Chris Dessi

Bio: Hi there - my name is Chris, CEO of Silverback Social. Since I'm the one writing this I figured I'd forgo speaking of myself in the third person. Chris thinks that's pretentious. But I digress ..Silverback is a social media agency that helps businesses understand, engage, and thrive in social media. We’re unique because we combine the power of enterprise level social media software with straightforward training and strategy sessions. We educate, empower and execute to drive meaningful business conversions. We don’t just hand you the keys to the car, we teach you how to drive. I've written a cool little book about social media too. It's called “Your World is Exploding: How Social Media is Changing Everything and How You Need to Change With It.” Frankly, I was shocked when it shot to #1 on Amazon.com’s Hot New Releases. I'm also lucky enough to be a regular contributor on Fox News & Good Day New York. My friends all think I have a face for radio, so I've tried my hand at that as well - appearing on The John Gambling show on WOR Radio in NYC, and The Mary Beth Marsden show in Baltimore on WBAL. I've been really lucky and have been able to work with Fortune 500 businesses and start ups alike. That means that I get it. I'm not a writer by any stretch of the imagination, but I have ideas, and I r-e-a-l-l-y like to share them on my personal blog & Social Media Today. I've been quoted in Mashable, and have lectured to military personal aboard the Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum (I was terrified). Recently, I was honored by The Business Council of Westchester as one of their 40 Under 40 for 2012. I leverage all of these cool media platforms like television, print, keynote speaking, lecturing, and radio appearances to share my manifesto that social media is a spiritual awakening, not a technological one. I believe that social media is not simply a shift in business, rather a cultural shift in the manner in which we aggregate and disseminate information.