Your influence like your shadow extends to where you may never be

Yesterday in preparation for this Thursday’s Social Media Club event, Eastwick hosted a discussion with the participating panelists.  It was a lively session on “the power of influence.” With so much to discuss, the nearly hour long call seemed like a mere precursor to this Thursday’s full blown discussion on influence.

Dominique Lahaix, CEO of eCairn, started the conversation by defining his views on influence and how it’s measured today (curious aren’t you J).

Ryan Calo, academic fellow with the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, highlighted and shared some of the newest research on the topic.

Jeremy Thomas, Partner and Director of Global Brand Planning at Collaborate, articulated on how strategies for brand building have changed given the rise of new influencers.

Jennifer Leggio, ZDNet social business blogger, specified who some of those new influencers are, as well as what happened to the traditional folks we’ve seemingly always recognized.

Scott Hirsch, VP of Business Development for Get Satisfaction, answered the question of how and when to join the conversation in the new, open era of influence.

With such an invigorating topic, I could have listed to this group of power players for much longer. Thankfully, I’ll be at this Thursday’s Social Media Club to hear the panelists really dive into the “power of influence.”  You’re welcome to join too.