World Summit 2010 Presenters: David Mathison

David Mathison is an internationally recognized media consultant, author, keynote speaker, talk show host, hi-tech entrepreneur, and event producer. His book, BE THE MEDIA, was featured in the NY Times after he sold over 5,000 copies in 11 days via his web site, Twitter, and Facebook. He has given keynote presentations everywhere from the United Nations to Columbia University, from Berlin to Cairo. He is host of an award-winning radio show whose guests have included author Seth Godin, singer Jill Sobule, craigslist's Craig Newmark, and Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales.

From 1994-1999, Mathison was Vice President with Reuters, the world's largest news agency, where he pioneered online content syndication. As founder and CEO of the Kinecta Corporation (now part of Oracle), he raised $30 million in under 2 years.

Mathison is founder and Executive Director of The HomeAThon Foundation, Ltd, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization (pending) whose mission is to help prevent homelessness. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Media Freedom Foundation, Webhood.org, and Speakers Without Borders, an international non-profit created to support professional speakers who are committed to inspiring the human spirit in under-served communities though the power of the spoken word.

Mathison served on the Board of Conveners for the Marin Community Media Center, and the Board of Directors for the Mountain Play Association in Marin County, CA. He is a Deacon at Westminster Presbyterian church in Tiburon, CA.

David's recent work and related links:

• Be the Media       

• Speakers Without Borders