Amy Stark is a Digital Brand Manager for Local, National and International Organizations. Described by others as a “social media architect,” “viral-marketing guru,” “Social Media Diva,” and the “Twitter Empress of Indiana,” Amy is an accomplished listener, logician, public speaker, content producer, teacher, techno-geek, author, arts lover and mom.
During 2011 Amy was the Social Media Community Manager for Kuno Creative, a full-service Inbound Marketing Agency headquartered in Cleveland, OH. Prior to her year at Kuno, Amy was the Chief Listening Officer for Stark ReAlity Enterprises, Inc., an educational Indiana nonprofit that worked with organizations struggling to adjust to the tidal wave of new communication tools and technology. Well respected among her peers, Amy also founded “#Indiana’s Social Media Summit and SMackdown Awards” – an open source at zero cost collaborative effort among Indiana’s social media luminaries.
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
Amy has a B.A. in Philosophy from Loras College, a M.A. in Philanthropic Studies from the Center on Philanthropy and a passion for Internet communications. She has written several white-papers on the Internet’s history, public policies and its affect on civil – and not so civil – societies.
In October 2008 Amy began ethnographic research on twitter which prompted her to launch The Great #Indiana Initiative of Aught Nine (January 2009) in order to help Indiana remain relevant in the 21st century.
“Twitter is the largest bridging social-capital group in the recorded history of our species. Global grassroots communication at the speed of light is an evolutionary game-changer, and Tweeters have court-side seats.” -Amy Stark
Amy’s unique combination of traditional PR/Marketing skills, Internet infrastructure public policy expertise, and social media acumen gives her the ability to design comprehensive communication plans that will help organizations remain viable in the 21st century.
This blog is in perpetual beta – because the Internet is in perpetual flux.