How do you define the social age?

Mark S. Babbitt  (Author, Entrepreneur & Leadership Mentor)


Mark Babbitt, author and speaker, provides his definition of the social age and how it changed everything from what was left of the industrial age. He talks about how no one predicted the tremendous impact of social media and how it has become a new form of human communication with people looking at their media device more times than they make eye contact with another human.

Mark S. Babbitt

Author & CEO, YouTern Mark S. Babbitt is a speaker, author and blogger who serves as CEO and Founder of YouTern, a social community for college students, recent graduates and young professionals that Mashable calls a "Top 5 Online Community for Starting Your Career." He is also President of Switch and Shift and CMO and co-founder of ForwardHeroes.org. Mark is also author of the book "A World Gone Social - How Companies Must Adapt to".

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Mark S. Babbitt

Author & CEO, YouTern

Mark S. Babbitt is a speaker, author and blogger who serves as CEO and Founder of YouTern, a social community for college students, recent graduates and young professionals that Mashable calls a "Top 5 Online Community for Starting Your Career." He is also President of Switch and Shift and CMO and co-founder of ForwardHeroes.org. Mark is also author of the book "A World Gone Social - How Companies Must Adapt to".

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Vaishali has been working in the media industry & Journalism for more than 14 years. She had her own CEO talk show on Bloomberg TV India called Biz Lounge, a show that she anchored and produced. Biz Lounge explored the business aspects of each company, as well as the company's leadership, corporate culture, as well as each leader's personal side including how he/she spent their free time.

Prior to that, she worked as a Management Consultant in the finance industry in New York City. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Management with a concentration in Finance and her Master’s degree in Organizational Psychology.

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