SMBNH Team
Our Team:
Founder: Leslie Poston
Providing Social Media, New Media and Digital Strategies and Business Development for Film, Music, Wine, Food, Corporations, Individuals.
Leslie Poston, co-author of Twitter for Dummies, is a speaker and leading authority in social networking, new media, brand and business development with a concentration in food, wine, spirits, off-beat brands, music and film. She is the Founder and CEO of Uptown Uncorked social media and business development consultancy and the Founder of Social Mic. She is also the Co-Founder of Film Pop!, a digital and new media services development agency for independent film. A firm believer in translating online relationships and successes into the offline world, she has also founded Social Media Breakfast New Hampshire, PodCamp NH and the nationwide Strong Women in Tech initiative.
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State Team Lead: Kevin Micalizzi
For over 15 years Kevin has clearly established himself in social media and web strategy, production, operations, & development. Leading diverse and distributed web teams at IBM/Rational Software and Avid Technology.
With a background in interpersonal communication, he has devoted his career to helping companies and people strategically leverage the web. He’s delivered talks on virtual leadership and community/social media.
Kevin currently works as the Community Manager at Dimdim.
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State Team Lead: Matt Turner
Matt is a consultant who has worked professionally with the web since 1997 and has a degree in Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University.
Matt is looking to explore how Social Media tools may be effectively used in client/customer support and relations to provide open and transparent communication and how this can add value to successful organizations. More information about Matt may be found on his personal blog onMatt.com.
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Upper Valley Team Member: Karen Liot Hill
From serving her community on the City Council to training college students to be effective public policy interns, Karen works to help others develop potential. As a consultant, she provides skills training in communication, project management, and related areas, executes and coordinates high-quality events, and advises organizations and political candidates in strategic planning, campaign management, and fundraising.
The experience and skills I have developed – and am continuing to develop – help me to pursue my life’s work: *Serving others,
*Helping people, organizations, and communities to develop their potentials, and
*Leaving the world a better place for future generations…
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Upper Valley Team Member: Nik Palmer
“I don’t Code, but I speak technology.
I understand the business value of WIIFM.
I can manage 7 figure+ budgets.
I am a great lieutenant.
I optimize process.
I solve puzzles.
I am part of the solution, not the problem.
I can train people.”
~by Nik Palmer
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Nashua Team Member: Diane Vautier
Diane is an entrepreneurial minded marketer with solid business as well as agency and in-house marketing experience. She has a proven history of new business development, improving operational performance, and successful client retention. Diane maintains a firm understanding of multiple business structures from small start-ups to publicly-traded national corporations in B2B and B2C environments. She’s also an enviro-friendly, green-living enthusiast. A true Yankee at heart, she follows the mantra of reduce, reuse, and recycle. She currently works with Active Edge in Nashua.
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Please email Leslie if you’d like to be your region’s team member to bring SMBNH to your locality twice a year. We are currently seeking team members for Monadnock region, and the very, very top of the state.
