Amy Stark is the Chief Listening Officer for Stark reAlity Check dot com, an educational Indiana nonprofit that works 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.
Amy has a B.A. in Philosophy, 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. Described by others as a “social media architect,” a “viral-marketing guru,” and the “Twitter Empress of Indiana,” Amy is an accomplished listener, idea generator, public speaker, author, techno-geek and mom.
This blog is in perpetual beta – because the Internet is in perpetual flux.
