For a good 500 years, spanning the 12th to 17th centuries, the Republic of Venice was the world power of maritime trade, with an influence that spanned Europe, Africa and the Far East. Its influence today is greatly reduced, but it’s still a fitting venue to discuss the future of the digital economy as we’ve been doing at the Digital Economy Forum.

Regular readers to this site will know that we’re intent on defining what makes a truly Social Company so we’re very pleased to announce two new speakers for Social Media Influence 2010 who are devoting their energies to the very same subject.

We’ve run our Social Media Influence conference for five years now and we’re excited to announce that, on June 22, at the London Marriott, Grosvenor Square, once again we’ll be bringing some of the smartest social media thinkers together for a day of debate and best practice presentations.

Not a day goes by without some new news about social media campaigns but often it’s what’s happening internally at companies in the field of so-called Social Business Design that highlights the freshest social media …

Social Media heavyweights Linked In and Facebook, along with a host of major companies now embracing social media strategies will be offering their insight at the upcoming Social Media World Forum Europe, taking place …

Interested in learning about the best practice and thinking in social business design?
On March 18, SOMESSO and Headshift (a lead sponsor in our Social Media Influence 2010 conference) are holding  Europe’s first Social Business Summit …