Geoff Livingston

Geoff Livingston is a 2009 Fellow of the Society for New Communications Research.  He co-founded Zoetica, a social enterprise that provides superior communication consulting, training, and strategy to help mindful organizations affect social change. He has worked as a public relations strategist in the Washington, D.C. region for more than 17 years.

Cited by the Washington Post for his blogging skills, Geoff’s new book, “Welcome to the Fifth Estate,” will be released in May, 2011. His prior book, the award-winning “Now is Gone” was released in 2007 and was been cited by the Wall Street Journal as a valuable resource for social media. He continues to blog about nonprofit use of social media for Mashable.

He sold his social media boutique Livingston Communications to CRT/tanaka in April of 2009. Some of his professional experiences include United Way of America, Save Darfur, the Goodwill of Greater Washington, Environmental Defense Fund, Live Earth, ChildFund International, the Campus Kitchens Project, the Philanthropy 2.0 Project, Network Solutions, Sully Erna (Godsmack lead singer), and many others.