About JD Lasica

Social media strategist, technologist, writer

J.D. Lasica is a consultant, strategist and author who is considered one of the world’s leading experts in social media.

• He is founder and principal of Socialmedia.biz, a global enterprise that works with Fortune 1000 companies and top brands to deliver value and drive new business. See our Social strategies 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 and online philanthropy 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 source evangelist.

Business

Socialmedia.biz & Socialbrite.org bring together industry experts in:

  • business use of social media
  • social marketing
  • online campaigns
  • executive workshops
  • SEO, SEM & more.

Social networks

Twitter: @jdlasica

Facebook: jdlasica

LinkedIn: jdlasica

Flickr: jdlasica

Vimeo: jdlasica

Delicious: jdlasica

Speaking

  • Cannes Film Festival
  • Harvard’s Berkman Center
  • Stanford University
  • MIT
  • Institute for the Future
  • Växjö and Malmö U., Sweden
  • International Citizen Reporters’ Forum, Seoul
  • SXSW Interactive
  • Digital Hollywood
  • see full list of appearances

Affiliations

  • Co-founder, CommonsWire.org
  • Intel Insiders advisory group
  • Macworld Faculty alumnus
  • Instructor, Poynter Institute’s News University
  • Instructor, Knight Digital Media Center
  • Aspen Institute (3 roundtables)
  • Senior fellow, SNCR.org
  • Fellow, Center for Social Media
  • Advisor, Classwish.org
  • Advisor, Center for Citizen Media
  • Advisor, NetTuesday
  • Founding partner, Public Media Collaborative
  • Contributor, Huffington Post
  • Co-founder, Social Media Breakfast – East Bay
  • see full list of affiliations

Balloons - Flickr photo by D Sharon Pruitt

Accolades

  • Named one of Top 40 Silicon Valley influencers
  • 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)
  • 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

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