Juliette Powell

Topics

Presentations

33 Million People in the Room: How Social Networking Can Help Build Successful Businesses and Organizations

The Obama Effect and How it Will Influence Politics, Economics, and Business

Developing the Financial, Cultural and Technological Capital of Your Brand 

The Economy: When Markets Decline, the Value of your Relationships Go Up 

Summary Profile

Listed in Forbes as the 'ultimate connector' in 2010, Juliette Powell is an author, digital media consultant and co-founder of The Gathering Think Tank, an innovation forum at the heart of digital technology, media and business. A featured technology futurist, social commentator and keynote speaker, Powell's current clients include Research in Motion, The Knight Foundation, The Minister of Finance and Cirque du Soleil.

Powell is the author of 33 Million People in the Room: How to create, influence and Run a Successful Business with Social Networking, (January 2009, Financial Times Press). Powell writes about the patterns and practices of successful business leaders who bank on social networking to win. Powell's background includes a decade of experience in broadcast television as well as in interactive/new media content and formats, and a lifelong interest in people and community-building. With her deep knowledge of the people and technologies at the forefront of social media, Powell has gained a solid reputation for discovering the latest developments and distilling their social and business implications.

She discusses the patterns and practices of successful business leaders who bank on social networking to win.

Other career highlights for Powell involve co-authoring the media section for the United Nations Plan of Action, and assisting in the production of the world-renowned TED Conference. Her company also produces cross-platform content with newsmakers such as Nelson Mandela, Prince Charles, Sir Richard Branson, Steven Spielberg, and Tom Cruise.

A fluently bilingual anglophone Montrealer, Powell made history when she became the first black Miss Canada in 1989 and then represented her country in the Miss Universe Pageant before embarking on her career in television. She worked as a VJ for MusiquePlus and MuchMusic in the 90s, and was also a business reporter for CablePulse 24.

Powell is a high-energy and engaging speaker, who delivers clear explanations and provides useful examples. She shows how business, entertainment, and politics all connect together in the brave, new world of social networking. She points to how U.S. President Barack Obama's campaign team successfully used social networking to raise money, spread their messages, and mobilize and self-organize volunteers.

Let Juliette Powell reveal the power of connections, the strategies to gain audience, and the best practices to build communities using new tools and techniques. Audiences will be able to apply these valuable lessons to their business and personal brands.

Client Testimonials:

"Through her rapid assimilation of our culture and deep commitment to developing social networks in all forms, Juliette was able to meet our team at their point of need and really speak with us in terms that we could understand. Juliette's no-nonsense, common-sense, thoughtful and intelligent approach to the problem space was evident from the outset. With her dedication to understanding how each of the members of our team approached communication. She was able to bring the group together and promote synergies.

RIM put the learning into immediate use and a post-session survey found:
* A 20% improvement on productivity through reduced communication gaps
* A 10% improvement on perceived quality score when measured by customers

Both of these metrics demonstrate the value to the business that working with Juliette can produce. I would gladly engage her again."

Manager, CBOSS SA Business Relations & Strategy, Research In Motion

"Juliette Powell reveals the power of connections, the strategies to gain audience and the best practices to build community in this brisk-paced canter through the new tools and techniques for doing business. Real-world examples make a compelling case for her notion that social capital makes sound business sense and when successfully established can translate into capital in the bank."

Deputy Editor, News Interactive, BBC

"Juliette is a consummate professional; from her ability to quickly customize her presentation to help us return our agenda back to schedule despite other event over-runs, to her willingness to take part in an after-event interview. Her presentation was ranked among the top 5 of our event that included over 28 panels and 100 presenters. Our audience over the 2.5 days included more than 1900 representatives of Industry, Government and Academia."

Canadian Digital Media Network