Community-Led Growth by consulting on their community build and engagement-strategy to drive value and ROI. I have ~10 years experience helping publishing and knowledge business' and i'm always open to sharing my insights. Send me a message if you're interesting in learning how to build and grow a thriving expert community using our approach and tools.
For nearly 20 years, I've worked in the digital media sector, with hands-on experience in editorial, marketing, sales and R&D. I'm passionate about engaging and understanding customers to develop great content and products. Formerly Chief Product & Customer Officer at Zapnito, I'm now an advisor to the company.
Skilled in business relations, digital marketing, sales process management, event organising, partnership development as well as customer support, I’ve been lucky enough to experience I wide range of operations within a fast-moving startup.
I founded my business on one transformative idea: The future belongs to software businesses that create products worth making a remark about. I believe something is broken around the way we view success.
Too many software companies define their success by their size and quarterly growth figures.
I believe success should be about the difference we help our customers create, and what we help them become as a consequence. Once that’s firmly in place customers turn into advocates and with that success follows, in volumes we couldn't have imagined upfront.
Maggie is CEO & Chief Strategist at McGary Associates, a consultancy that provides online community strategy, content creation and web development services. Prior to launching her own business in 2018, she led social media and online community at several prominent associations, including the American Speech-Language Hearing Association and the American Psychological Association. Maggie has been actively involved in advancing the understanding and adoption of community management as a discipline since 2009, specializing in association communities. She’s been a member of the Community Roundtable, helped create a private community management certification program, and worked with dozens of organizations to launch and manage new communities, craft community strategy, develop trainings for staff, volunteers and members, and provide consulting on best practices for growing vibrant online communities.
I've been working in professional community building for 20yrs+ since founding Econsultancy (a community for marketers learning about digital marketing) back in 1999 and, more recently, Guild, a platform for professional communities and networking.
Abdul Latif Pothiawala
Manager, Education Technology and Digital Content, Institute of Food Technologists
Hi there! I work as a digital learning technologist at IFT. I'm a systems thinker who likes to untangle complex problems, analyze data, and work with really smart teams to build long term, sustainable solutions. I really enjoy travelling, good food, good company and sweater weather.
Very excited to bring you SHIFT20 Virtual!
I help run a UK charity that builds the capacity of conservationists to plan, implement, monitor, and report on their work. I also have a fair bit of experience in tiger and sea turtle conservation.
Hi, I’m Jon Beer, COO and Co-Founder at Zapnito.
I help businesses to power Community-Led Growth by translating Zapnito's vision for curated expert communities into your own business objectives. I have 22 years experience helping technology businesses to deliver digital experiences, so am always open to sharing my insights on making legitimate knowledge and expertise discoverable over the web. Let’s connect!